dfl701
1/2 ton status
yea I was thinkin more of the one with the dmax also
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i was reading about hummer h3
- Thread starter blazin_blazer
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yea I was thinkin more of the one with the dmax also
blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
i saw the power wagon on tv when it 1st came out couple years ago..4.10's/selectable lockers, & who can argue w/ a truck that comes stock w/a winch! not sure if they still do but originally they did!
i started to check into 1, in bare bones when dodge started the whole lifetime warranty thing, for a dd for the rest of my life taking care of it & beat on my gm's
dfl701
1/2 ton status
Could you get the cummins. I think when it first came out you could only get a hemi
89yimmiJ
1/2 ton status
I've been watching the H1 prices come way down and got pretty serious a few months ago so I spent time on the Hummer forums and besides lack of power, everyone complains the steering components only last a few thousand miles. Also, if you look on ebay, they all seem to have had a motor rebuild at 40-60k miles regardless of turbo, non-turbo, gas, alpha, etc. Really turned me off as I thought they were supposed to be bulletproof.
blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
can we stop bashing this vehicle & talk about its transfer case! man, ya'll sound worse than the people on jerry springer when some1 says hummer!
original balzer
1/2 ton status
I have a problem with this quote. I would like to stay far away from someone who looks at a 4x4 SUV and his or her biggest complaint is its top speed is 80mph. If you want to go fast buy a vehicle designed to go fast. Kinda like saying I drove a camaro the other day but Jesus! it really sucked in the mud.
Im not defending the hummer, or trying to rag on a guy. But COME ON look at the vehicle for what it is. NO 4x4 SUV going to perform like a sports car.
original balzer
1/2 ton status
On to the 4:1 transfer case.
You do know you can buy low gear sets for lots of differnt transfer cases?
it uses a NP241 alum housing chain drive slip yoke rear VSS speedo output.........doesnt sound like a viable upgrade to me, with the exception of IFS trucks and SUVs but even then your just compounding the tourque on an already weak IFS.
You do know you can buy low gear sets for lots of differnt transfer cases?
it uses a NP241 alum housing chain drive slip yoke rear VSS speedo output.........doesnt sound like a viable upgrade to me, with the exception of IFS trucks and SUVs but even then your just compounding the tourque on an already weak IFS.
original balzer
1/2 ton status
.....Uh, aren't you the guy who drove 140MPH in a Nissan Pathfinder?
Uh NO! I dont think i have even even drove a nissan pathfinder. the only thing I have personally drove to that speed is my grand am and my friends 81 corvette. I have drove a 4x4 over 80 a time or 2 but only during passing, and only for a short time. Tires for trucks and SUVs are only rated for around 80-90 MPH, no many people realise that.
A quick google search shows the H3 4:1 t-case as a Borg Warner 4494.
The 4:1 t-case in Jeep Rubicons is a 241 with a fixed rear output however.
desertrat67
Hawk Driver
Interesting comment on the milage. I consistantly got 15-18 mpg out of our HMMWVs at work with NA 6.2s or 6.5s and a TH400. I am sure the newer ones with a 6.5T and a 4L80E would do the same if not a little better.
I bet the gasser H1s only 8-10 mpg though. That is one heavy pig.
desertrat67
Hawk Driver
does it have a front? i thought i read in petersons it did,but maybe it doesnt?
The H3 Alpha for 09 comes with a 5.3 and selectable front locker. Previuos year Alphas only did not offer a front locker.
desertrat67
Hawk Driver
The LRs are more midsize than fullsize, and the newer ones [Range Rover, LR3(Discovery replacement) and LR2(Freelander?)]use IFs.
desertrat67
Hawk Driver
What would your 1SG or CSM say if they found out you were trying to drive over 80 mph on a public roadway?
Driving deaths are so commonplace in the Army(Military in general really) that we have a lighted display at each entrance to Ft Hood showing how many days since the last Soldier was killed in a vehicular wreck.
Moral of the story is: Slow down Soldier!
blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
no, greg, that was me, the OP, that drove my pathy 140 mph when i got a call my wifey went to the hospital, and i believe it was you who took my info of mph to rpm's to a spreadsheet and realized the little pathy would actually go that fast, but you have to drop out of overdrive to do it. it stops about 120 in OD, drop out into D and it will peg the 140 mph speedo! but its a 2wd
blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
so the h3 just has to many gizmo's to be swapped into an older rig!
blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
i like that balzer..."i drove a camaro, but it really sucked in the mud"...lmao
supersize75k5
OrganDonorRacing.com
hmm, I got to drive a ex-military version and my account of the mpg is that they sucked. No doors, stripped etc, they said it hits around 12, with how fast it drank 2 tanks of fuel I would agree. Not to say it could have needed some maintenance though as it smoked quite a bit too.
I snapped some pics while at SEMA of this bad boy though.. 1200 hp "iirc", runs a 12 second quarter mile..D-max on some type of steroids.
desertrat67
Hawk Driver
I would have no problem "testing" that for them if they want an experinced HMMWV driver to do it.
