Regearing?

[Hellz]

screw the Dmax ( sorry to those that did it)
waste of $25k for 5 mpg gain and lots of torqe and some HP on a used engine and unknown install and problems down the line.meanwhile, your paying more $ at the pump to fill the same 33 gallon tank.

same amount, you can buy another H2, do some decent mods to it, have cash to $$$ to actually fill the tank, and take the GF or wife out.

when i return from my deployment, my plan is to:

Regear to 4.88- $2000 ( rounding up and adding hidden costs)
new long tube headers and exhaust - $1500 ish
new tuner - $400

right now
2003 H2 @ 100K miles
8.9 mpg city (according to the DIC).. and i would guess about 10 mpg HW (maybe more, maybe less). i dont have a light foot. baby shifts alot, but i love cruising at 80 MPH. ( love the looks people give as i cruise by people ont he HW)
4.10 gears
K&N CAI
year old tune up ( plugs only)
Diablo Tuner
37 BFG M/T KM2 on 20 rims

thinking about possibly swapping the heads out and manifold to gain alot more HP.. but i think my tranny is under, but near its limits and not far from starting to feel abused. i would love to get a 6 spd tranny from a new H2 instead of the 4 spd i have now.

ill run this into the ground, and when the engine is dead, i will do a 600+ HP RWHP crate engine and a 6 spd tranny rated for 750 HP and do it all over again.

[2010_5thgen]

has anyone ever put a 7.0 LS7 in a hummer? i know its pretty much made for racing, but a 427 would be pretty bad ass in these. 505hp....a good 150 more than stock and will bolt right in? sounds like a no brainer.....unless theres transmission issues. not to mention you can get them pretty cheap from junk yards or on line.....theres always some idiots that buy z06's and then wreck them right off the bat.

[tyler1bo]

I've seen one with a Z06 cam. That's gotta be pretty sweet.

[2010_5thgen]

Even doing a mild can would really wake these trucks up.

[tyler1bo]

I would love to hear that. I think that truck also had dynatech headers, exhaust, 6 inch fabtech, 38x15.50 mud grapplers with 20x12 rockstars. It's nasty.