HUMMER SA Short left

[LX]

Saturday 25th May 2024, we set off for a Sundowner at Theo Martinspoort (along the R80) Mabopane highway. Small crew, only 5 vehicles came through. 2 were pure virgins who never used Low Range gearing before. of the 2, unfortunately one was a Lexus V8 Conversion, which is a bit of a disaster, a permanent 4x4 running only High range open diffs.

[jakeslouw]

I explored a Lexus conversion when I had a Defender 110 station wagon with the 3.5L Rover V8: at the end of the day, a Lexus / Toyota 1UZ-FE would have needed far too much work, and I could have dropped a nice Isuzu 3.2 TDi into the Defender for half the price and half the effort.

On paper, they're not bad, but they are really not a proper V8. If I was that Hummer owner, I would have dropped in a 5.7L Chrysler Hemi with an adapter for the 4L60 box. There are kits available, and the Hemi engine is available out of scrapped WK Grand Cherokees.

[Mad Manny]

Thanks for the report LX.
Is it a small Hummer group that you belong to?

[LX]

We actually have 94 members, not everyone participates.
Most are there for the maintenance and technical brain pool.

[LX]

I explored a Lexus conversion when I had a Defender 110 station wagon with the 3.5L Rover V8: at the end of the day, a Lexus / Toyota 1UZ-FE would have needed far too much work, and I could have dropped a nice Isuzu 3.2 TDi into the Defender for half the price and half the effort.

On paper, they're not bad, but they are really not a proper V8. If I was that Hummer owner, I would have dropped in a 5.7L Chrysler Hemi with an adapter for the 4L60 box. There are kits available, and the Hemi engine is available out of scrapped WK Grand Cherokees.

Sounds like a better option.

[BushWacker]

We actually have 94 members, not everyone participates.
Most are there for the maintenance and technical brain pool.

… faithful & optimistic members ….