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HUMMER SA Short left
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 11:26 am
by 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.
Re: HUMMER SA Short left
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 2:03 pm
by 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.
Re: HUMMER SA Short left
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 2:19 pm
by Mad Manny
Thanks for the report LX.
Is it a small Hummer group that you belong to?
Re: HUMMER SA Short left
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 1:20 pm
by LX
We actually have 94 members, not everyone participates.
Most are there for the maintenance and technical brain pool.
Re: HUMMER SA Short left
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 1:22 pm
by LX
jakeslouw wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 2:03 pm
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.
Re: HUMMER SA Short left
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2024 9:31 pm
by BushWacker
LX wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 1:20 pm
We actually have 94 members, not everyone participates.
Most are there for the maintenance and technical brain pool.
… faithful & optimistic members ….