Ridefast: Did you have the conversion done? Actually I might suggest dropping an 8.1 with the 4L85 behind it.

Wannabe

[QUOTE=soldier4402;3566230]Were talking about ROI on this forum where we spend stupid money on boats, fuel, vehicles, etc....?

It is there to be done im just waiting.

[QUOTE=Racerngr1;3566615] :lolhit: for real

The power difference will be huge!

The 6.0 in your hummer is a turd and the 4L80 tranny has a ridiculous 1st gear ratio. You will smile every time you stomp on it! And towing will be much easier.

Sounds like it will be a unique and cool setup. I look forward to the completed reports.

I wonder if they would put a Duramax, or better yet a 7.3L PSD in my 2-door Tahoe for me.

That looks very unsafe. :eek:

I have seen Cummins diesels in Broncos so a Dmax might work. If not you can always drop a 4bt in it.

BTW why is this thread not in the Truck forum?

[QUOTE=Sydwayz;3566663]Sounds like it will be a unique and cool setup. I look forward to the completed reports.

I wonder if they would put a Duramax, or better yet a 7.3L PSD in my 2-door Tahoe for me.[/QUOTE Im sure they will

I've got an H2. The DMax should have been standard equipment.... I really enjoy driving the H2, the money for the conversion would be worth it to me. As far as resale goes. I would buy a well done conversion in a heartbeat.

No not really. Just on paper they are the best MPG diesel, real life a different story. Actually was at the pump witha guy with a 11 and I had my 08 he said he didnt get much better than my 6.4L.

This is a cool project guys. I just think this guy is way off on his numbers for MPG on this diesel. Ive seen highly highly modded diesel push 20, but 24 I dont think so. And IMVHO to spend 15 grand on a 4-5 year old vehicle is not effecient. I wish I had money to drop 15k on something stupid cool like this. Good luck and I cant wait to see it.

Its only monies BIG Daddy can't take it with us when we go and just hate to leave it for the kidz to fight over :angry-smiley-038::lolhit:







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4-5 year old vehicle THAT THEY DON'T MAKE ANY MORE. So whats out there is all you get, and i would put money thay mine is one of the cleanest out there! and if you thank that is a wast get this in about 5 more years i was thinking of doing a quadrasteer conversion on it. How nuts would that be having a quadrasteer H2 with a duramax. Yes that will be that hottest sh** out there :coolcowboy: And ill have the only one thats the best part.

To each his own man. Good luck and looks cool

Im 30 with no wife and no kides what am i supposed to do with it and my girl friend loves it so why not right.

excelent BIG Daddy :coolcowboy: i just like to live everyday like its Christmas :eek::drink::drink:




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It really is too bad that GM didn't offer the Duramax in the H2. I think the swap is a great idea, Can't wait to see how it turns out. I feel Ford shot themselves in the foot by stopping production of the diesel excurision as well.


Darrell.

they didnt sell thats why. I agree the H2 with a diesel should have been an option, not standard though, if it was standard it would have sold less of them then it already did.

the Diesel Excursion was 1 Bad azz rig :drink::drink:





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Buddy just bought a 2011 King Ranch dually.

I used it to tow the 36 to LOTO last summer.

6.6 mph at 65 mph ,,,,,,exactly the same as my 8.1 chevy dually does !!!

yes it may improve when it breaks in,,,,, but how much

I will say the power of the 6.7 is unbelievable !!!!!!!

A look at some Ford Truck Forums and most people seem to be getting 8-12 mpg towing big loads. 10 mpg seems pretty consistent, and some are getting 7 mpg also.

I get 8-9 towing my chris cat with my Avalanche 2500 and 8.1 gas engine.

Wannabe

You say that, but at the time, no suv's were selling well. I would bet that if Ford brought back the diesel excursion right now, they couldn't keep them on the lot.



Darrell.

The excursion didnt sell well period. GM had/has the market on that class. I think the MPG for either engine on the Excursion was what under 10 or something. With the way gas goes now, that vehicle will not come back, and if it did it wouldnt sell. It seems cool and some of us on here might like it but it just wont sell to the masses. Just like the H2 it was cool, but practical has started to out rule coolness in the last 5-10 years as far as car buying.

I kind of take some of that back. If they could offer it under 50k and have it get 15-18MPG maybe, but just not worth it.

[QUOTE=DMOORE;3567657]You say that, but at the time, no suv's were selling well. I would bet that if Ford brought back the diesel excursion right now, they couldn't keep them on the lot.



Agreed :drink:






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Duramax all the way baby:angry-smiley-038:why waste money blowing smoke with a ford power joke :evilb:

have you ever thought of it at this angle. I assumed you have a 2007 H2. I went with the luxury model and if you dont have the luxury than figure a couple grand less but your trade could be worth 25-27 then 15 you got into the conversion and your looking at dang close to a new diesel. Which will have a warranty and personally would be more trustworthy than some modification. Just wondering

Your missing the point (IT IS CUSTOM) and its a Hummer if you could just go down the street and buy one every body would have one. And i like having stuff others don't have!

Pr!c k:lolhit:



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Around town with the V10 they got about 10, worst with the V8.

I know because I was developing a audio system for Ford and they gave us a few to do the R & D on.

I drove them back and forth to work daily and took a few "Tuning" trips with them. On one such trip I had 7 people in the V10 running down the highway averaging about 75-80, got 16.7 m.p.h on that trip. For the size vehicle that was pretty good, the two in the third row were not the smallest and very comfortable, plus we had room for a ton of chit behind them, unlike the 3rd row in other large SUV's.

I do think they never painted them yellow because Ford didn't want kids running up to them all the time.

As for why someone wants to put a Duramax into his Hummer has nothing to do with resell, it's custom for Christ sake.

What do you think of this car, should he have taken this OLD thing to the junk yard and bought a new mustang instead?

:evilb::coolcowboy::evilb: that is bad a$$

They are like gold in the Atlanta area. Just try to buy one used, ouch. I agree, there would be a waiting list, especially with the new motor and interior. There is a guy on powerstroke.org and he did used an 08 as a donor and built an 08 Excursion, coolest thing ever.

I guess if thats how you view life, I really dont do things for other people or do things to be the only one. To me doing dum chit because its cool or custom is not an option, but I am also married have a house, and other commmitments to take care of. But I guess if you can find 15k to dump into an H2 then fine its your money, personally dont see the sense in it. You may find an H2 cool but I dont and either did lots of other people hence why they are not made anymore.

Good luck on your project it does seem cool not going to lie, but not practical a single bit. You said you were single with money to spend, well might want to think about the day when your not single and have houses and kids and such.

Well for one i do own a very nice house that will be paid for before im 45, and im sorry you made the choise to go get married and give up every thing. I will get marrie one day and more then likly to the girl im with now. You say that "You doing dum chit because its cool or custom is not an option" . Then why are you a member of OSO and owe a offshore boat, or do you not? My girl always tells me to go big or go home, i say live your life and have as much fun as you can you only get one so thats what i do. But i do fill for guys like your self that there wives run the show and have your balls in there purse!

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:eek::eek: Oh snap!!

See your the type of guy who needs to flaunt it and doesnt really have it, but makes up for it with an aged vehicle having some rims and a different motor, along with a boat. I am not getting into what I have and dont have or I make more than you make etc etc etc. All I said is I have more commitments than a boat and a vehicle. Wife and I make the same amount of money, and do as we will with it, do dont understand your statements. Maybe I have multiple vehicles, multiple sports I participate in, so yeah adding dum chit to my truck which is new is not an option. I am not going to get into anymore with you. Personally a dumb purchase in my opinion. Maybe you have all the money in the world and a great job, kudos. Guess what a double wide is not a nice home and you cant retire on a walmart job either.

And if you arent saving at least 10% of month into retirement you might dumb. Lets see drop 15k on a engine swap on a 5 year old vehicle or pay my house down, or save for retirement. Sounds mature for a 30 year old, i can now see why you are not married.

[QUOTE=ridefast77;3569304]Well for one i do own a very nice house that will be paid for before im 45, and im sorry you made the choise to go get married and give up every thing. QUOTE]

Very invalid statement due to the fact that most people on here are married, and number two my wife doesnt work at some 10 dollar an hour job. I actually have more because she has a good job and a career.

:evilb:

Save your breath with this tool. All he does is come onto peoples threads to argue with them. He was banned before for doing this, comes back under another screen name, and continues to argue with people. There's no reasoning with someone like this.

So back on track for those who are interested, what's the progress on the conversion ?

was coming to see how the swap was coming along but :poopoo: it's gotten a little more interesting :popcorn: