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SUVs Hummer Any chance of a V8 or 6 Cylinder for the H3?
14 messages, Last post on May 03, 2007 at 8:17 AM
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Last discussion I could find stated that a V8 was possible for the 2007 model year obvisouly has not happened yet. This is the only thing keeping me from purchasing a H3 can any confirm or deny any plans to add the V8 to the H3 model? and if so when can we expect it? My first post so if I added this discussion to the wrong forum please accept my apologies Thanks!
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Replying to: marka2k (Oct 26, 2006 7:53 am) 5 cylinders is sort of different. You could always go this route if more HP is what you are after: Geiger Hot-Rods the Hummer H3 up to 325 Horses  I've seen scuttlebutt for a V8 next summer or for 2008. Nothing reliable though. |
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Replying to: marka2k (Oct 26, 2006 7:53 am)
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| Just came from a (diesel) turbo, no thanks. Supercharger uses hp to make hp, but hp is needed at top end anyway. v8 gets messy under the hood. And then there are the weight problems and that squashed exhaust pipe. Let's hope that smart engineers are in control at gm. | |
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Replying to: leeharvey418 (Nov 01, 2006 8:50 am) Will the torsion bars and leaf springs be increased and be able to be back fitted for '06 mods? Is the I6 too long for the H3? With more hp/torque is a 4.10 or 3.73 diff coming? |
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Replying to: tired_old_dave (Jan 08, 2007 8:14 am)
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Replying to: bigd1960 (Jan 08, 2007 7:18 pm) Test drove a new tahoe before the h3 purchase-didn't think it had the right gas pedal feel(cyl deact?). Never drove one while at the cadillac dealer last year, but like another post somewhere, the cadillac tahoe with the 6.0 must be a nice combo. Never drove a trailblazer with the 4.2 either. I assume all caps is for emphasis and is taken that way.
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Replying to: tired_old_dave (Jan 09, 2007 6:53 am) |
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Replying to: tired_old_dave (Jan 08, 2007 8:14 am) I can't speak to the torsion bars themselves, I would imagine that they have indeed been upgraded. I would be very surprised if you couldn't retrofit H3 V8 torsion bars to an I5 model, though GM probably wouldn't recommend it. As for the leaf springs, there is no difference in mounting hardware between I5 and V8, so even if the spring rates have been increased, retrofitting would be no problem whatsoever. The I6 has to be too long for the 345/355, since that would be the obvious and easy way to upgrade power (if it did fit). I haven't the foggiest idea what GM's product planners have in mind for axle ratios, but given Hummers reputation for poor fuel economy, I would be shocked if a production vehicle was sold with anything other than an extremely tall rear end. If anything, more power would prompt them to go even taller still.
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Replying to: leeharvey418 (Jan 23, 2007 5:44 am) Wanted to wait for the new 2wd silverado with a locking rear but our previous ride was eating our lunch and not trustworthy and so the H3. Old school-like body on frame, push rod, and etc.
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