by CumminsPower59 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:28 am
I know for a fact that a stripped down M998 (Military Issue) Humvee will tip the scales at over 6k, and that's with the old 6.2L, soft doors and top too So, if I were a bettin' man, I would put this one over 7k as it sits. The armored versions, M1151's, eat tires like mad, we got mabe 5000 miles on a set when I was in Iraq, but there were several factors too. We had to run BFG Baja's, and Goodyear MT/R's on ours, they have a softer rubber compund, and combined with the 12000lbs of the armored variants and all the "geardo" crap the guys had on them
, tires didn't last long
. That Cummins is gonna be screaming for mercy with a TH400 behind it, the combination of the geared hubs and the ratio in the diffs put it at a good 4.30?ish to 1 ratio, the 6.2L"s and the 6.5L's we run don't like highway speeds at all. They do very well off road, using what AM General calls "brake/trottle modualtion", the goofy a$$ diffs will kinda lock up and these things can crawl over just about anything
Can't wait to see it finished Andrew, keep on with the pics!!!
Ike
91 W350 SRW, 3.07's, NV4500, 370's, THD LPPP, Super HX40, 2nd gen IC swap, BHAF, Isspro's, 2" lift, 285's on 3rd gen 17"'s.
04 VW Jetta Wagon TDI 5speed