H2 OR CORVETTE

[Humgirl&guy]

What would you buy if you had a choice between the H2 or a Corvette, what would you buy and why?

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Oh I forgot, Predator and Fox racing has an H1 with diesel that has nocked off a Vette easily already and gunning for I think it is the Ferrari 360. Nothing special except 6.6 turbo with supper good tuning and power to pavement hook up. have lightened it upthogh. A few extra things but run 800Hp at the crank if I remember right. I forget the torque. The have started the fastest hummer challenge and I have mentioned on this forum I'm getting in on it not with present rig but, one from ground up,if i can get sponsor's and team mates to join in.
TAZ

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ARH1956:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HUMMERcustoms/TAZ:
I had the choice of new toys and went H2. Hot roads not sports cars have always been My thing anyways, so i wanted something more different. People do not get out of the way of Vette's like they do H2's and My cousin who just got a new 2006 Vette without engine upgrade, after riding with Me and seeing that there is so much more to do to the H2 than the Vette wishes He had gone H2. Especailly after My highly blown H2 blew His butt of the road out on the old Scott hiway racing road from the old days. I suggested I may give Him a scare and He rolled His eyes so after We took of all He saw was My tailights and now He is really unhapppy and talking trading if I'll help Him build His H2. Of course I will, He's My favorite cousin.
TAZ </div></BLOCKQUOTE>You must have a magical H2. Even with Lingenfelter's 700 HP, 520+ @ the wheels, TT package on an H2 it's no match for a stock C6. Of course your cousin could be a completely inept driver. While I love my H2 there is no way to make it a straight line performance match for even my M3, forget about my Z06, LOL.
BTW, all C6's come with the 400 HP engine stock, no upgrade is needed to turn 12.5 - 12.7's 1/4's & sub 4 second 0-60's. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Boss Hoss]

I actually thought about a vette 6 months prior to buying my Hummer....then i got 3 speeding tickets in my Lexus IS 300 so i figured i sure didnt need a vette...now that i have a Hummer i cannot see driving a vette on a daily basis, however a vette would be a great second car. In addition, i needed more room so when we traveled my son could have more room. Hes only 8 months old:


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[Black 05]

I traded my 03 Corvette for a 04 H2, then traded that for my 05 H2 because I wanted ebony interior, then I miss my Corvette and bought a new 05 last week.

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Guys it was a blast in those days and now again.I kid You not when the other day We had it out of chrome long enough to get to drive it some. I had a frined in from Dallas and he had not been i it for 4 months or so. He had no idea I had supercharger. His son who is first year in college was in front seat. We ll I told My Friend remeber the old days with the Stang i would tape a $20 to thedash and after i dumped the clutch if you could reach up and get it it was yours. he replyed he remembered. I told well things are more expensive and it was the kids birthdat. I taped a $100 to the dash and told him to set His seat cmfortale and sit upright. I told Him once i stood o it if he could reach it before I got to 60 it was his. He never got to move towards it. No joke I have got lucky and got another what i call a once in a life time engine and tranny setup. it is allot of what i have made it but it has to be there to get it from the girl. My plan is not to lose the timed lap races at the national show. I have a dirt track owner who will let me practice up in the week if dry. the bad thing about an h2 is it will not slide in the turns like a sprint orlate model so You have to drive it through the turns like NASCAR. At least We will get one warm up run at national show to see if I can find the line quickly. The later the better but, to late is trouble. Rough track.

Finally glad you like My old man memories. Miss those days, guess i'm trying to bring them back now to some degree. But, speed has always been in My blood so it is not to far from My heart
TAZ

[HummerNewbie]

Taz,

I was just going through some of the old threads about the H2 vs Lightning and saw that you used to drive for Keystone out of KC MO. What class did you run? My uncle ran Top Alcohol Funny Car and Dragster for many years out of KC MO.

[Christa]

[quote]Originally posted by HUMMERcustoms/TAZ:

Christa a crouch rocket is a High performance motorcycle.
TAZ[/QUOTE

Taz, I know that, It's just that I don't own a bike and I like to say "crotch rocket" whenever I can!

Sorry Klaus, was just joshin Actually I think the new Vettes are gorgeous and I believe only Greg Brady would dress that way!! ( I hope!)

[PARAGON]

I am sorry but that is a no brainer. The vette just doesn't have the ground clearance and will probably get hung up easily on the rocks. Also, it needs at least a solid rear axle to be a serious off-roader and the vette's 4wd system leaves a lot to be desired.

Just Kidding by the way. Notice the

[NJ H2]

I have noticed that there are many ex-Corvette owners who now own the H2 and wouldn't go back.
I had Corvettes since 1986 including the ZO6 (which I loved) but the moment I saw the H2 at the Auto Show I knew my Corvette days were over! The Corvette is a great vehicle but nothing compares to the H2!
I do still like cheching out my old pictures though!

[Boss Hoss]

One more try:

[H2Blondie]

I too was considering one of the new Corvettes when I bought my H2 last month. If I had it all to do over again, I would make the same decision. The H2 is so much more practical!

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Klaus that trip really got the juices flowing seeing all those beauties everywhere.
TAZ

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Klaus:
TAZ,

Yep, I've done a couple of Labor Days at the Museum. As a matter of fact, I'm a "Founding Member" of the museum.

Now that I once again own a Vette, we plan to cruise up to the museum this labor day. I've been working on the Vette to get it ready (tires, brakes, etc.)

More later... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

I ran back in mid 70's. I drove My 68 Mustang Coupe with one of 2 of the last 289 HP blocks made before Gapp and Rousch left Ford. I paid $500 for the block which is like $5000 now.
I was working in the warehouse and going to school and they got to hearing about Me pink slipping over in Olathe, Kansas. It is how I paid for colleg etc. I never lost a race. Anyway they heard and called me in the office and I thought I was in trouble but, to My surprise they had been out on a few Weds. night grudge race night. You just get in a line and hand the guy .25 and run whoever You lined up with. You ran till later they let you get with people as the slower guys got weeded out. I was beating everyone so all the Mustangs started lining up where they could get a shot. I had gone to watch and did not uncap My headers or put on my Mickey wrinkle walls. I had them in the trunk. It was for fun so I was not going through the trouble. I got through everyone and there was a camaro that came in on a trailer 454 with a blower. He came up last and asked to run. We lined up, he was so loud i could not hear My engine so i just hooked up the line lock at redline and let it go. i ran a Mr. Gasket inline shifter. the kind where you did not shift really you just clicked it up for the next gear and click it down to shift down. no skipping gears. it was a pain on the street. it had a T handle You lifted up to get into reverse. Well the way i raced i never used clutch anyway except at line and when the gas pedal hit the floor it stayed and never came up. Well to learn to not have to change syncro's so much I just learned to shift it fast enough without clutch which saved time and kept drive train hooked up all the time. Anyway I got Him so far off the line I beat him but, He was gaining the whole time. i beat Him by 1/3 of car length if that much on a 1/8 mile track. if it had been a 1/4 mile He would have got me for sure.

Keystone was there and came and asked what i was running and how I was setup so they asked would i run My car for them and sponsor me. They took Me as far off as Beeline Dragway in Phoenix, AZ. had allot of fun. Just a kid did not know what I was doing really. Just had the nack for building a good motor and tranny match. I was running 289HP ported, balanced, blueprinted and polished. Heads had oversize chevy valves. Tunnel Ram with 2-700 Holley double pumpers. Bullet proof T-10 top loader tranny. It was always My favorite as it was so easy to tear down and go back together. I could do it at the track easily if need be. i ran roller cam and rockers by Crane Cam what ever Keystone carried. But, as i mentioned You are lucky if you ever get one or two engines where everything just goes right now matter what. That is the way it was with the Mustang coupe. No matter what i changed on it the motor would just run. I tried Automatic for a little while and Keystone told me to go back to T-10. they said I was the only kid they had seen that could shift faster than an automatic. the only other guy that told me that was an older guy here in Arkansas that taught me to build the T-10's. he told me it would be a mistake if I ever shifted anything else. I ran 4.56 detroit lockers, safey blanket over flywheel and tranny. had engine chained down as We could not keep motor mounts in it. The oddest thing is that i worked for My grand Dad on the farm off and on in Arkansas and I could not keep clutches in stang for anything. We were working on, the Iron Horse is the name We gave it, out in the shed and I had the pilot shaft in my had walking back from cleaning it up and We had taken down a John Deere 4020 earlier in the day to put a clutch in it. I looked and did a double take and the JD clutch measured around 10" just like the stang been awhile kind of hard to remember but, the were the same. I yelled at the guys and thinking no way there could be a chance the splines were the same and I walked up and stuck the pilot shaft in the clutch and no more clutch problems from that day on. funny how You just luck onto things. anyway i told keystone about all this stuff and of course more like Accel dual point distributor, coil, etc.
Headers well you know what all goes on. But, I got the priveledge of running it for keystone for a few seasons and them paying the bills in modified stock as i drove it to class every day. When i would go through sonic on the concrete i let it idle through and on each lob it chirped the tires. it was funny to watch peoples faces.
Well it was along time ago but, good memories. would have kept the care but, got married and thougth the car was not important anymore. Boy was that a mistake letting the car get away. Had several chances for a few years to get it back but did not have the money. Friends ask why I do not go out and buy another and my response is when you had that one ride that was that perfect, everything else as far as mustang would never be quite right so i never tried to replace it.
Oh and I did get to run as the back up driver to rail driver. I did not get to drive it in a race but, got to practice. man if You have never let one of those babies go down the track at 230 and 250 MPH it is something You cannot imagne. Just the tinest flick of the steering wheel and You were off across the guard rails if you did not disentegrate first on contact. When they were first letting me try and drive i did not worry much with the speed and shifting as it usually was just 2 levers or gears. they would have Me hold the steering wheel in My hands and between My knees at just Oh say coast so i could see how much a twitch of the wheel meant in feet to the front end car. It did not take but, once to see that if You had an itch leave it alone cause You would die scratching it.
Well brought back allot of good memories. I really made a mistake I guess by not pursueing the life of a driver. I was suited for it and loved but, young and thought the woman was worth more than any of that stuff. Do not know if it was or not it just turned out the way it turned out. so you go with the flow.
TAZ

[JohnB.GWU.]

the answer is simple, just buy both

[ARH1956]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HUMMERcustoms/TAZ:
I had the choice of new toys and went H2. Hot roads not sports cars have always been My thing anyways, so i wanted something more different. People do not get out of the way of Vette's like they do H2's and My cousin who just got a new 2006 Vette without engine upgrade, after riding with Me and seeing that there is so much more to do to the H2 than the Vette wishes He had gone H2. Especailly after My highly blown H2 blew His butt of the road out on the old Scott hiway racing road from the old days. I suggested I may give Him a scare and He rolled His eyes so after We took of all He saw was My tailights and now He is really unhapppy and talking trading if I'll help Him build His H2. Of course I will, He's My favorite cousin.
TAZ </div></BLOCKQUOTE>You must have a magical H2. Even with Lingenfelter's 700 HP, 520+ @ the wheels, TT package on an H2 it's no match for a stock C6. Of course your cousin could be a completely inept driver. While I love my H2 there is no way to make it a straight line performance match for even my M3, forget about my Z06, LOL.
BTW, all C6's come with the 400 HP engine stock, no upgrade is needed to turn 12.5 - 12.7's 1/4's & sub 4 second 0-60's.

[Petey]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Also, it needs at least a solid rear axle to be a serious off-roader and the vette's 4wd system leaves a lot to be desired. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I would have said a solid front axle too, but hey, whatever.

[ROX]

I would LOVE to have a corvette.

But I LOVE to off road even more. I would trash it for certain. I've never driven a car, only trucks.

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

I think as KENP and others that know what I'm about to say is I have more thrill and speed in My H2 than some Vette's I have been in. Especially MY cousins 2006 Vette that I teased about giving Him a scare. He wiped the grin and stopped rolling His eyes after all He saw were My taillights in 1/4 and 0 to 60. I told Him I would go 0 to 100 if He wanted more time to try and catch up. He did not have the engine upgrade but, hey a vette is a vette supposedly. I Love Them. It was not fair though He was stock and I was so far from stock You could not look back an see it anymore. I would need Vette for the handling not the speed.
Christa a crouch rocket is a High performance motorcycle. Rice rocket is a tuner or High perf. used to be foreign cars but, now cobalt's and other american made rides are getting there and doing very good in the arena. Go USA!!
TAZ

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

I had the choice of new toys and went H2. Hot roads not sports cars have always been My thing anyways, so i wanted something more different. People do not get out of the way of Vette's like they do H2's and My cousin who just got a new 2006 Vette without engine upgrade, after riding with Me and seeing that there is so much more to do to the H2 than the Vette wishes He had gone H2. Especailly after My highly blown H2 blew His butt of the road out on the old Scott hiway racing road from the old days. I suggested I may give Him a scare and He rolled His eyes so after We took of all He saw was My tailights and now He is really unhapppy and talking trading if I'll help Him build His H2. Of course I will, He's My favorite cousin.
TAZ

[KenP]

I would die in a 'vette. No way I'd buy one.