well yesterday, while our iraqi soldiers were out on patrol, i decided to remove the cat and muffler off my hummer. probably the hardest exhaust i have ever removed. pretty tight under there. sounds a lot better, and now you can hear the turbo spool up and scream. the iraqi's thought i was crazy after i removed it, sitting there gas choking it, listening to it scream. sounds all right, but not like ol bess back home. anyhoo, shouldve done it earlier, but too busy. supposed to be back in nc on the 8th of nov, but just found out we have to stop in cali for some retarded classes we can do in nc and some other stupid stuff. they say we wont be home till the 18th or later of nov. cant complain too much i guess, the army gets extended for months at a time. anyhoo
semper.

 

If you can get to San Diego to tip a few back, go to the Gaslamp District. Tons of bars and tons of hot Cali women!
Semper Fi!

 

A bombed Hummer?..........why not!

Thanks for serving! Be careful over there and get home safe.

 

Thats YOUR Hummer eh???

 

Yeah - that's where my bro found his wife (San Diego, that is! )
He just got there for Fleet Week - Go Navy!

 

actually it is "my" hummer. as an officer technically your not supposed to drive hummers, but being an military advisor, we have no one to really sulpport us, and we are a small team, so we all drive, gun, a-drive, etc. i actually have been to the gas lamp area. im from south east tx, kind of redneck area, i say that with pride. it wasnt to impressive to me though. i prefer a bar i can spit on the floor on and not get kicked out. i also tend to hang out with the enlisted more often than the other "cool" officers so not looked at to highly by the academy boys on the O side. my boys have allways been there for me, and me for them. they are the ones that do the work, us officers just get the credit for it. kind of backwards in my opinion. thanks for the support guys. later
semper

 

Stay safe and take care of yourself....

 

I tried to BOMB our humvees here in Kuwait, but after the muffler "fell" off, and the injection pump "mysteriously" advanced a few degrees, I got my butt chewed by my LT. Must be nice to be able to do something. At least I have a cool aftermarket bumper I can over stuff with.

 

Quick question on the HMMV's...
Since they (last I heard) were running the Detroit 6.5 TD's, do the military versions have the Stanadyne DB2 (mechanical) or the DB4 (electronic with PMD) pumps?
Just wondering since a guy in the next town has been trying to sell his '99 GMC CC/Dually GMC with 6.5L TD. He is now down to $5500 for it, and it is in great shape. Most folks around here are hip to the DB4 problems and have shied away from it. I would consider the truck if it wasn't too much of a hassle to replace the DB4 with a DB2 - kinda like putting a P Pump on a 24V!
Dry Creek

 

sorry your lt is a idiot. why would he get ticked at you for making your hummer run "better" and more "eficient". i am a 1st lt as well, thats why i can say he is an idot. my major doesnt care, and is sure is funny driving around our ao, and people a couple hundred yards down the road strain their necks to see what that sound is.

 

they run the db2 pumps on them . its rummered that if you put a 6.5 pump on the 6.2 it will really run yeah some officers dont like it when we play with them . and dodnt get cought putting propane on them ether they dont think that ones funny from what i hear

 

I am just a lowly Corporal, and I don't know any better. If I was Motor T I might get away with it, but I am an 1161 a/c mechanic attached to S-6, so these computer guys don't like to mess with the mechanical stuff if it works. There is no "It runs better now" or "It can actually move under its own power now". Only "If it breaks, it is coming out of your Edit!" Hence, when the mirror gets broken from someone horsing around, it is my fault because I advanced the injection pump! Go figure. It seems the farther away you get from guys that actually go outside the wire, the farther away from reality you get. I do have to say, when stuff goes down, my LT is the first to say "Allison, go redneck that thing back together until we can get parts!" So it's not all bad.

 

Hey, Corporals and Sergeants run the Marine Corps. Just remember that when you say you are just a 'lowly Corporal'.