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Diesel on the Farm

Diesel Tractors
Tractor Posted June 30 2008 03:48 PM by jason.thompson

My first experience with diesel was with tractors on my uncle's farm. 

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300 to 400 to 500 horsepower

The Rust Bucket Blogs return: VE Cummins performance
89 dodge vs 27t Posted June 27 2008 02:42 PM by Jason Sands

Well, it now officially looks like 1st gens are taking over the blog section, but I know the hordes of emails I recievced from readers asking where the Rust Bucket blogs went will now be happily replied to.  It's been...

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Diesel history lesson

What is a classic diesel?
1st gen burnout Posted June 23 2008 03:14 PM by Pstroke97

It must’ve been easy for the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) to define a classic car to be either American or foreign built and produced between 1925 and 1948. However, in the diesel pickup world things are a little...

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World's quickest diesel (ramcharger)

700hp street/strip diesel
diesel ramcharger! Posted June 23 2008 12:39 PM by Jason Sands

More than anything else, we get letters about readers who want to see "real" trucks in the magazine, not big huge chromed out $200,000 rigs.  Lately as the price of fuel has been rising, a lot of people have also been...

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More Thoughts From the Road

Waste Heat
beep beep Posted June 23 2008 08:41 AM by jason.thompson

Is perpetual motion possible?                                   

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Road Trip

Road Trip
Posted June 20 2008 10:54 AM by jason.thompson

There is nothing like a road trip to get your mind going.

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Jeep ZJ

No Roof Posted June 18 2008 08:48 AM by jason.thompson

What does the '32 Ford, pre-WWII passenger cars and the Jeep ZJ have in common?

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4cyl Cummins engine swap?

Diesel mini-trucks?
luv1 Posted June 12 2008 01:47 PM by Jason Sands

Cummins makes a 4cyl version of the same engine that is found in Dodge trucks called a 4bt.  It's 3.9L large, and when you turn up the pump the stock version has enough oomph to make about 150hp at the wheels. ...

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What kind of diesels do you want to see in the mag?

Give us your opinion!!
Garmon Posted June 5 2008 10:17 AM by Jason Sands

Here at Diesel Power Magazine, we try to give you everything diesel.  Latley, it seems like a lot of new and exciting things are going on in the world of competition vehicles.  Sled Pulling trucks, Drag-only...

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Big Block swap--8.3L Cummins or DT466.

Forget about the 5.9L Cummins and 7.3L Powerstroke
dt466 ford Posted May 28 2008 08:22 AM by Jason Sands

Ok, it looks like high fuel prices are here to stay, so I am going to stop blogging about them (for now).  The good news is, that we now all can turn our regular old reliable diesels into competition vehicles! ...

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40mpg with a programmer?

Do programmers save fuel?
08 ford Posted May 20 2008 02:05 PM by Jason Sands

Back when I first started at Diesel Power Magazine, many people were talking about how they could get a new truck and put a programmer and an intake and some other stuff on it and get 700 horsepower.  Um, no you...

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Stop the Insanity!

Take Diesel off the Commodities Market
Commodities Exchange Posted May 19 2008 10:30 AM by esanchez

I know the Europeans and foreigners laugh at how much we're whining about our fuel prices, when they've been paying roughly double what we have for more than a decade.

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Diesel Power Challenge Full Results

DPC '08 results
nick d Posted May 9 2008 10:54 PM by Jason Sands

Diesel Power Challenge 2008 is over, here are the full results for every competitor.

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The Competitive Spirit

2008 Diesel Power Challenge
Chris Werner Posted May 9 2008 08:03 PM by Jason Sands

I always felt that there should be an award for the person who showed the best sportsmanship or endured the greatest hardship ( '07 would be Danny Elmore, hands down) at Diesel Power challege.  With that in mind, here...

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Don't Jinx It!

Day Two Weather of Diesel Power Challenge Turns Foul
Gray Clouds in Utah Posted May 7 2008 09:00 PM by esanchez

Just yesterday, I blogged about how perfect the weather was for this year's Diesel Power Challenge. Well, I probably should have kept my mouth shut. Day two brought gray skies, rain, and windy cold. Good thing there was a...

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