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We Got our First Entry!
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Posted August 6 2008 09:28 AM by dkennedy
In may of 2009 we will be holding the fifth Diesel Power Challenge event, and I’m happy to report we’ve already received our first entry form.
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Diesel Power Project Jeep
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Posted August 4 2008 02:01 PM by dkennedy
We’re getting ready to take the Jeep out shock testing with Bilstein. But we thought we show you a baseline of how the 3.0L diesel Jeep works in the sand right .ow (4900) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXUn8wFIcY
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A closer look at the SR-71 Blackbird’s Pratt & Whitney J58 Jet Engines
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Posted August 1 2008 05:26 PM by dkennedy
When I was up in Clackamas, Oregon this week at Warn’s 60th anniversary media event John Cappa and I decided to hop in a rental car and drive down to McMinnville, Oregon to see the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum....
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$1,300 Diesel Tax Credit
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Posted July 29 2008 08:24 AM by dkennedy
Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced that buyers of the Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen are eligible for a $1,300 Federal Income Tax Credit. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a certification letter...
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Not bloody likely
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Posted July 24 2008 10:19 AM by dkennedy
A good friend of mine, Fred Williams owns this 1964 Jeep Forward Control (FC) crew cab pickup truck. Some of you may know my friend as “Crazy Uncle Freddy”, or as Paul Williams, or as the Technical Editor of...
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Terrible News
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Posted July 23 2008 11:01 AM by dkennedy
In shocking news out of Peoria, Illinois- Caterpillar has decided not to redesign its on-highway diesel engines to meet the 2010 EPA emissions standards. This is terrible news, and provides insight on just how difficult...
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The new 4.5L Duramax bolt pattern
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Posted July 21 2008 07:52 PM by dkennedy
I'm shocked that I never noticed this before… but new photos of the 4.5L Duramax reveal a change to Chevrolet’s V-8 architecture that hasn’t happened in 53 years: The 2010 4.5L Duramax engine bellhousing bolt-pattern has...
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Diesel Power Grand Cherokee
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Posted March 10 2008 01:54 PM by dkennedy
With the price of diesel fuel hovering around $4.00 in California, I thought I better stay home this weekend and work on our diesel-powered 3.0L Jeep Grand Cherokee.
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Diesel Power Dakar Adventure - Day Three Race Canceled
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Posted January 4 2008 10:33 AM by dkennedy
It's 10:12 am local time and we are standing in the hotel lobby. It looks like the entire VW team is here. The lobby is a buzz with rumors about the race. It sounds like there is some drama playing out...
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Diesel Power Dakar Adventure - Day Two Final Update
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Posted January 3 2008 08:08 PM by dkennedy
Here are the photos I took today/tonight. So far the Cannon 5D is hanging tough, even in the rain. I hope it holds up this well in the sand.
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Diesel Power Dakar Adventure - Day Two Update Four
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Posted January 3 2008 07:43 PM by dkennedy
You know (Stephen Watson), I bought (and brought) a Surefire flash light for the trip with extra batteries.. Cleaned and brought spare AAAs for my LED headlamp, and Volkswagen even gave us LED head lamps. I also...
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Diesel Power Dakar Adventure - Third Update
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Posted January 3 2008 03:37 PM by dkennedy
I had no idea tech inspection would go like this. It is 7:30pm local time and I've been through a virtual carnival of booths to get my insurance worked out, my toll booth pass, two GPS systems, a satalite phone, and...
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Diesel Power Dakar Adventure - Day Two and a Half
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Posted January 3 2008 10:47 AM by dkennedy
Right now I am in line for the tech inspection and there are 13 Touaregs like mine, four VW vans with race seats, roll cages and BFGs and 6 MAN six-wheel drive trucks . I get the sense that there are even more VW...
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Diesel Power Dakar Adventure - Day Two
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Posted January 3 2008 10:38 AM by dkennedy
I'm sitting in the lobby of the Vila Gale hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. It’s 4:40am in Los Angeles and 12:40pm here. At 1:30pm local time we will head over with the "Press Touaregs" to the tech inspection, an event...
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Diesel Power Dakar African Adventure Part 1.5
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Posted January 2 2008 12:25 PM by dkennedy
I am sitting in Frankfurt airport waiting for our 1:30pm flight (now 2:00pm) to Lisbon and one of Mitsubishi's Dakar crew just sat down a few tables away from me . Mitsubishi has been the team to beat at Dakar for...
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