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Irwindale's 1/8th mile....
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Posted January 13 2012 08:08 PM by Jason Sands
Ok so now that I am a big 'ol dyno queen with my 89, I'm back at the track again, so I can risk breaking stuff :D
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When one isn't enough...
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Posted December 15 2011 01:06 PM by Jason Sands
People have been talking about doing twin injection pumps for years, but very few have actually taken the time and work to make it happen. Normally they're also on something odd or European, so when we got a...
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Three Trucks, Three Updates...
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Posted December 8 2011 01:19 PM by Jason Sands
I keep a group of project trucks handy, and build them as I would think our readers would. My 89 is a nitrous huffing mega-hp monster, my 95 will be designed to do it all, and do it well, and my new 02 Chevy is made...
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Duramax Piston Failure—Is Now Over!
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Posted October 30 2011 04:29 PM by David Kennedy - Editor
In the last 11 years, the 6.6L Duramax engine has taken GM’s diesel program from last place—to world beating. And diesel enthusiasts (like you) deserve as much credit as General Motors does for turning this 300hp,...
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Cummins vs Powerstroke vs Duramax
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Posted October 17 2011 07:58 AM by Jason Sands
I bet this is something that sled pulling fans doubted they'd ever see a few years ago....a Cummins vs a Powerstroke, vs a Duramax, all in the highest class of pulling.
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Accident? Suicide? Or, Assassination?
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Posted September 29 2011 03:58 PM by David Kennedy - Editor
98-years ago today, Rudolf Diesel (the man) died while a passenger on an overnight trip on the steamship Dresden . Diesel was traveling from Antwerp, Belgium, to the town of Harwich in England with his close friend Georges...
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Diesel Power Wants to Know How You Roll
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Posted September 17 2011 07:58 AM by David Kennedy - Editor
If there’s one upgrade that changes the look of a truck more than anything—it’s the wheels. Hardly any of the vehicles we feature in Diesel Power, show in Readers’ Diesels, or even own ourselves roll on the stock rims. But...
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Gale Banks Engineering’s New Blown 7.0L Duramax
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Posted September 17 2011 07:09 AM by David Kennedy - Editor
Deep within the prototype and engineering building on the Banks Azusa, California, compound—there’s a new supercharged diesel being built. Behold, this 7.0L (427ci) Duramax features a 2011 LML engine block (the strongest...
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Team Green vs The J&H Ramcharger
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Posted September 11 2011 09:00 PM by Jason Sands
I saw one of the oddest finals ever this weekend, with Stuckey Racing facing off against the J&H Ramcharger in the finals of Pro Street.
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Sheesh...about time....
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Posted September 4 2011 09:01 PM by Jason Sands
In this month's Diesel Power (as in the one on the Newsstands) we finally reveal how much power Project Triple Threat made with its "Garmonized" package.
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Brent Hajek rips up the salt
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Posted September 2 2011 09:38 PM by Jason Sands
What some of you already know, is that a Ford diesel went 182mph a few weeks ago at Bonneville, making it the fastest stock-bodied diesel on the planet.
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Turbos, turbos, and more turbos...
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Posted August 25 2011 01:09 PM by Jason Sands
Not everyone has five turbos sitting under their desk....
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4-turbo tractor...
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Posted July 27 2011 01:28 PM by Jason Sands
The "Radical Red" pulling tractor you see here cleaning up a 16mm Hypermax Sigma pump has a completely insane turbo setup on it, that we're way jealous of.
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Here we Go!
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Posted July 26 2011 11:17 AM by Jason Sands
It's actually happened before, as both Mike Racke's Duramax Chevelle, and Mike Wood's diesel Mustang have also appeared on the cover of Hot Rod.
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Our 95 Dodge Cummins hits the dragstrip
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Posted June 10 2011 08:30 AM by Jason Sands
With some bolt-on speed stuff (that I'll be telling you about in a month or two) I hit the local 1/8th mile to see how I'd do.
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