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Getting 150mpg with diesel
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Posted July 23 2008 10:29 AM by Jason Sands
With Diesel at $5.00 a gallon I was thinking about scooters yesterday (I know! but my commute is only 10 miles, so why not.) The funny thing is, Scooters "only" get about 80-90mpg. Now I know that may...
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Diesel Big Rigs
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Posted July 22 2008 12:36 PM by Jason Sands
Just swinging by really quick for another opinion from you readers, what do you think about diesel big rigs? Are 700 cubic inch trucks that have 800hp and can haul 80,000 pounds exciting, or are they too far removed...
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Reader's Contest
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Posted July 8 2008 02:57 PM by Jason Sands
Ok readers, we like like your input, and this time you get to have more than you will usually have. We're holding a blog contest, and whoever has the best idea, we'll blog about it.
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The Rust Bucket Blogs return: VE Cummins performance
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Posted June 27 2008 03:42 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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What is a classic diesel?
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Posted June 23 2008 04:14 PM by Mike McGlothlin
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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Diesel mini-trucks?
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Posted June 12 2008 02:47 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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Give us your opinion!!
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Posted June 5 2008 11:17 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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Forget about the 5.9L Cummins and 7.3L Powerstroke
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Posted May 28 2008 09:22 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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Do programmers save fuel?
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Posted May 20 2008 03:05 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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Surviving $5.00 Diesel Fuel
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Posted April 21 2008 09:40 AM by David Kennedy - Editor
The most I have ever paid for a gallon of diesel fuel is $4.55. That’s too much, but I fear this summer I could be writing about how to survive $5.00 diesel. Let’s pray that doesn’t happen, and in the meantime let’s...
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Which One Needs a Diesel More?
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Posted April 15 2008 05:35 PM by David Kennedy - Editor
Diesel Power Associate Editor, Jason Sands, just wrote about why we should be building diesel muscle cars. But what he failed to tell you was that he has the perfect candidate for a diesel hot rod. This is his ’71...
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Searching for signs of the 2010 Dodge Diesel(s)
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Posted April 15 2008 05:00 PM by David Kennedy - Editor
On Thursday diesel power got a chance to sneak a peak at the all-new 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. While it’s always interesting to see what the new gas-powered trucks have to offer, we went looking for one thing, and...
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13,000 mile 3.0L Diesel Update
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Posted March 28 2008 07:27 PM by David Kennedy - Editor
In 13,000-miles our 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 3.0L diesel engine has sucked in a lot of air. By the looks of it, a lot of that air has been dirty!
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Direct Injection Editorial - March 2008
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Posted February 25 2008 05:12 PM by David Kennedy - Editor
My friend Steve Deitsch is as big a gearhead as anyone I've ever met. He's a Ford guy by nature, but he doesn't let brand loyalty stop him from admiring cool trucks and great engines from other manufacturers. Big Stevie,...
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Direct Injection Editorial - February 2008
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Posted January 23 2008 01:06 PM by David Kennedy - Editor
It's always risky to predict the future, but everybody else tries to this time of year, so why can't I? Diesel is going through its biggest transformation in 50 years. Everything is changing-the laws, the fuel, the...
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