Tech Tips Blog, Talk & Discussion | Diesel Power Magazine Blog

Fairbanks-Morse Generator At 1940's Oasis Divorce Ranch

A New Diesel Power Project

Posted January 21 2012 05:59 PM by jason.thompson

I dropped by Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs just north west of Las Vegas. It's an old oasis springs used by Native Americans and then prospectors. In the 1940's it was turned into a self sustaining dude ranch that...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Engines, Tech Tips | Comments (2)

• Get a Free Quote

• Find a Local Dealer

Timing a 7.3L IDI

Diesel Performance Specialists

Posted January 9 2012 07:37 PM by jason.thompson

Last time we installed a Diesel Performance Specialists DPS "turned up" injection pump, performance injectors, and new return line kit. (Installing a new return line kit would fix 95% of the problems we get asked...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Engines, Tech Tips | Comments (5)

Regenerative Braking

Spring Power

Posted January 6 2012 11:41 AM by jason.thompson

I've got a book that I can't find right now called Horseless Carriages it was written in 1900. They had compressed spring cars back then. I remember building a mouse trap car in high school that used really big...

Read full blog

Filed under: What's New, Tech Tips, Diesel Observations | Comments (0)

NH3 From the Sun and Electric Engines (LEICE)

Ammonia Power

Posted December 18 2011 07:09 PM by jason.thompson

I'd like to see how an engine would run on ammonia. It'd be nice to produce your own ammonia fuel from the sun...at home.

Read full blog

Filed under: Compression Ratio, Tech Tips | Comments (3)

Cummins Powered Swap

Travelall: Readers' Diesel Sneak Peak

Posted December 17 2011 02:57 PM by jason.thompson

This International Travelall is awesome. This is all I want for Christmas. Don't you wish International still sold consumer SUV's?

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Trucks, Tech Tips | Comments (1)

Diesel Power Started the Power Revolution

POWER is the New GREEN

Posted December 12 2011 02:02 PM by jason.thompson

A few years back someone started saying GREEN and ever since its been a part of our vocabulary and mindset. Green means taking care of the environment by not mindlessly wasting our resources. Basically being more...

Read full blog

Filed under: What's New, Tech Tips, Diesel Enthusiast Culture | Comments (1)

First Look: Performance Diesel Machine (PDM)

Industrial Injection Visit

Posted December 8 2011 10:49 PM by jason.thompson

We just got a first hand look at Industrial Injection's Performance Diesel Machine (PDM) capability. This is where our Doomsday Project got it's 12-valve engine machined and assembled. This was an awesome learning...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Engines, Tech Tips | Comments (0)

DPS

7.3L IDI Injection Pump Install

Posted December 8 2011 10:25 PM by jason.thompson

Last weekend Alex Nine and his friend Aaron drove up to Underground Diesel's shop in Las Vegas. Newly was nice enough to let us use his shop to install the parts. We installed some DPS injectors and its injection...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Engines, Tech Tips | Comments (0)

Bumper and Headlight Fixes

Plastic Repair: Mixplast

Posted November 14 2011 10:49 AM by jason.thompson

Plastics are making their way on to our trucks. Diesel cars with plastics are already here and there will be more to come. At the body shop I used to work at only one guy could weld plastic with any luck. You have...

Read full blog

Filed under: What's New, Tech Tips | Comments (3)

Ceramic Coatings and Air Gap Engines

Low Heat Rejection Engines

Posted September 23 2011 10:46 AM by jason.thompson

Low Heat Rejection engines were all the rage back in the 80's and 90's. If you take a gallon of fuel 1/3 of the energy goes to the wheels, 1/3 goes to the coolant, and a 1/3 goes to the exhaust gas temperature. LHR...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Engines, Tech Tips | Comments (2)

MegaMax

Gale Banks Engineering’s New Blown 7.0L Duramax

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...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Engines, Tech Tips, Direct Injection | Comments (0)

Must Have Tools for Every Toolbox

What's Your Favorite Tool?

Posted August 27 2011 02:04 PM by jason.thompson

What is your favorite tool? What tool can't you live without? What tool do you find yourself always picking up day in day out? I keep my tools in multiple tool boxes instead of a big rolling chest. Chests are heavy...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Trucks, Tech Tips | Comments (6)

Skyactiv-D = Rocket Ship

Mazda Diesel Test Drive

Posted August 4 2011 09:01 AM by jason.thompson

I just got done driving the new Mazda Skyactiv-D diesel headed for the U.S. It'll be here 18 + 18 months from now.

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Car Reviews, Tech Tips | Comments (6)

Industrial Injection Service

IIS 6.7L Scorpion Ford compound kit

Posted June 14 2011 09:41 AM by jason.thompson

Looking to add something to your 6.7L Ford to upgrade its performance? Here is a message we got from Industrial Injection:

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Truck Parts, Diesel Engines, Tech Tips | Comments (2)

My Non-Turbo 7.3L Block = Paper Weight

How to Use a Dial Bore Gage and Vernier Micrometer

Posted June 8 2011 01:42 PM by jason.thompson

This is the first time I've used a dial bore gage so Rob Parelli of Tork Teknology lent me his Sunnen dial bore gage and vernier micrometer to check the cylinder bores of my ’87 Ford F-250's (Project 300)...

Read full blog

Filed under: Diesel Engines, Tech Tips | Comments (3)

(page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 )