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50mpg diesel part 2
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Posted August 10 2008 04:16 PM by Jason Sands
Ok so we couldn't wait. After my teaser in the last blog about a 50+mpg compact car, I just had to let everyone know what the big surprise was. Ready? It's a...
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What were/are your favorite vehicles?
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Posted August 7 2008 01:59 PM by Jason Sands
Many of us had a life before diesel trucks, me included. I had many other types of vehicles before I bought my first diesel, which was going to be used to start a business. Diesel trucks are work vehicles at...
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We challenge Project Car Magazine to a duel
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Posted August 6 2008 02:02 PM by Jason Sands
Tell me folks, does this project truck with the K-Mart bin in the back look like a Drag racer? Does it even look remotely fast? Well it isn't that fast (yet) but it can still hold its own. With 300 rear...
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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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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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What? No diesel?
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Posted July 31 2008 09:45 AM by Jason Sands
We here at Diesel Power like to think that we rule the world. I mean diesels are everywhere, and nowadays they are usually more powerful that their gasoline counterparts. However, there are some applications...
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Diesel Smoke
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Posted July 29 2008 01:12 PM by Jason Sands
So is diesel smoke good or bad? There are a quite a few different viewpoints to this argument....
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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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How to blow up your Duramax
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Posted July 25 2008 09:46 AM by Jason Sands
Sometimes we run into some funny situations that we can't publish in the magazine due to photo quality, or other reasons, but I decided this story needs to be told. This would have been an ok picture, but the guy in...
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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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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 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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