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Diesel mini-trucks?
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Posted June 12 2008 01:47 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 10:17 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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Do programmers save fuel?
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Posted May 20 2008 02:05 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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Take Diesel off the Commodities Market
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Posted May 19 2008 10:30 AM by esanchez
I know the Europeans and foreigners laugh at how much we're whining about our fuel prices, when they've been paying roughly double what we have for more than a decade.
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2008 Diesel Power Challenge
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Posted May 9 2008 08:03 PM by Jason Sands
I always felt that there should be an award for the person who showed the best sportsmanship or endured the greatest hardship ( '07 would be Danny Elmore, hands down) at Diesel Power challege. With that in mind, here...
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Day Two Weather of Diesel Power Challenge Turns Foul
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Posted May 7 2008 09:00 PM by esanchez
Just yesterday, I blogged about how perfect the weather was for this year's Diesel Power Challenge. Well, I probably should have kept my mouth shut. Day two brought gray skies, rain, and windy cold. Good thing there was a...
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Diesel Power Editor Thankful for Web Presence
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Posted May 6 2008 08:42 PM by esanchez
The first day of competition of the 2008 Diesel Power Challenge in West Valley City, Utah has just wrapped up. The weather was gorgeous, and despite a liberal application of sunscreen, I turned into a literal "redneck"...
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Our project Dodge sure can spin (one) tire
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Posted April 28 2008 06:06 PM by Jason Sands
Ok. We got caught. A lot of our readers came up to us at the TS event and talked about Project Rust Bucket. It seems people really dig the budget vibe, and the power we've been able to extract from it for...
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Which One Needs a Diesel More?
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Posted April 15 2008 04:35 PM by dkennedy
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 04:00 PM by dkennedy
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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Diesel Power Grand Cherokee
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Posted March 10 2008 12:54 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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Direct Injection Editorial - March 2008
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Posted February 25 2008 04:12 PM by dkennedy
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 12:06 PM by dkennedy
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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Direct Injection Editorial - January 2008
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Posted December 6 2007 09:43 AM by dkennedy
When I was young and broke, I had no other choice but to work on my own truck. If it needed an oil change, I did it. If it needed a new exhaust system, I did it. If the floors rusted through and needed patching, I did it....
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Will a private Chrysler halt diesel development
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Posted March 26 2007 09:03 AM by esanchez
By now, it's essentially a foregone conclusion that Chrysler will be spun off from parent DaimlerChrysler. Whether the new proud papa will be GM or Cerberus, Magna, or some other investment group or consortium, one...
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