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Two-Stroke, or not Two-Stroke?

Which diesel additive is best?

Posted August 11 2008 03:30 PM by Pstroke97

Many of you are running diesel additive in your trucks to combat either the lack of lubricity or lack of cetane ULSD (Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel) provides. But what additive do you think is best?...

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Lettin the cat out of the bag

50mpg diesel part 2

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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Ford's Crafty Concept

Swirl Turbo

Posted August 8 2008 03:19 PM by jason.thompson

Here is one of Ford's new concepts. The engineers who worked on this project explained it to me at the DEER conference.

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“God Bless the History Channel”

Diesel-powered truck goes cross-country on $11.22

Posted August 8 2008 02:27 PM by Pstroke97

Leave it to The History Channel to fill your head with all kinds of tid-bit information…

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Life before diesel

What were/are your favorite vehicles?

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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“Can You Hear Me Now?”

The End of Drive-thru Hassles?

Posted August 7 2008 12:55 PM by Pstroke97

McDonalds will be lovin’ it, as will every other fast food-serving restaurant chain with a drive-thru…

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I Want to Believe

DEER

Posted August 7 2008 06:16 AM by jason.thompson

I came to this conference looking for a silver bullet to solve our fuel economy and emissions challenges. Here is a double barrel approach.

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The Challenge: Rust Bucket Blogs

We challenge Project Car Magazine to a duel

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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When considering driving our Super Duty…

Does it even meet legal driving height requirements?

Posted August 6 2008 01:10 PM by Pstroke97

I recently had to ask myself this question as we were (and still are) considering a full revival of our lifted F-250 for some future articles...

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Diesel Power Challenge 2009

We Got our First Entry!

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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Diesel

Test Drive

Posted August 6 2008 08:26 AM by jason.thompson

Here at Dearborn the following vehicles are available for test driving:

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How Much Have You Towed?

Payload or pulling

Posted August 5 2008 02:57 PM by Pstroke97

Better yet, how much have you loaded your diesel past the factory recommendations?

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The Future of Diesel

DEER Day Two

Posted August 5 2008 12:24 PM by jason.thompson

Is there something you would like to ask the biggest diesel manufactures, government officials, or academics? They are all here so let me know.

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2100 horsepower Cummins

Pro Mod Semis

Posted August 5 2008 05:45 AM by Jason Sands

Remember how we asked not to long ago if anyone was interested in Semis? Well look what we have here! The Semi is setup for pulling and makes a whopping 2100 horsepower and 5100 lb-ft of torque with just a...

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3.0L Diesel-Powered Jeep in the Sand

Diesel Power Project Jeep

Diesel Power Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0L Diesel Power

Posted August 4 2008 02:01 PM by dkennedy

We’re getting ready to take the Jeep out shock testing with Bilstein. But we thought we show you a baseline of how the 3.0L diesel Jeep works in the sand right .ow (4900) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXUn8wFIcY

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