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Ford’s First Diesel Pickup Engine

It was the 1970s and people were reeling from the shock of gas prices that had tripled in just a few short years. The effect […]
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11.5 AAM Rear Axle: Best Aftermarket Products

Diesel trucks are built to handle a lot of abuse, but diesel enthusiasts like us tend to push way beyond the manufacturer’s intended performance levels. […]
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West's 2008 Chevy: Orange Crush

Jeff and Sara West of Whitmore, California, pulled into Love Chevrolet in Monterey back in April of 2008 looking for a truck. It wasn’t their […]
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Diesel History Retrospective: Oldsmobile's Other Diesel

Say “Oldsmobile diesel” and most people think of the trouble-prone 350-cid (5.7 liter) V-8 that plagued GM’s full-size cars in the late 1970s and early […]
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Southern Style: RPM Offroad 2014 Open House

The 2014 RPM Offroad Open House/Dyno Day got off to a soggy start with rain throughout the previous night and into the morning. Normally spring […]
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Alligator Performance: Annual Event Brings Out the Northwest’s Best

There are a few certain things when it comes to diesel enthusiasts—we love our trucks and we love to have an excuse to get together, […]
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Playin’ Dirty: 2014 Firepunk Dirt Drags—Bigger & Better!

We’re happy to report that diesel events continue to experience unprecedented growth. But we’re also witness to how this progress is often accompanied by growing […]
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2015 Diesel Event Season Is Here To Stay!

As I write, it’s late January and the Northeast is digging itself out from under the weight of Winter Storm Juno. Though we are sometimes […]
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Sled Pulling: 2,700 HP Alter Ego

Without a doubt, sled pulling is the most advanced form of diesel motorsports. It commands the intersection between the industry’s latest technological innovations and its […]
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Tech Q&A Part #6

Low Fuel – Not Hello, Is there anything I can do to my ’07 NBS Chevy 6.6L 2500 so the fuel gauge does not show […]
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Bush's Polaris Custom Chase Truck: The Baja 1000

For an off-road racer, the night before the biggest race of the year—the Baja 1000—can be fraught with anxiety and trepidation, not to mention the […]

NHRDA World Finals: Texas Motorplex

For more than 10 years, the National Hot Rod Diesel Association (NHRDA) has hosted some of the country’s hottest diesel drag racing and sled pulling […]
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2,200-HP Common Rail Injection Engine

For years now, we’ve been hearing the same old rumor over and over: “Common rail injection engines are the next big thing; they’ll dominate diesel […]
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BD TapShifter: Early Model Year Duramaxes

One of the cooler features of 2006-and-up Duramax-powered GM trucks is the shifter, which allows drivers to manually shift up and down gears, making the […]
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SpeedBrake Installation With Gale Banks

Just a few short years ago, the thought of 600 hp and 1000 lb-ft of torque in a daily driven street diesel was unimaginable. But […]
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Bennet's '89 Diesel-Powered Custom C30 Pickup

Normally, people don’t give diesel-powered ’80s Chevrolet trucks a second look, but that’s not the case with Bennet Leffler’s wild ’89 C30. You see, Bennet needed […]
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ADA Offroad’s 2015 Chevy 2500HD

It all started out when Josh White opened a business named Arkansas Direct Auto (ADA Offroad) dealership in Conway, Arkansas. The business started out selling […]
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2015 Scheid Diesel Extravaganza

The aptly named Scheid Diesel Extravaganza is hands down the biggest occasion in the diesel world: The 2015 bash marked the nineteenth year of the […]
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Fleece Performance’s Diesel Showdown Gets Loud

One of the most coveted titles among racers is the Indy Champion because—if it has wheels—it’s likely that a prestigious race for it is held […]
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Industrial Injection VP Brett Williams: Duramax Drag Truck

Brett Williams is one of the VPs of Industrial Injection at Salt Lake City, Utah. If you haven’t heard of Industrial Injection, they are one […]