Max Torc: The 1,500-HP 'Cuda

Diesel Muscle It’s not often than you run across a diesel-powered vehicle that’s unlike any other, yet that’s exactly the case with Weaver Customs’ ’70 […]

Mighty Green Machine: Custom Auto's Silverado 3500HD

The Hulk! When you have lemons, you make lemonade, and when you break an egg, you make an omelet. In this single-use, disposable world, it’s […]

The Perfectionist: A Customized '75 F-350

The Rural King When you’re 14, everything in the world around you seems bigger. When you’re 14 and your dad owns a diesel truck repair […]

DuramaxTuner's Corvette Killer: 1,050-HP Suburban

Super SUV What do you do when the bar for streetable horsepower keeps moving higher and higher? You stay ahead of it by building a […]

Blue Streak: A Tastefully Modded 3500HD

Big Blue Beauty Something you don’t necessarily consider when deciding to take the wrenches to your rig is how easy it is to go over […]
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Mishimoto Radiator and Intercooler: 6.4L Power Stroke

First introduced in 2008, Ford’s 6.4-liter Power Stroke engine has become a front runner in the performance diesel market, able to make more than 600 […]
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Randall’s Performance: Modified 2015 Silverado

Brian Randall — owner of Randall’s Performance in Gladstone, Illinois — wanted to put together a demo truck for his shop to show off the […]
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Tech Q&A Part #7

Fuel Filters & Cold Weather As you’re probably aware, it’s been cold here in the upper Midwest this winter. My truck began setting the trouble […]
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Without a Hitch: Weekend on the Edge 2015

A true diesel enthusiast will take every chance they get at attending a locally hosted diesel event of any kind, whether it’s a small town […]
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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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Fulks' F-250: 1977 Vintage Custom Crew Cab

1977, 6th generation, 4-door F-250s were not a widely offered production of Fords. Custom made for each owner, they were essentially built by hand, a […]
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Technicooler System: Banks Power

This project was introduced in the September issue of Diesel World as somewhat of a “budget builder” to show readers that while the 6.0L has […]
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Water Methanol Injection: More Power, Less EGT

Perhaps some of the most underrated performance parts in the industry are water-methanol injection systems. On street trucks, a well-tuned water-meth system can be worth […]
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Air Density: Are Boost Gauges Fooling Us?

One of the things I enjoy the most about this job is being able to spend time with and learn from the industry’s greats. People […]
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The Miami Hammer: An Unusual Colorado

Chevy recently announced its new Colorado will be offered with a Duramax diesel. Not a 6.6L D-max, but a 2.8L 4-cylinder. Sure, that will still […]
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Duramax Containment: New Duramax Motor Mounts From Merchant Automotive

With a few bolt-ons and some tuning it’s pretty easy to get a lot of power and torque out of the Duramax engines that GM […]
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Ford 7.3L Resurrection, Part 2: From Short-Block to Road-Ready

After getting the remanufactured 7.3L short-block and heads back from L&R Automotive, John Ferguson and his team at Domestic Diesel in Chino, California, began reassembling […]
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The Outer Limits: Inside Diesel's Most Extreme Competition Engines

About 15 years ago, diesel truck engines were around to be sure, but they weren’t considered in any sort of performance category. Sure, there were […]