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A One-of-a-Kind Classic Ford with Cummins Power “Originally the Ford came from Texas to Michigan for a transmission swap,” jokes truck builder Gerry Hilder. “It […]

WHAT MAKES THE DURAMAX SO GREAT

AND THE AFTERMARKET PARTS THAT MAKE IT EVEN BETTER It’s hard to say where GM’s heavy-duty pickups would be today if the Duramax had never […]

Hot Products

Everything you never knew you couldn’t live without Bulletproof’d EcoDiesel EcoDiesel EGR Cooler Bullet Proof Diesel, an industry leader in diesel reliability products, has released […]

DWI - Tips For Growth

From Auto Repair Shop to Nationwide Supplier One of the best examples of a business that has grown and adapted with the changing times is […]

GEARPLAY

Magically Transforming the 5-Speed Allison into a 6-Speed Allison To most general automotive enthusiasts, the automatic transmission is somewhat of a mystery, with gears, clutches, […]

FULL BILLET

Inside Dorsey Diesel’s Stage 4 4R100 Tuning, turbo, and injection system technology has come a long way for the 7.3L Power Stroke in recent years. […]

Classic Repower

A Cummins-Powered Ford High-Boy—Built on a High School Budget “I paid for everything and did almost all the work, with some guidance from my dad.” […]

Old Hustle, New Flow: The Cummins-Powered Ford Lightning

Rocket on Wheels! If this first-generation Lightning doesn’t look familiar to you, it should. The infamous Pro Street F-150 has been an on-again, off-again regular […]

Redneck Rat Rod

A 1958 Ford F-100 with a 5.9L CR Cummins and Allison Transmission Rat Rods are something extremely popular in the hot rod market these days […]

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 […]

Home-Brewed Monster: Custom '52 Chevy Crew Cab

Vintage Big-Rig Classic ’50s trucks are cool without a doubt. But they are not exactly spacious, especially for a family of four! When 52-year-old Brian […]

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 […]

Homegrown Highboy: The 7.3L-Powered '73 F-250

Classic Blue Rig What do you get when you combine a ’73 F-250 with an early Super Duty? How about a one-of-a-kind Highboy with modern […]

ENGINEERED TO LAST

INSIDE DIESELSITE’S LEGENDARY 4R100 Unlike the 5R110 TorqShift found in the trucks that superseded theirs, ’99-03 Super Duty owners don’t have the luxury of the […]
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2,700 HP Worth Of Sled-Smashing Fury

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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Trans Mods To Handle Different Power Levels

Trans Mods To Handle Different Power Levels The increasing popularity of GM’s Duramax powerplant backed by an Allison automatic has prompted a diesel subculture of […]
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Merchant Automotive’s Duramax-Powered Sand Drag Rail

Nick Beaudoin is co-owner of Merchant Automotive in Zeeland, Michigan. The shop’s not far from Lake Michigan, but more importantly, it’s just over an hour […]
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Installing our Better than New 4R100

In our last issue, we had Remac Transmissions, in San Dimas, California, go through a Ford 4R100 auto trans to make it better than new. […]