http://www.goyk.com/video.asp?path=1418

Dodge beats a snake

 

Well, I wouldn't say smoked. Those trucks can handle a lot with the right setup. Very cool.

 

I ended up racing a Dodge 2500 turbo diesel this weekend. He kicked my butt. The first time I did it just to see. Then I accidentally got matched up against that guys dad in the same truck. he laughed after the race and said; "Nice to beat you."

My wife said he won every race he was in. She said people called him smoke.

 

My grandfather has a turbo Cummins(that is not stock).I guess I should ask him to let me drive it. :P

 

sick race huh? powerbrake that cummins on dry pavement until it spools then let go of the brakes and it will bake the tires

 

My grandfathers is a 5 speed.

 

clutch in, 3rd gear, spool it and dump the clutch, the gears are so low, u can launch in 3rd (at least in the newer ones u can)

 

I know this is pretty sad, but just think about this. I'm very sure that with that truck, he'd ALSO smoke the likes of Porsche, Viper, Corvette, and others that would basically be dumfounded.

Let's face it. That is one FAST BUTT (non-stock) truck!

 

I know a guy who had a 4.6 F-150 that with nothing more than 8psi froma T-67 turbo would make 490rw torque/510rwhp and he ran low 12s and smoked porsches and vettes all day long.

 

I just called my grandfather and it looks like im going to be spending the summer with him restoring a 1967 f100 and he said that he will let me take his cummins out for a "spin" :P He recently replaced the turbo in it so im sure its gonna be a blast!!!

 

oo sweet, what size turbo and how much boost is he running?

 

I'm not sure but he has built the motor so he can haul some HEAVY things.He said that it will get go like stink.

 

i know a guy who is running 27psi on a stock duramax and claims 1k hp... i hate gm though, but a 7.3 in town has dual stacks froma peterbuilt, a 4 inch lift, 35 inch tires, its a normal cab long bed, has alls orts of chrome goodies, and a turbo upgrade, 800hp before the propane at the wheels and over 1200ft lbs before the propane shot

 

I just got off the phone with him and he said he is running about 25 lbs of boost and it has about 750hp.You would never guess it by looking at the truck its a 1999 and last summer he drove his backhoe into it so it looks like someone shot it.

 

ha ha, thats funny, wicked power, does he run it in truck pulls?

 

Nope its his work truck he doesnt race it or anything he just likes to get from one point to the other really fast.

 

Oh jeez, a couple trucks around here have 130k invested for pulls (and they are daily drivers)

 

It amazes me how much you can do to those diesels for not much money. I was watching Two Guys Garage one day while they were adding a programmable computer to a Cummins equipped diesel, and were dialing it down so it added "only" 80hp and ~150lb-ft. The computer was around $500, I think.

Compare that to what I'd like to do with a Mazda6 Wagon if I get one...put on a CP-E cold-air intake and MAF Customizer for $550, with a gain of around 20hp. Headers, for the same price, add about 15hp.

BTW, next Wednesday I'll start work at the Indiana Cummins plant which produces the Dodge Ram and ISB series (bus and RV) engines. On June 20, we're shutting down the plant for a week to get some things done, including adding four 'cold test' bays to supplant the 'hot test' bays, until the cold ones are working perfectly. In cold testing, the engine isn't actually running...it's just spun with an electric motor. You can tell more about how the engine's working, however.

 

kool, but the diesel is called a Cummins diesel like a triton 5.4 8 in a ford , not a cummins equipped diesel, lol.

 

Hey, thanks for catching that...my mind must have been a million miles away!

That meant to say, "Cummins equipped Dodge." Oops!