Diesel World December 2022

My first truck, very first vehicle I ever owned, was a 1998 Ford Ranger. Still remember the day I got it, Halloween 1999. Got home with it and immediately started modifying it. Did a lot of stupid stuff with that truck, but learned a ton too. That’s the truck that solidified my obsession with pickups. Guaranteed it had a huge impact on the direction my life has gone so far. Well, after only 3-years with it, I did exactly what all parents fear their kids will do to their first ride, I totaled it. Did it right too, rolled it, and no not some slow speed flop, that truck was going fast enough to flip the back end straight over the front before coming to rest. Still have the scars…

NEWS CF THE MONTH TRAGIC CRASH AT RTDS 9 It’s been a Rough year for motorsports across the board, but perhaps the most tragic news of 2022 occurred at Rocky Top Diesel Shootout recently. For reasons yet to be officially determined, YouTube sensation, U.C.C. competitor, and privateer drag racer Turba Tom Borrell went off the end of the track and lost his life. For fellow racers, spectators, and fans ofTom’s around the world, the news of his passing hit the diesel world like aton of bricks. As a result of the tragedy, Crossville Dragway and Outlaw Diesel Super Series officials canceled the remainder of the event. SOURCE: HTTPS://WWW.OUTLAWDIESELSS.COM/ HIGHLIGHTS TURBA TOM’S LEGACY Turba Tom’s presence in the diesel industry might've been brief, but over the course of the past five…

DIESEL WORLD MAGAZINE When you’re a three-time Pro Street champion with multiple record-setting passes under your belt, the next step in your racing career is pretty logical—you go even faster. For Stainless Diesel’s Johnny Gilbert, that meant bumping up to the Pro Mod category and building the quickest door-slammer he and his team possibly could. After scoring a proven 3-second performer—a ’63 split-window Corvette—as a roller in 2020, Johnny and his team mulled things over for several months before finalizing a game plan. The final decision? The second-generation ‘vette would receive diesel propulsion by way of a Cummins and eventually run 3’s. The engine would be built by Wagler Competition Products, S&S would supply the fuel, MoTeC would control everything, the chassis would receive updates at Hammertech Racecars, and Rossler…

Engine swaps are all the rage these days and we’ve seen builds from every end of the spectrum. From the no expenses spared, top of the line performance builds for competition use to the low budget, do whatever it takes for as little money possible to get it on the street kind of conversions. But this one, this old Ford F100 build falls somewhere in the middle, tipping a little heavy to the ‘not cutting any corners’ side of the scale. For Clay of Riffraff Diesel in Eagle Point, OR this build was more than just putting together a cool conversion project you could show off to your buddies. This project was about learning something new, applying knowledge you already had, while brining that nostalgic feeling from years gone by…

DIESEL WORLD MAGAZINE Yeah, it’s a 6.0L Power Stroke powering a Nissan GT-R up Pikes Peak in hopes of setting a new diesel record up the mountain. You act like that something you’ve never seen or heard of before? Truth be told, it’s something we’d never seen or heard of before either and to be quite honest, we think it may just be one of the coolest diesel build we’ve seen yet. We can definitely say it’s the most unique, there is no doubting that fact. When good friends Clay (owner of Riffraff Diesel) and Cole (owner of LYFE Motorsport) decided to team up to build something the industry had never seen, I don’t think they even imagined it coming out quite like this. LYFE Motorsport is a shop diesel…

As the 5.9L third-gens continue to age, more and more folks with tighter performance budgets are buying them. But in an era where the words ‘big horsepower’ and ‘daily driver’ go hand-inhand, you’re going to need more than a 500hp-capable tune to keep up with the Joneses. We’ve seen a boatload of ways to get 700 hp out of the ’03-‘07 Cummins platform over the years, and like many horsepower recipes there is always more than one way to skin a cat. However, the proper path to 650-700 hp is one that keeps your rods in the block, your coolant from boiling, EGT in check, and your transmission from failing. Going off on as few tangents as possible, we’ll show you the best path(s) to building a 650 to 700…