1200+ hp / 2100+ lbs-ft
....out of a 12v 5.9L Cummins.... Some impressive numbers from the Ford guys too....like a 1300 hp 6.4L Ford! :E DIESEL POWER CHALLENGE 2017
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ShinerBock wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
Too bad none would last even a short trip to the grocery store. Longevity and power don't mix well.
Many of the previous years contestants returned year after year without touching the internals and were daily driven. These diesels can last a lot of miles at high power levels with proper tuning and supporting mods just as long as you don't tow with them at those higher power levels which a lot ignorant people did back in the day. Luckily, most modern tuners shift on the fly fuel mapping and you can go from tow to go with a flip of a switch.
I bet the new ones are not' daily drivers' in any area with emissions testing. None of them have any emission mandated controls.
Fun to watch but I have no desire to own one. My old 7.3 puts 350 to the rear wheels and 650 pounds feet of torque with OD locked out. Plenty enough for me. Gets 18 on the road too.
I'd never install an aftermarket tuner because advancing the injection point on any diesel stresses the internals way too much for reliability.
When you start fueling a Tier 4 compliant motor, all that soot has to be consumed by the SCR and the DPF and that shortens their life span as well.
Finally, at 68, I'm too old for that nonsense.
