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Veteran drag racer Cody Lambert has punched his ticket for the Seventy 2 Fast shootout in Indy this summer—and he’ll be bringing one rowdy ride with him. On a recent visit to the chassis dyno at Firepunk Diesel, Cody’s ’06 third-gen cleared 1,207 hp and 1,816 lb-ft on the rollers. Though it was a bit shy of the 1,300hp Cody wanted to see, it’s an impressive fuel-only number out of a 72mm single turbocharger, nonetheless. Other key changes have been made to cater to the VS Racing spec charger, including a converter change and (soon) lower shift points (from roughly 5,000 rpm to 3,900-4,000 rpm) to keep the turbo and engine in their sweet spot. Now, Cody is off to the track to start testing…
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6qdui8c3LQ
When Crazyhorse makes noise on the rollers, everyone stops to listen. Prior to heading east for the Cleetus MacFarland AWD vs. 2WD shootout, Nathan Wheeler put the infamous no-prep Ford on the rollers at Truck Source Diesel. In a recent post on social media—where a low-fuel, baseline run of a video was dropped—Wheeler asked what horsepower everyone thought the truck made. As you can imagine, the answers were all over the place. 1,500 hp? 2,000 hp? 1,200 hp? While we may never know, it likely doesn’t matter—and that’s because of Nathan’s use of nitrous. With his five kits (5!) of giggle gas in the mix, Nathan can easily turn any 1,500 hp number on fuel into 2,500+ hp on spray.
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The eb and flow of fuel prices, its just part of life. But as the price increases dramatically during a crisis, diesel is always significantly higher than gas in comparison. It always goes up more than gas does. We've all thought about it, and Forbes just did an article on the issue. The reason won't surprise you one bit, but it's still interesting to hear all the details.
In the end, the reason diesel spikes so much more is multifaceted. Yes of course a big part is due to supply and demand, diesel is internationally traded and there's less of a buffer supply of it. Heating oil is also a large factor. A large percentage of the planet uses heating oil to warm their homes, diesel and heating oil are very close in make up. But it's also due to what industries use it. When gas spikes, much of the world can cut back on use. Diesel, not so much. Industry still has to push on. Ag, rail, shipping, they're not shutting down just because of a price increase. So the demand for diesel stays the same while the supply significantly drops, whereas with gas, the demand drops along with the supply, to a certain extent at least. A phrase we heard a while back fits here: "gasoline hurts your wallet, diesel punches the world economy in the throat."
Steve Robbins came out swinging last summer. Despite it being his first season running the ODSS circuit, he and his third-gen Cummins finished fifth in the 6.70 Index class points chase. Instead of remaining in 6.70, Steve has already made the jump to the 5.90 Index category. Over the winter, and with the help of Rowdy’s Automotive & Motorsports, the truck was graced with a deck-plate engine from Wagler Competition Products along with a host of other, go-fast updates. Recent testing at Steve’s hometown track, Edgewater Sports Park, leads us to believe he’s gearing up for a serious run at a championship in diesel drag racing’s quickest index category.
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In early April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, building on the abolishment of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, issued new requirements intended to relax the agency’s requirements on monitoring diesel exhaust fluid quality. The new guidance allows manufacturers to remove the urea quality sensor (UQS) requirement for all diesel equipment. In its new guidelines, the EPA stated that under existing conditions manufacturers can stop inaccurate DEF system failures by removing conventional urea quality sensors (and switching to urea quality detection based on NOx sensors instead). The new guidelines will no doubt provide relief for farmers, truckers, and other diesel equipment operators who’ve faced DEF system headaches caused by faulty urea quality sensors.
Source: https://dieselnet.com/news/2026/04epa2.php
Ford's been putting in some hours on the patent front lately. Ford just published a patent for an “extended lateral view system,” which is a fancy way of saying future trucks could use the turn signal stalk to kick the mirrors out wider when you need more visibility. Before you say "I can do that now by just extending the mirrors", it's more than just that. Actual mirror placement settings could potentially be saved for one-click implementation, and based on other recent patents, the tech could go even further than that. According to the previous patent, the system could even decide on its own when extra side view is needed based on things like the turn angle, or if the vehicle is in drive or reverse.
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