The Truck:
1995 2500 4X4, auto, 68,000 on the clock, 4.10’s, 285/75/16’s, 1968 CPL, 160 hp rating
The Current Mods:
marine 370’s, 191 dv’s, 15* BTDC, stage 2 snow 625/375, 100 plate,
gutted AFC, 4” turbo back exhaust, HTT stage 2.5 compressor/wheel,
ventilated 12cm^2 turbine, boost controller, K&N in a cold air box,
DTT Billet Auto, upgraded trans lines .003” tight on the exhaust
valves, 3K GSK, boost, pyro, trans temp gauges
So what’s the problem?? A popular build right? You bet….and its QUICK.
0-60 in 5.8, standing quarter in mid 13’s, more power than anyone
should be allowed to have….yeah right! This is my boss’ truck. He
bought it after watching me for a few years with mine. He wanted to
skip right to the good stuff and asked me how. First order was the
gauges. Then a short call to Bill at DTT and we had the truck profiled
and a trans being custom built for him with a little billet for good
measure. Now we were ready to start bombing. In went the injectors,
DV’s, the turbo upgrades, the water/meth, ah hell…everything else up in
the mods list. It all happened in less a month…..from tame low on power
rattle trap to rip snorting inferno. But what’s wrong? Yep, you guessed
it, really hot, very smoky, and not driveable by anyone that doesn’t
know how to finesse a Cummins. That’s how he wanted it at first, so I
left it alone. It was within it’s safety limits as long as he didn’t
push the top end too much. He was educated, and new when to quit
digging in the coal bucket.
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Here's the deal.....the compounds are only days from going in, but
I wanted to try chemical intercooling before I went to the extreme of
plumbing in another air to air.