just because the electronically controlled Cummins mills burn cleaner and are easier to fine-tune doesn’t mean streetable 12-valve applications have gone into extinction. Rest assured, plenty of innovation has occurred within the P-pump 5.9L world over the past decade. Turbo, cylinder head, camshaft, and fuel injection technology has continued to advance, which is to say the amount of streetable horsepower has increased also.
You might not know the name Jesse Harris yet, but if you’ve seen his tire-carrying square body chances are pretty good you remember it. The hard-launching, Cummins-powered ‘75 C10 has competed in Hot Rod Drag Week and Rocky Mountain Race Week, been spotted at no-prep races, and has even made it to select diesel events over the years. We finally caught up with Jesse and his wheels-up wonder over the summer to find out what makes this old-school Chevy tick.
One cylinder, one combustion chamber, two pistons, two connecting rods and two crankshafts. The opposed piston diesel made a big splash when it debuted in the 1930s, but it wasn’t a new idea. It goes back to 1881 and the dawn of internal combustion and the unsuccessful Atkinson differential engine, but it was barely on the same branch of the family tree of what came later.
A Tri-State, Truck-Pulling Showdown With Big Money On The Line
Designed to incentivize pullers to turn out for a three-hook, three-state series, a considerable payout was promised to the overall winner. It worked. Some of the strongest-running, purpose-built Work Stock trucks you’ll find anywhere showed up to throw down. Better yet, Dodge, GM, and Ford all saw solid representation (and no, the Blue Ovals weren’t Cummins-powered). We caught up with the series at its finale hook point: the Morgan Primm Memorial Truck Brawl in Petersburg, Illinois.
When we picked up this one owner 2000 Ford F350 for our latest project build, the intentions were never to turn it in to some SEMA worthy $100,000 build with massive horsepower goals. This one is strictly about getting back to the basics and helping readers better understand the inner workings of the 7.3L Power Stroke, what are its downfalls, what simple tweaks can bring one back from the dead and turn it into a solid daily driver with the ability to do some hard work on occasion.
Dyno Numbers, Tire-Shredding, And A Massive Show ‘N Shine In East Missouri. Billed as LinCo Diesel Performance’s Grand Opening Hootenanny, it was more of a party than anything else, and attendees stuck around into the wee hours of the night to soak up all the goings-on. With countless dyno pulls, smoky burnouts, and dozens of first-rate builds on display in an expansive show ‘n shine, LDP’s move into its brand-new Troy, Missouri facility kicked off with a bang.
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