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14. For those doubting the power of nitrous, there are vehicles out there like Wayne Talkington's 9,500 pound, 11-second semi that speaks to the success of injecting nitrous into a diesel engine. Wayne uses so much nitrous that he has two fill bottles mounted on the rear of the truck to combat any pressure drops.

Big Power with Nitrous: 300-500hp at the Touch of a Button

There’s perhaps no easier way to make a little extra horsepower than nitrous—but making big power with the bottle takes some doing. On the plus […]

World's Quickest Diesel: The 6.31-second, 226mph, 2,500-Horsepower Scheid Dragster

Drag racing—a simple point A to point B contest—is perhaps one of the purest forms of displaying horsepower. It should be no surprise then, that […]