Recent content by bluthndr

Rode in a certain hummer you did the pump for over the weekend. In 15 years of messing around with this stuff, that is the cleanest, smoothest, nicest driving 13mm pump I have ever even heard of. And he told me all he did was bolt it on. Amazing! You sir, are a rockstar! I will be sending...

Posted here because I figure this crowd has the most experience with the topic. I'm Building a 12v for street/Dyno/sand toy in a Dodge. 362/475 (may go bigger but that's what I have) compounds, maxed 913 pump, 5x.018 dual feeds, fire rings, 14mm studs, stockish head. The truck will be street...

Help me out here guys - what have I got here? I got a 913 pump off a core engine that had cylinder issues (engine not pump), but got it as a "core" since the cause of the engine failure is unknown. In looking it over, it does have the 913 tag, but the pump shaft is keyed??? Or more precisely...

Just curious if anyone ever researched or tried doing anything in between milling the intake off, and just using a stock "intake" with one of the "dual ram" style air horns? I mean, there is decent access under the intake "plate" to do things to the floor or even the underside of the plate (the...

Not trying to troll here. Even though I am a Cummins fan, I do like the underdog, and like to see the V8 trucks do good. There were definitely some good running duramaxes, but I swear 80% of them broke going down the track. Before everyone jumps on the "duramaxes are junk" bandwagon - most...

Not only does the guy make/sell some top notch stuff, I needed to replace some studs on my truck, and Dan the man himself answered the phone. Then, got it all handled, and even called me back AFTER 5pm on Friday July 5. Gotta respect that no matter who you are. 3 shops and years of owning the...

Anyone know if Scheid sells them individually? Went to retorque (cold, to 140 ft lbs), my fire ringed head, and found one that has obviously been broken for some time, and 3 of them felt spongey. I plan on calling them Friday, but it's on my mind, as my weekend plans are pretty much shot now...

So just curious, as I am thinking about building some for my truck, which has never had a battery on the passenger side since I swapped the 12v in. Why do you never see a compound setup (except on the very few competition trucks I've seen with hoods up) where the primary is out front by the...

Got a memo from Quadzilla today that they are not stocking or producing anything presently, and all available stock is at dealers. Supposedly this is due to "rapidly changing technology" and "This allows us to focus 100% on manufacturing and testing of our new products." Additionally, they...

Just curious if there is a difference. Starting to build a daily driver trans for my Excursion swap, and if the 48RE shaft is reasonably strong, or any different at all, maybe cheaping out and skipping the $700 upgrade. By daily driver I mean 350-400 rwhp 12-valve, and although it probably...

I looked for the MTTPA(?) group, but can't find it. I searched the forum and found posts from like 2-3 years back. Is there a better place to look for a county fair scheduled diesel truck pulls or some kind of local sanctioning body? Sorry if the requested info already posted somewhere...

Talked to David Dunbar over the weekend while he was (as usual) bustin butt to dyno everyone's trucks. He said this was his last event (SDX '11). I guess he is retiring from the sport and already sold his dyno to Garmon. I for one am sad to see him go. Always friendly, always professional -...

Sorry if this is in the wrong area. Saw this truck up for sale and drove it. Prob not interested in buying it, but curious about what it is hardware wise. Apparently it is a "known" truck from around here (SW Michigan) and must've pulled in 2.6, unless the guy took off some other turbos...

Anyone ever done it? Anything special relative to Sleeving a "normal" gas engine? Friend tore one down has some pretty good scoring on the cylinder walls. Honing yielded poor and insufficient results. Would like to avoid buying a block. It is not a performance engine.

Having trouble getting my nexiq to communicate through CAT's OBD2 connector with their 9-pin adapter. Engine is in a tow truck chassis from GM - 6500 topkick maybe? Runs fine when cold - several sensors replaced already (shotgun diagnostics). 99% of my experience is with light duty trucks and...