Since 2001 when the LB7 Duramax first hit the market, the Duramax name itself has been synonymous with the 6.6L V8 diesel engine. Even throughout the years and changes, the Duramax name simply referred to the 6.6L, as there were no other Duramax engines, but that all changed in 2016 when the 2.8L four-cylinder LWN … Read more
3406. To the average person, this is just a four-digit number with no meaning, but for dozens of industries and anyone who’s big into diesel engines, these numbers mean a lot more. For the uninitiated, we’re talking about the Caterpillar 3406, which was and is one of the most influential and important diesel engines on … Read more
Emissions. This has been a massive focus of the US Government and governments all over the world, for that matter, for the last few decades. More specifically, emissions output from vehicles, and especially diesel engines, has been under the watching eye of the EPA. As we’ve discussed in other articles and videos, the EPA has … Read more
The diesel engine. Without it, goods couldn’t be transported across countries; construction/farming/mining equipment wouldn’t be as efficient, public transportation wouldn’t be as good, and so much more. While the internal combustion engine is quite literally one of mankind’s most important inventions to date, the diesel internal combustion engine takes it even further. And even though … Read more
I think at this point, it’s no secret that the GM LS and LT are very popular engines, and for good reason. They’ve packaged very small thanks to their cam-in-block design OEM heads that have incredible flow, a simple cam swap can pick up massive power, there are tons of different levels of displacement to … Read more
Duramax. It’s a name and brand that is almost entirely synonymous with the 6.6L V8 diesel engine that you can find under the hood of GM’s 3/4 ton and higher trucks. It wasn’t until recently that Duramax meant more than just the classic 6.6L V8 we all know and love, with GM releasing the 2.8L … Read more
1989. That’s the year Cummins and Dodge teamed up. Dodge had previously experimented with selling diesel pickup trucks with Mitsubishi engines, and while the Mitsubishi 6DR5 that you could find in the D150 and D250 was a good engine in its own right, it was only a four-liter and had very limited power production, which … Read more
If you’ve read out articles on the 6.0L Powerstroke and the 6.4L Powerstroke and how terribly both of those engines are, you might get the impression that I hate Navistar International. Sure, they were responsible for building two of the worst modern diesel engines ever to be used in trucks like the F250, but they … Read more
In the world of cars and trucks, most vehicles have either an automatic or manual transmission with anywhere from three gears up to ten gears. As transmissions have become more advanced, it’s becoming more and more common to see things like a ZF 8-speed being used in a performance application or even the new 10-speed … Read more
In the world of trucks and more specifically, US heavy-duty trucks, there are a few names you’re probably used to hearing, one of them being Super Duty, which is Ford’s line of heavy-duty trucks, but they weren’t always known as the Super Duty. On top of that, Ford’s line of trucks has changed massively over … Read more