What if I told you that new cars coming off the lot are less reliable than ever before? I know it might sound crazy; after all, a popular excuse for buying a brand new car instead of a slightly used car is the idea that “I just need something reliable. I don’t have time to … 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
I think at some point everyone has dreamed of what it would be like to design, make, and run your own supercar company. After all, Lamborghini and Ferrari did it way back in the day with very limited resources and have since grown into the biggest supercar companies in the world. For you and I, … Read more
We’ve all heard the quote on quote, experts of the world, tell us that electric cars are the future and that internal combustion engines are dead, polluting our air, and on and on and on. And don’t get me wrong, I’m personally a fan of electric cars. I enjoy riding in them, I enjoy driving … Read more
I know a lot about cars, you know a lot about cars, but how many old myths have you heard and believed without realizing they weren’t true? It’s less common now thanks to the power of the internet giving all of us loads of information from multiple sources, but even with that, there are lots … Read more
As you guys might’ve noticed, we’ve made a lot of different articles about diesel engines. At the end of the day, there are a lot of really cool engines out there, but some of them are better than others, and because of that, I wanted to make a list of what I consider to be … Read more