1000+hp d-max
01-29-2007, 12:15 PM
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01-29-2007, 01:15 PM
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When you get to those power levels, the "ratio's" seem to even out...but for most of us, the Cummins usually ALWAYS makes more torque per HP....at least here in Central Ohio! My old 95 at 400hp was putting down more torque than some Duramaxs with 525-550.
At least that's what I see! Don't take this as a bash, or a "Dodge is better
" post, that's not how I mean it! 1000hp is 1000hp, I don't care who makes it, I'll congratulate them! I've said it all along that the Duramax has impressed me...but I still like my old 12v's
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At least that's what I see! Don't take this as a bash, or a "Dodge is better
" post, that's not how I mean it! 1000hp is 1000hp, I don't care who makes it, I'll congratulate them! I've said it all along that the Duramax has impressed me...but I still like my old 12v'sChris
01-29-2007, 02:24 PM
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Getting the torque up to more than twice the HP on a Dmax is tricky. I have a bunch of tunes that all dyno with in 20hp of each other. But torque is all over. I am talking a range of 250ft/lbs. To much or to little fuel or timing before 2000rpm really effects torque without effecting the horsepower so much. I took me a lot of dyno time and mostly dumb luck to get my torque up where I wanted it. The trouble is the turbo. Getting it lit but not overfueling is not easy. Every truck is different. My tune on another truck may not run as strong. That is the trouble with "canned" tuning. It was done on someone elses truck. IMHO the Dmax can and will make big torque. It just takes real solid tuning tailored for your truck.
I'll agree with you though, it's all in the tuning!
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01-29-2007, 03:14 PM
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Eric Merchant told me of the numbers before I could get my foot out of the truck this past weekend at Suncoast. I am very happy for those guys they worked VERY hard to get there. The Stuckey truck could only muster 956ish on the bottle this weekend, that got anyone scared?
01-29-2007, 03:28 PM
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01-29-2007, 03:36 PM
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well in my eyes at least. got to give credit where credit is due.
01-29-2007, 07:45 PM
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Skeptics, skeptics, always skeptics. 
The owner lives in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. The dyno event was in Danville Indiana. He is driving home right now in the truck with his trailer behind him (-:
Give him some time and the graphs will go up, if he decides to post them.
Here is the video. Does that look like 1k in smoke?
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3043369300096577034
The owner lives in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. The dyno event was in Danville Indiana. He is driving home right now in the truck with his trailer behind him (-:
Give him some time and the graphs will go up, if he decides to post them.
Here is the video. Does that look like 1k in smoke?
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3043369300096577034
01-30-2007, 12:04 AM
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Good work. Man I don't care how you do it, but 1000 Hp on #2 only is a pretty elite club. The ability of building your own tunes with EFI Live just amazes me. Ford puts in stop-blocks in their ECM to catch downloaders and GM leaves it wide open for anyone with a laptop to tune... Crazy...
Don M injectors to boot, very nice.
01-30-2007, 02:14 AM
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I do agree. The CTD will make more torque at the same HP if tuned correctly.
01-30-2007, 02:24 AM
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Instead of Hijacking the thread, try the PM system..
Good work. Man I don't care how you do it, but 1000 Hp on #2 only is a pretty elite club. The ability of building your own tunes with EFI Live just amazes me. Ford puts in stop-blocks in their ECM to catch downloaders and GM leaves it wide open for anyone with a laptop to tune... Crazy...
Don M injectors to boot, very nice.
Good work. Man I don't care how you do it, but 1000 Hp on #2 only is a pretty elite club. The ability of building your own tunes with EFI Live just amazes me. Ford puts in stop-blocks in their ECM to catch downloaders and GM leaves it wide open for anyone with a laptop to tune... Crazy...
Don M injectors to boot, very nice.
LOL, can you imagine TWICE the Power that we had on our trip to Red Deer?
It was fun with what we had, I cannot imagine what 2x the HP would be like to drive.
01-30-2007, 12:50 PM
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GJ,
I couldn't see how 2X the power would be driveable, let alone in a 2WD... Thats just nutz. Mind you the engine is FAARRRRR from stock..
01-30-2007, 10:31 PM
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It seems to me that after all the internal mods (pistons, rods, cam, block girdle, head mods etc. etc.) the heads are going to be the weakest link. The last runs reported glycol boiling out and they found that the injectors were lifting out of their cup bores in the head. Some were saying that another clip will hold it, but I seem to think that the high internal pressures are putting that Aluminum into its limits for strength. Now before all the bricks start flying about the Nitromethane dragsters using aluminum, true, but they only last about 10 seconds.
As far as how long it lasts, who knows. Kinda cool to have a Canadian flag on it, not to mention from good ol Alberta.
As far as how long it lasts, who knows. Kinda cool to have a Canadian flag on it, not to mention from good ol Alberta.