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Horsepower and Head Gasket Technology

Head gaskets have one of the toughest job in an engine, and now we’re pushing them harder than ever, making it easier to expose the slightest weakness.

Intellectual Horsepower: Light & Medium Duty Diesel Replacement Parts

*Skip to the video at 1:37. Engine Builder Editor, Greg Jones, talks to Paul Kelly from Maxiforce and Bryan Menke from R&R Engine and Machine about “Light to Medium Duty Diesel Engine Parts.” From skid steers to back hoes and mini excavators, these machines are being used at a high rate and are often in

1,400-Horsepower Turbocharged LB7 Duramax

Since 2019, Daman Perry has been building up his diesel performance shop DP Customs. To show off his work, he’s been continually upgrading his 03′ Duramax truck, complete with a 1,400 horsepower LB7 to boot. Check it out!

1,500-Horsepower LB7 Duramax Engine

Rick Fletes first dropped this LBZ Duramax under the hood of his 1970 Chevelle 14 years ago. Since then, he’s put around 150,000 miles on the car and has showed it off at countless drag competitions. Check it out!

Intellectual Horsepower: All About Harmonic Dampers

Harmonic dampers are a component that seems simple on the outside, but there’s a lot more to dampers than you might think. Hear from the experts at Fluidampr.

1,000 Horsepower LB7 Duramax Engine

Like many before him, Bryan Woitas got bit by the diesel bug after experimenting with some mild power-adders on his daily driver. Years later, he has a 1,000-horsepower LB7 Duramax to show off!

2,200 Horsepower Compound Turbo 6.7L Cummins

Josh McCormack is no stranger to high-horsepower Cummins builds – this engine was built in-house at his shop Wide Open Throttle Motorsports and makes nearly 2,200 horsepower on nitrous. Check it out!

1,500-Horsepower Cummins Enforcer Engine

This ’18 Ram 2500 is the definition of a “sleeper build.” Business on the outside, performance on the inside thanks to a Cummins Enforcer engine.

2,200 Horsepower 6.4L “Shredder” Series Cummins Engine

Mike Dalton’s Industrial Injection-built 6.4L “Shredder” engine features a filled block bored to 4.130, stage 4 factory race head, King Cobra fuel injectors, and several other cool upgrades. Check out this 2,200 horsepower machine!

6.4L Shredder
2,000 Horsepower Single-Turbo 6.7L Cummins Engine

Finding a solid middle ground between extreme power and streetability is often a difficult task for engine builders and customers to agree on. However, this 6.7L Cummins proves it’s never impossible. This particular engine was built by LinCo Diesel Performance for owner Daniel Hargrove. Check it out!

6.7L Cummins
Turbocharged 1,500-Horsepower 6.7L Cummins Engine

With a shop name like Dragon’s Lair Garage, you know what comes out of there has to be cool. Case in point, shop owner Karry Latropoulos’ turbocharged and nitrous-boosted 6.7L Cummins is pretty awesome! Check it out.

6.7L Cummins
High Horsepower Engine Sealing

In the context of high-horsepower engine building, the pressure on a cylinder head can be so great that it can, in effect, marginally push it away from the engine block. This makes engine sealing one of the more prevalent challenges, and it gives whole new meaning to the phrase “keep your head down.”

Engine Sealing
Intellectual Horsepower – Ep. 5

We breakdown the recent news in racing and motorsports – everything from NASCAR and LeMans updates to the future outlook of the automotive industry to legends of the sport we recently said goodbye to, and more.

700-Horsepower 6.0L Ford Powerstroke Engine

Brought to NS Diesel & Automotive as a rusted out, beat up 2004 F250 work truck with nearly 400,000 miles, got rebuilt into a 700-horsepower 6.0L Powerstroke. Find out what went into the build.

Intellectual Horsepower – Ep. 4

Ahead of the NHRA’s stop at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH, we got a chance to sit down with Top Fuel driver Clay Millican to talk racing and much more.

Mild vs. Wild – Horsepower at Any Cost (Diesel Edition) Ep. 3

In this episode of Mild vs. Wild, we take a trip to Bremen, OH to visit Unlimited Diesel Performance to discuss building some 7.3L Powerstroke engines for truck pulling applications. With $50,000 and $90,000 on hand for the two builds, find out whether Mild or Wild takes home the win. Mild vs. Wild (Diesel Edition) is

Hoops for High Horsepower

The hoop offers better sealing against exhaust gases because rather than the pressure trying to escape from a flat-on-flat surface, the hoop creates a lock between the head and the block to better seal the engine.

Mild vs. Wild – Horsepower at Any Cost (Diesel Edition) Ep. 2

In this episode of Mild vs. Wild, we take a trip to Cambridge, OH to visit D&J Precision Machine to discuss their 6.7L HP Reman Extreme Cummins build and their 6.7L-based Enforcer engine for competition use. Find out what makes these builds special and what you might be able to get with your engine build

Mild vs Wild – Horsepower At Any Cost (Diesel Edition) Ep. 1

Engine Builder editors Greg Jones and Brendan Baker take a trip to Canton, OH to visit Justin Zeigler and the guys at Zeigler Diesel Performance. Why? To discuss building up a pair of Gen 3 5.9L Cummins engines on both a mild budget and a wild budget. What build has more bang for the buck?

Intellectual Horsepower Ep. 3

This episode we discuss Romain Grosjean’s horrific F1 crash and the safety measures that saved his life, championship wins for Chase Elliott, Erica Enders and Matt Smith, our end of the year Engine Builder Award winners, Lucas Oil, Audi and VW, and much more! Oh yeah, Lake Speed Jr. of Total Seal Piston Rings joins