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5th Gen 6.7L Cummins Engine

While walking through the Piston Powered Auto-Rama, we met Twisted Customs owner Zach Carpenter and got to check out his 5th Gen 6.7L Cummins-powered Dodge Ram. See what this engine is all about!

5th Gen 6.7L Cummins
Installing Main Seals on an Engine

Jeff McCord of LinCo Diesel Performance and LDP Machine walks you through the steps to properly install a main seal on a diesel engine. This is something that’s not overly difficult, but easy to mess up if you do something wrong or don’t have the right tools.

Single Turbo 6.0L Powerstroke Engine

Could this be Canada’s fastest 6.0L Powerstroke? According to Chris Jervis of Crucial Diesel Performance it might be. Complete with a VGT turbo and plenty of nitrous, this 6.0L Powerstroke-powered F-150 is knocking on the door of a 5-second eighth mile. Check it out!

Press Fitting Cylinder Sleeves

There’s something extremely satisfying about a good sleeve job on an engine. There’s also a number of ways sleeves can be installed, so Jeff McCord of LinCo Diesel Performance shows you the way his shop does it and how it helps in high-horsepower diesel applications.

Ultimate Callout Challenge 2022 Preview

The biggest diesel competition event of the year is less than three months away; read more to learn what changes are happening this year and how the diesel world is preparing!

Ultimate Callout Challenge
950-HP 7.3L Powerstroke Engine

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. A few broken rocker arms and a bent connecting rod didn’t stop David Keyser. In fact, he used it as motivation to build this 7.3L Powerstroke to handle even more horsepower and punishment. Check it out!

Adjusting Valve Lash on Diesels

Jeff McCord of LinCo Diesel Performance gets a lot of inquiries about valve lash, so he decided to make an episode of LinCo Lessons dedicated to it.

24-Valve 5.9L Cummins in a 1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

Ethan Powell of Freedom Diesel Performance has been upping his diesel game since starting his shop. One of the cooler projects he’s done recently was a build he did for himself – outfitting a 1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille with a 24-valve 5.9L Cummins engine.

Compound Turbo 6.0L Powerstroke Engine

Tyler Brancifort of North Coast Diesel Performance knows a thing or two about Powerstrokes. After all, he’s been driving Ford trucks since he was a teenager. When it came to his own compound turbo 6.0L Powerstroke he built for his ’06 F-350 race truck, he didn’t hold back on the build. Check it out!

6.0L Powerstroke
Maintaining Your Coolant System

The cooling system on your vehicle is one of the more common failure mechanisms, because, frankly, nobody maintains it. People have been trained by OEMs to change their oil and filter after X number of miles, but that isn’t the case when it comes to maintaining things such as the transmission, the differential, the transfer

Installing Piston Cooling Jets

Piston cooling jets can do a lot to help your engine, but in order for them to do that you have to ensure they’re working properly when you install them. Jeff McCord of LinCo Diesel Performance tells you what you need to know.

Cummins-Swapped 1957 Ford F100

We didn’t expect to come across any diesel vehicles during our time at Sick Week, but to our surprise, there were a couple. One such competitor was Dave Workman of Porky’s Diesel Performance and his 1957 Ford F100 with a compound turbo 5.9L Cummins engine capable of 1,300 horsepower!