AutoWurks Diesel/ BD Performance has 11 second truck

[DieselB59]

On October 1st, Mike of AutoWurks Diesel propelled his '96 3500 Pickup to an all-new astounding E. T. of 11. 81 seconds at 111 mph! Due to weekend shop hours, he couldn't attend the New England Diesel Truck Race; but he wanted so badly to run the truck that he and I met early Sunday morning, loaded up the truck and gear and hauled on out to Island Dragway in Great Meadows, NJ. The whole days runs were recorded on video and photos were also taken. Mike also happened to have the baddest burnouts of anyone running all day, John Force style. The whole track came alive upon seeing a 6000+ lb. pickup go that quick and that fast!

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

 

[Ted Jannetty]

Let Me be the first to congradulate Mike and Piers for a fine job on the Autowurks RACE truck.
VERY NICE.

DieselB59, Sorry you couldn't make it, I was looking all over for you so we could race on street tires, I am dissapointed :-(

WE also went quicker today 14. 32 ET at 91
With the baby seat on board.

Diesel Doug Doring was there with his Chevy C10 pickup Powered by a Detroit 318 V6, he ran 9. 3 at 138+

Congrates!
Ted Jannetty

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Ted Jannetty, Owner President Jannetty Racing Enterprises Inc.
97 3500 4x4 club cab 5spd. RED, JRE stage 3 power kit, JRE 4" exhaust
JRE 1/2 inch fuel system, Bosch 300 hp injectors, Prime loc,
Cummins chrome kit, US Gear 20% over drive, 3. 54 posi, Autometer
Ultralite 50lb. boost, and Pyrometer, BD exhaust brake.
99 Ski-Doo 800 Formula III
99 Honda Forman 450 ES
2001 Ski-Doo MXZ 800 X
2000 Transam Ram Air WS6

 

[ramman]

What gear are you guys starting out in? Are you dumping the clutch in third at high rpm's?Hell I can't shift quick enough for any good numbers. I'm a little hesitant to drop the clutch that hard in third.

 

[DieselB59]

Ted,
Muchos Kudos and Congrats on your accomplishment today. Let the record show that October 1st, 2000 was a great day for the Diesel, for the Diesel is our common lifeblood and thread of brotherhood in the industry. Let us all enjoy our day in the sun.

Chris

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

 

[DieselB59]

ramman,
The AutoWurks Truck is running a BD built automatic transmission and torque converter. I run a 5-speed on my daily driver. We figure we pick up about a second in the quarter mile just having the automatic, although we manually shift it.

Chris

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

[This message has been edited by DieselB59 (edited 10-03-2000). ]

 

[ramman]

What gear do you start in with your 5 speed?

 

[DieselB59]

With my 5 speed, up until I put in the red hot injectors, delivery valves, governor and spring kit, and HX40 turbo, I was running a corex clutch and I was dumping the clutch in third at 2000 rpm. Wheelspin was hellish, but the truck hooked up and I ran 15. 5s. Now I start out in second at 2500 rpm and wheelspin occurs throughout the entire run in all gears. I have a caterpillar 100psi boost gauge and it reads 58 psi max boost in fifth, but only 50 and 45 in fourth and third. I have also totally destroyed the corex clutch. It would not hold the new found power. I now use the McLeod dual disc unit. I still run 15. 5s and spin the wheels the whole way down the track, my 60ft and 1/8mile times are worse, and my MPH is 7 higher than before the upgrades. I'd love to run sticky tires, but I have sheared input shafts on the trans trying that with less hp. I may never know what the 5 speed is capable of. It does out accelerate most Mustangs and Camaros and in fourth and fifth has out accelerated a Corvette, that is up until my governor kicked in at 3700 rpm at 115 MPH

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

[This message has been edited by DieselB59 (edited 10-03-2000). ]

 

[HVAC]

DieselB59 - I'm back in my chair now, fell out when I read about your boost levels #ad
You are able to run 68psi and the HX40 lives??? I have a broken shaft and compressor impellar in my cab from a sled pull a few weeks back. 55 psi was more then a match for the HX40... . BOOM!!! I thought Piers told me he has his wastegate set at 50 psi for the same reason. Are you running a wastegated exhaust housing? Doesn't sound like it. I wish you would tell me what we are doing wrong.

 

[My 6 Eats V8's Old File]

ya what gives? you using the hx 50 or what?
Adam

 

[HVAC]

From DieselB59's post-


"and HX40 turbo"

 

[DieselB59]

Oops, didn't proofread the message that I sent. Hit a 6 instead of a 5--should have said 58psi (posting was edited). Installed the wastegate today as we also grenaded an HX40 turbo on the Auto Wurks truck and the priority was putting one on the race truck and getting the intercooler cleaned out and pulling the head and removing the shrapnel from the #3 exhaust valve which was ever so slightly hanging the valve open and causing a "dead cylinder" and putting her all back together again in a day's time for the Englishtown race.

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

 

[rich m]

to quote the "furriner" from one of those "Short Circuit" movies, "I am sporting a raaaaging woody now. "

 

[TNHotshot]

I have what mey be a silly question.
My brother has a 95 Ram that we have been entering in all the local tractor pulls. He has been doing very well with it, considering all the money we have dumped in the truck. (side note: anybody want to sponsor a pulling truck in west TN?) We dyno'ed the truck when it was stock at the local KW shop ( an 18 wheeler brake dyno). Hit 116 hp (160 motor running thru an auto).
Installed a Banks PowerPack (don't flame me to hard. ) and we were spinning the rims in the tires. I think we got the dyno to read about 200 then. Several mods later, but no beadlockers, we feel that going back to KW would be a waste of $150 just to spin our tires on their dyno. We were planning on going to the local drag strip to try to figure our hp. It's a 1/8th mile track. We would have to go to Memphis to get on a 1/4 mile track (about an hour each way. ) Any way now that the background is out of the way, down to my actual question. When we pull at tractor pulls we torque brake in 4-LO to build boost before launch. Should we torque brake at the track to the point right before the tires break loose or should we just floorboard it when the light turns green? I am assuming we should run in 4-HI but tell me if that is wrong. We are guesstimating that he has about 4-450 hp but we would like to know the best way to launch in order to get the best (or most consistent) numbers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and I apoligize for the long post.

 

[DieselB59]

If you think the shock from the launch won't screw up your transfer case upon dealing with hard, sticky pavement, load up the engine just to the point before the tires break loose in 4 HI and rock and roll at the green. I saw a guy sponsored by Cummins at the Englishtown race and pull his ET down to 14. 9 by eliminating wheelspin. Remember HE is sponsored and if they broke the transfer case, he'd have a new one Monday a. m.

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

 

[KB0OU]

please post the mods to the 11 sec truck.
are you running propane??

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96 CC 4X4 2500 SLT AUTO transmission, PrimeLoc, GUTTED CAT, Lots of Ham Radio gear, NO IGNITION NOISE!!! Love my diesel!!!

 

[DieselB59]

We never use, nor endorse propane injection. Our engine is the stock block with teflon coated, low compression marine pistons, high rpm, high lift cam, ported intake, head and exhaust, custom P7100 injection pump with custom cam, delivery valves, and plungers, water injection, HX40 turbo, and a few Auto Wurks design diesel injection one off performance products. The truck has now gone 113 mph and is spinning the slicks out of the hole. Soon as we get bigger slicks, we'll be in the low eleven's. The sixty foot time is hurting now, and the truck has a 10 second pass in it, but we just have to find a way to get it to the ground. We don't want to modify the suspension too much, because it will defeat our mission statement, which you can read in one of the upcoming TDR issues.

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

 

[DieselPuff]

DieselB5. 9,

Does the high lift cam affect the bottom-end horsepower much? I understand it allows the engine to breathe better at high rpm, but how do you feel it work in a street pulling truck? I am guessing it would hurt performance, but just thought I'd ask. Also, why doesn't the AutoWorks race truck run sequential twin turbo like several other race trucks I've seen? Thanks.

Michael

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'00 2500 RAM, RegCab, 4x2, Cummins, 6-spd, Driftwood/Agate...

 

[DieselB59]

If the cam affects low end horsepower, you certaintly don't feel it. You have too much trouble trying to take a breath and reach for the shifter with all the Gs it's pulling as it leaves the line. I haven't seen any hampering of power. Twin sequential turbos are useless in this application where the engine is living at 4000 RPM. You need a big, fat turbo which is efficient at pushing huge volumes of air without the extra drive pressure associated with a second turbo. The head gasket has to survive the quarter mile blast.

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520 Rear Wheel H. P. and 800+ ft/lbs Torque = 15. 5 sec @ 97 mph with the rear wheels spinning in 5th gear going through the traps in the quarter mile. No slicks here, pal, no fancy auto transmission, just the truck in full street trim, 7400 lbs. of Auto Wurks Diesel/BD Performance raging, fire-breathing DIESEL POWER

 

[Strick-9]

I need a little clarification here. To me, it sounds like the cam DieselB59 is talking about is in the pump itself. I think MichaelT is refering to the cam that controls valves.

I may be the only one confused here, but maybe not. Can either of you elaborate a little?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Brian Cobb]

DieselB59, Why don't you use or endorse propane injection

Thanks
Brian Cobb

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97 2500 CC 4x4 5 speed,egt & boost gauges, #5 tst,370hp injectors,4" exhaust,16cm turbo,Governor spring kit
afc kit,RE-0880, ceramic brass clutch,prozap