Competition Monster Trucks - Why Few if any Diesels??????

[hammersley]

How come there are no diesels in the Big Bad Monster Trucks??????? Are they to heavy, or not sexy enough for the crowd or won't they do the job as well?????

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

hammersley, I've thought of that too, but I think there are a couple reasons our CTDs would not work as well in this application.



Monster trucks use some pretty souped up big blocks with blowers and what not and are probably in the 500+HP range. With the way they drive their trucks they need very quick throttle response and wouldn't want something that they'd have to wait to get spooled up.



Another thing is many events are held inside a closed stadium, and as you know a CTD making 500hp or more makes a bit of smoke. Somehow I don't think that would go over too well



Vaughn

 

[JoeyD]

I was at a show this weekend and most of the monster trucks were in the 1500hp range.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Yeah, I was gonna say that too... . most of the monster trucks are running big `ole gassers with blowers and race gas.....



With the gearing that they use... . they need high HP and high RPM and don't have time to wait the few seconds for the turbo(s) to spool... .



Didn't Grave Digger use to run a Detoit Diesel?? I swear that our good friend Dennis Anderson used to be a diesel brother of ours... . This was back when there was only a few monster trucks and they really didn't race 'em... they just ran over stuff and put on a good show... .



Matt

 

[maint.man]

I'm also thinkin' of a Ford (maybe) that had a Detroit "Buzzin' Dozen" in it . Like you said though "before they raced"

 

[98rammer]

a modded 8. 3 with twins (first being a variable geometry). some smoke would probably add a little more excitement as it seems boring imho.

 

[MJawsman]

If my memory is correct, a guy named Jeff Dane ran a 6 cyl Continental Diesel in "King Kong" back in the early 80's. He was running exotic gassers like a SOHC Ford 427, but they kept breaking. I think he got his Diesel out of a military 6X6. This was back in the hey-day of monster trucks.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

In the early 80's I was a little tyke watching "CHiPs"... . and TNN was the only channel that had monster trucks.....



Heck my town didn't even get cable until the mid-80's... .



Matt