Good Laugh for you guys... (espcially Joe)
I have a good laugh for you guys (especially you, Joe)
Last night I was driving home on I-25, Just south of Rio Bravo. I noticed a guy I went to school with was broke down on the side of the road in a dodge, I hadnt seen him in 5 years or so, so I stopped to help him. Well, his truck had just vapor locked, So instead I got a 30 minute BS session and more knowledge about my cummins than anyone could ever know. Im sure you have all heard me speak of the "wheelie truck", the black CTD dually that the owner claims will do wheelies. Well, come to find out, they are like best friends. He tells me that they just dyno'd the "wheelie" truck a few months ago. It has a "380" cam plate, injectors, and a "special ball bearing turbo, from Jegs" and it made 806 hp at the rear wheels!

He's also running the highest boost level on any cummins in the country, at 48psi!!

So I guess your number doesnt stand anymore, huh Joe? :-laf Another truck from Los Lunas is owned by his friend (green 3rd gen 6-speed), has a TST power max 3, and it is "well on its way to becoming the fastest truck in the nation". It will beat cobras and vipers left and right, with nothing more than the TST. And thats even with the clutch slipping on level 9.

Supposedly the guy with the 3rd gen's uncle used to play for the Dallas cowboys, but is now a Cummins Expert, and he builds the elusive "380" cam plate. There are only 4 in existance, though, because they are so hard to build and expensive (like thousands of dollars).

At this point, I'm already having a hard time not wetting my pants from laughing so hard. :-laf Then I ask him why the wheelie truck doesnt race at the strip or anything. He told me that they wont allow him to. Because the first time he raced, at launch (in 3rd gear of a 5-speed), the front wheels were off the ground higher than the wall, so the officials told him that if he didnt get driveshaft loops and wheelie bars, he would no longer be allowed to race!! I almost coudnt contain myself! When Joe gets his Dyno, Im gonna pay for this guy's pull just to see him show! I also learned that the pumps on 98 12V 5-speeds that are quad cabs and short beds are worth a lot of money because nobody makes them anymore, and there were only like 100 QC SB's made in 98. In fact, with my pump and the "special 380" camplate, I could make well over 600hp, with my stock turbo and clutch!!!!
I dont know if you guys think this is as hilarious as I do, but I thought I would share the mentality of the cummins folk from around Los Lunas with you. Luckily, none of them are TDR members. (obviously).
--Jeff
