Im New Hear And Thought I'd Share How I Got My A** Handed To Me Today. I Have An 04 Hemi Ram 2wd Thats Stock Exceot For A Flowmaster Muffler W/ Dual Tips. I Pulled Up To A Light Next To A Red 4x4 Late Model 2500 Diesel. I Noticed He Had Some A-pillar Gauges And Thought Should Be Fun-and Easy! Wrong!!! I Got Him At The Jump By About 10 Feet, But Then It Was All Over! This Truck Left Me Like I Was Standing Still!! I'm Talking 15+ Truck Lenghts And Still Pulling Away- I Couldnt Even Maintain The Distance! We Met At The Next Light And I Brought The Revs Up This Time-same Damn Thing!! I Have Never Seen A Diesel That Fast Before- I Was Just Blown Away-literally. I Think I Am Convinced That My Next Truck Will Be A Diesel!
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yeah they're pretty fast...especially when tuned properly...i raced an 04' 4x4 in Gainsville, TX on Friday the 13th on my way back from Oklahoma....man...i stood no chance...all i heard was their Turbo Diesel whistling...
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Yeah, i also got "served" by the diesel awhile back.
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Haven't lossed to a diesel yet. Ran one on the highway from 65 to 100mph with my current setup and he had a duramax with the edge diesel tuner and exhaust. Those can be fast but it costs alot of money to make that fast.
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It was a Duraslug... hardly the capabilities of a Cummins. That, and it really doesn't take all that much money...
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Dont Know What He Could Have Had On It, But I Did Notice The Exhaust Was Burning Very Clean, Hardly No Black Smoke At All. I Thought Maybe He Was Sprying It With Propane Or Something. All I Know Is That Sob Stomped A Mud Hole In Me-i'm Not Kidding, He Pulled Away Like I Was Driving A Festiva! I Figure At Least A 12 Second Truck!
Dont Know What He Could Have Had On It, But I Did Notice The Exhaust Was Burning Very Clean, Hardly No Black Smoke At All. I Thought Maybe He Was Sprying It With Propane Or Something. All I Know Is That Sob Stomped A Mud Hole In Me-i'm Not Kidding, He Pulled Away Like I Was Driving A Festiva! I Figure At Least A 12 Second Truck!
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I'm not saying it's not fast... but I don't think it's that fast. There aren't too many diesels out there runnin 12's.
And by late model... I'm assuming you're reffering to a 3G?
And by late model... I'm assuming you're reffering to a 3G?
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boo....Duramax Diesels suck...neighbor use to have an 03 2500 Duramax Diesel...he didn't like it much so he gave it up for an 04 2500 CTD...he liked it much more..
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The truck must of been pretty quick to pull that much on a single cab hemi. They are usually pretty quick, but never a match for a properly modded diesel!
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cummins and the isuzus are pretty much equal now in modded performance hp wise.12`s are not a stretch at all for either of the two.there are so many 12 second diesels running around now,you wouldnt believe it.....top of the game boys now are running 10`s with their trucks(although,,i wouldnt consider them street trucks at all)
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Diesels create a ton of torque and properly tuned a ton of HP. This guy lives in my neighborhood and this is a quad-cab dually diesel that is running low to middle 13's. Granted he's done a lot of add-ons on the engine, but that sure is a lot of weight to move that fast!
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My 99 4X4 QC runs high 12s on 285s. Actually it's fairly simple to do once you have the transmission up to par. It takes a good trans to handle 1000+ pounds of torque. I'm hoping to hit mid 11s with the addition of a ported head, cam, bigger injectors and a little nitrous.
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