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    Who says veg oil isn't a viable fuel?

    A friend of mine took up an engineering project at Boise State University. He along several other students took a P-Pumped 5.9 and stuffed in a tube steel racing chassis and wrapped it in a relatively stock bodied 1998 Chevy S10. They did this with very little funding and have gotten the...
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    Idaho Dyno day May 17,2009

    Attention Diesel owners Announcing: Idaho Turbo Diesels 20th Diesel Pickup “Dyno Day” Where: Meridian Motorsports, Meridian, ID. When: Sunday May 17th, 2009, 9:00 AM to ??? What: Here is an opportunity for diesel owners to run their rigs on a DynoJet dynamometer to see what kind of...
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    Idaho Turbo Diesels Aug 2008 Dyno Day

    We had 26 trucks, a Mercedes Gasser and a Mercedes Diesel. The low HP was the MB diesel at 130HP and the High HP was IBDMAX'IN's truck at 1151HP.:hail Keep your Eyes peeled for our next event and swing by if you are in the area..... Just a taste: August 24, 2008 The last truck in...
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    Fun day at the track

    Me winning with a 14.906 on a 14.89 dial My friend Randy running a 14.14 on a 14.10 dial for the win. Nathan with his new race truck... this is the second time out for this truck and they are working on getting the trans to shift right. Me losing by sleeping at the light and then...
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    Extrude Honed IDI injectors

    I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with extrude honed IDI injectors. What I want to know is the following: Did you gain any power? If so how much of a gain? Did it help or hurt fuel economy? Was it worth it? Would you do it again on an IDI injector? Thanks for any...
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    Van Aaken has closed up shop

    Was just informed that Van Aaken is no more. Not a big deal for a light of you, but they DID make VW TDI stuff.
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    Injector Return Lines Replaced

    Well I replaced my injector return lines. Injectors 3,4, and 5 have been wet since I bought the car. The line from 2 to 3 actually came apart as I got it out. The plugged line on 5 came apart too. I hope that will pick up my mileage a little. To date my average has been 24.28 with a low of...
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    Feeling Froggy???

    Here is a friend of mine out of So Cal. He has been helping PPE with their GM performance site for several years now. http://bertok.us/pics/0-120.mpg What you see here is an air/water intercooler for his Supercharged 383. The Tahoe has a built 4L80E trans, 14 bolt rear end from a HD...
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    Official High Mileage Award

    Mercedes gives these out free. You Cummins guys should get on Dodge or Cummins to do something similar. Since the car is German the awards are as follows ;Sweet 250,000 kilometers (155,000 miles) 500,000 kilometers (312,000 miles) 750,000 kilometers (466,000 miles) 1,000,000 kilometers...
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    I just had to share.....

    A new smiley I made And a video of my car: Just a little Smoke
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    42.26MPG!!!!

    Just filled up the wife's Beetle last ngiht. 524.8 miles 12.417 Gallons of diesel 42.26MPG That is almost ALL city driving folks!!!! :thumbsup:
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    Dyno This Saturday!!!

    Attention Diesel Pickups: Dodge Ram Turbo Diesel, Ford Powerstroke, and Chevy Duramax owners… Announcing: Boise Area’s 12th Diesel Pickup “Dyno Day” Where: Meridian Motorsports, Meridian, ID. When: Saturday August 18th, 2007, 9:00 AM to ??? What: Here is an opportunity for diesel...
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    Tax credit for bio-fuels in Oregon

    $0.50 /gal for B99 $0.10 /gal for B20 $0.42 /gal for E85 Up to $200 per individual per year. Save those recipets if you are an Oregon Tax Payer A Bill To Fuel The Future: At a biofuel station in Eugene, the governor signs energy legislation
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    Super and Turbo Charged!!!!

    and a video: Video :eek: :thumbsup:
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    Idaho Dyno Day Writeup

    Here is a write up I finally finished for our May 19 dyno day: Click here ;Sweet
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    Took the Wife's TDI to the Dyno

    Well took the wife's Bone stock TDI Beetle with 90,000 miles on it over to the Dyno Event we had here in Idaho this weekend. I have to say the little guy impressed me. i had them print off both corrected and uncorrected sheets. So here is the info: 2000 VW TDI Rated HP: 90 @ 3750 RPM...
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    Added a new car to my stable

    I got me a 1982 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbo Diesel yesterday. For a 25 year old car with 227,800 miles on it, it is in pretty good shape. I'll get some pictures of it this evening. I'm gonna say it needs a Valve adjustment. I also found out about this thing called a diesel purge via a place...
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    Idaho Dyno Days, May 19, 20

    Attention Diesel Pickups: Dodge Ram Turbo Diesel, Ford Powerstroke, and Chevy Duramax owners… Announcing: Boise Area’s 11th Diesel Pickup “Dyno Day” Where: Meridian Motorsports, Meridian, ID When: Saturday MAY 19, and Sunday MAY 20, 2007, 9:00 AM to ??? What: Here is an opportunity...
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    Found a diesel K5 blazer for sale

    What are the tings to look for? It's got a $2,000 price tag on the window. I'm considering a WVO project.
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    Cummins Power

    Thought I'd post some pics of an interesting little Jeep DJ. I believe Steve told me it is a '71. The engine is a Cummins 4B, pretty much a 5.9 minus 2 cylinders. The video file is it starting and running. COOL Little jeep. ;Sweet Steve if you want to sell it, let me know. I could...
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    Couple Videos from inside my 04 F350

    Click here to see Video"]45 to 90 MPH[/URL] 0 to 80 with a 0PSI launch.
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    Tow weights for my 5th wheel

    I rolled over the scales on the way back from a trip this weekend. The ODOT scale weighed me as follows with a full tank of fuel and just me in the truck. Steer axle 4100 Drive Axle 5700 Trailer axles 10,400. Totals up to 9800 on the truck and 20,200 GCW. GVWR is 9900, GCWR is 20,000...
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    More free Camping

    These pictures are from the South Fork of the Payette River. This was a little campground at mile 79 on Highway 21 just East of Lowman, ID. It was a nice campground, but was only about a 1/4 mile or so from the paved highway. I like to be a little further out. One thing I learned on this...
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    Brake Retarders

    Ok.... Someone here has to have experience with a Telma Brake Retarder. Looks and sounds like a good product, I just want someone that has experience with it that isn't trying to sell it to me. How does it work for you? Can it be installed on a typical 3500/350 series truck? The big...
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    Gotta love free Camping

    Well, just came back from a weekend of free camping. Man I love Idaho more and more everyday. Anyhow, we went up to the North Fork of the Boise River. The drive there was not too bad, there was 21 miles of dirt road to get there. At one point the climb was probably about 8% or so. Truck...

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