GONE RACIN’ (AGAIN)

Having already gone 5.70s, Austin Denny’s 5.90 Index Super Duty represents one of the nastiest 6.0L Power Strokes in the nation. Prior to Round 2 at Wagler’s, Austin and his crew added AFCO coil over shocks up front, along with a rack and pinion steering swap.

As the winner of the first round of the Diesel World Drags (and based on everything he and the crew at Firepunk Diesel have accomplished in the past), Larson Miller was the favorite in the Pro Mod class. Unfortunately, rare transmission issues took Larson and the 3,200hp S10 out of contention during qualifying. Seen here in the Exergy sponsored burn out box.

While last season was geared more toward accumulating points, defending ODSS Pro Street champ Johnny Gilbert of Stainless Diesel told us that 2020 is all about pushing the limits. He must’ve meant it, because the kind of trap speeds his ’01 Dodge was laying down at Wagler’s indicated that some pretty big horsepower was being applied to the track. After the truck’s first pass of 5.26 at 148.94 mph was in the books, Johnny came back around for a neck-snapping 5.06 at 149.73 mph later on. Then finally, on an exhibition run after the day’s racing had concluded, he set a new personal best trap speed of 150.26 mph.

This was the first time we had the privilege of seeing Wagler’s blown Duramax dragster in action. The full skinny on the Duramax entails 385 cubic inches, S&S fuel injectors and CP3’S, a PSI blower designed specifically for low-rpm diesel applications, water-methanol, and nitrous. The 50/50 mix of water-meth is used to cool the blower and utilizes four Billet Atomizer injectors, while the two jets that are part of the Nitrous Express system are employed to lower air intake temps. A Motec ECM controls both the engine and the water-meth system, and a Powerglide from Coan Engineering transfers power to the rear end.