A few months ago, long-time diesel enthusiast Todd W. approached me with the crazy idea of building a truck to compete in the Diesel Power Challenge. We'd both seen the competition morph from simple 5-600HP trucks with bolt-on parts into the current 1100+HP full blown street/race truck combinations of present. Another new trend is that all of the serious contenders have common rail diesel injection motors built on newer truck platforms that are less than 10 years old. Mechanical injection is a thing of the past at this competition and someone needs to "revive it" so to speak. Many claim the high altitude of Colorado has caused the older mechanical injection trucks to be non competitive due to spooling issues. Todd lives at 5,800 ft elevation and is no stranger to building and designing turbo setups that will spool at high altitude.
Our plan is simple: take Todd's "old" Green 98' Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 quad cab long bed with factory equipped 12 valve Cummins motor and transform it into a Diesel Power Challenge Candidate aka Frankenstein. The truck will remain true to its roots and retain a Cummins-based motor and P7100-based mechanical injection system.
Frankenstein will be built using predominantly leftover parts from past racing projects, multiple mixed and matched brands of turbos and coolers, and new parts as necessary to build a solid, reliable, and powerful DPC contender. This is not another zero budget junker truck build, it will have adequate funding combined with ingenuity to create a Monster.
We'd like to state from the get-go, this thread is meant to be both informational and promotional in an attempt to get Frankenstein, aka Green Monster, aka Todd's Truck voted into the Diesel Power Challenge in 2015.
The truck has been around for several years putting down solid full-weight 11 second 1/4 mile passes and 900+ HP dyno runs, now it's time to step up the airflow and build something even more competitive.
1.5 years ago:
2.5 years ago:
Our plan is simple: take Todd's "old" Green 98' Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 quad cab long bed with factory equipped 12 valve Cummins motor and transform it into a Diesel Power Challenge Candidate aka Frankenstein. The truck will remain true to its roots and retain a Cummins-based motor and P7100-based mechanical injection system.
Frankenstein will be built using predominantly leftover parts from past racing projects, multiple mixed and matched brands of turbos and coolers, and new parts as necessary to build a solid, reliable, and powerful DPC contender. This is not another zero budget junker truck build, it will have adequate funding combined with ingenuity to create a Monster.
We'd like to state from the get-go, this thread is meant to be both informational and promotional in an attempt to get Frankenstein, aka Green Monster, aka Todd's Truck voted into the Diesel Power Challenge in 2015.
The truck has been around for several years putting down solid full-weight 11 second 1/4 mile passes and 900+ HP dyno runs, now it's time to step up the airflow and build something even more competitive.
1.5 years ago:
2.5 years ago:
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