13 sec. GMC 2500 diesel

[Metal Gear SS]

Originally Posted by patriotpa

Glad to see I sparked an interesting conversation!

I don't know a whole lot about diesels, but wow, has this piqued my interest. Torque monsters, to say the least. I have a definite respect for those heavy trucks now, especially yours with the "cargo" in the bed

[FI4T0MCAT]

Originally Posted by gtwss

Running 37's and you still have a drive train Man you could kill every Mustang with some different tires, plus a whole lot more

Yeah, well i have been through 5 transmissions, Im going to install a suncoast next and see if they can hold up any better. The dana 80 rear end is a monster. That thing will hold anything you throw at it. Yeah i think 13.2 with 37s and my toolbox in the back is pretty respectable.

BigRed, thats cool to hear, I know that the cummins will run 13s with just a smarty programmer as long as you keep them on stock tires. I upgraded my turbo to keep EGTs down, plus a little extra boost doesnt hurt moving those 37s along. I also did the 90 horse injectors for fuel milage. If i really want to get nasty ill put the DD 220s in. Im still getting 24 MPG on the highway.

[0235th]

Thats badass. haha

[BigRed]

Originally Posted by FI4T0MCAT

BigRed, thats cool to hear, I know that the cummins will run 13s with just a smarty programmer as long as you keep them on stock tires. I upgraded my turbo to keep EGTs down, plus a little extra boost doesnt hurt moving those 37s along. I also did the 90 horse injectors for fuel milage. If i really want to get nasty ill put the DD 220s in. Im still getting 24 MPG on the highway.

I should have mentioned that i do have a suncoast tranny too. The allison won't hand but about 90 hp over stock, so it didn't last long at this power levels. Now i am good up to about 700 RWHP, i am at right about 500 right now.

I was shooting for 12s before i ordered the camaro. I had a set of twin turbos picked out that should have put me there. If not i was go to do some 30% over injectors, but the camaro took all of that money so i guess all that will have to wait.

Heres a couple pics of my truck at the track before i got the new wheels.

[patriotpa]

Those things are NUTS! I was going to get a diesel and got the 4.8L gas engine instead. I was regretting not getting the diesel util I picked up my 2010 SS today. What a BEAST! This thing RIPS and it's got <150 miles on it now.

[Metal Gear SS]

Originally Posted by patriotpa

Those things are NUTS! I was going to get a diesel and got the 4.8L gas engine instead. I was regretting not getting the diesel util I picked up my 2010 SS today. What a BEAST! This thing RIPS and it's got <150 miles on it now.

Hey, CONGRATS!!!

[FI4T0MCAT]

Nice man, im hoping a suncoast will hold mine. Im making 636 at the wheels. Good to hear your having good luck with it, that makes me feel better. I wish I had some pics of my truck at the track. What all have you done to your truck?

[BigRed]

Yeah the suncoast is great, it hasn't gave me one minutes problem. You got 636 at the wheels, that awesome!!! What all have you done to yours? Have you ever made the trip over to bowling green KY to the TS outlaw race and pulls? That is a great event usually. It did suck this year due to all the rain, but there are some great trucks show up every year.

My Mods:

BD diesel drivers side exhaust manifold
Diamond eye turbo downpipe
5" straight exhaust
LBZ turbo mouthpiece
AFE stage II intake
EGR blocked
TTS Dual lift pumps
BD diesel remote fuel filter
Fuel pressure relief valve shimmed
Head Studs
Crank it up diesel tie rod sleeves
Crank it up diesel straight centrelink
Suncoast Stage IV tranny with 1056 torque converter
EFI Live

[FI4T0MCAT]

Thanks man, your truck is no slouch either. No i havent ever made it over to KY, im going to look into that though. I think that would be fun. You havent put head studs on your truck?

my mods

5" turbo back straight pipe exhaust.
Smarty EVO TNT programmer
aurora 4000 turbo
DD 90 injectors
S&B intake
6" suspension lift kit
37" mickey thompson baja claw tires
billit transmission (2nd billit one) 5th transmission over all. suncoast is next.
CP3 fuel pump upgrade
waiting to install the airdog 150gph fuel air seperator.

[BigRed]

Originally Posted by FI4T0MCAT

Thanks man, your truck is no slouch either. No i havent ever made it over to KY, im going to look into that though. I think that would be fun. You havent put head studs on your truck?

my mods

5" turbo back straight pipe exhaust.
Smarty EVO TNT programmer
aurora 4000 turbo
DD 90 injectors
S&B intake
6" suspension lift kit
37" mickey thompson baja claw tires
billit transmission (2nd billit one) 5th transmission over all. suncoast is next.
CP3 fuel pump upgrade
waiting to install the airdog 150gph fuel air seperator.

Yeah, i did. I just forgot to put that in the list. I blew a head gasket due to a overheating issue that some of the 05s have. When we went back i put the studs in. There are plenty of d-maxes that has no problems without studs though. The stock HGs are good until you get up aroung 45 psi of boost. The stock turbo is only good for around 32 psi, so no need until you go with a aftermarket turbo.

[FI4T0MCAT]

Yeah i had just heard that alot of people were doing head studs as a precaution when they did a tuner, just because.

[Croatcamaro2010]

Originally Posted by Zabo

Can't say the same for Ford Output shafts though.. I'd never use the Exploder's SOTF system.. Ever. The whole knob setup just has Catastrophic Transfer Case Failure written all over it..

my friend just lost his explorer transfer case blew up about 2 weeks ago lol

[Croatcamaro2010]

sounds like there needs to be a tractor pull here

[BigRed]

i'm down for it. I love going to the pulls.