Breaking 900
A few of the participants from Premier's event traveled down to Bully Dog Technologies in Aberdeen, Idaho, to test the power and torque on their chassis dyno. With two different trucks breaking the 900hp mark, the numbers were very impressive. James Brendle from Custom Auto put down a strong 966hp in his '05 LLY Duramax. This lowered beast's engine has been built to the max with upgraded pistons, cam, rods, dual ATS CP3 fuel pumps, three-stage nitrous system, and custom electronic tuning via EFI live.
Damien Reese recently cracked the water jacket on his engine block and is in the process of building a replacement motor for his '01 Dodge. He was not concerned about damaging the engine, so he removed the nitrous jets and sprayed as much nitrous as possible. A healthy dose of fuel from a Hot Rod VP44 fuel pump and 225hp injectors matched with plenty of nitrous were enough to spin the rollers to 924 hp and 1,650 lb-ft of torque. Reese was pretty certain something would break, but the trusty Cummins handled all he could throw at it and he even drove it home.
Johnny Ramirez from Treasure Valley Diesel showed up with his lifted '06 Dodge mega cab featuring a Hitech 66 LP Turbo, Bully Dog Triple Dog downloader and Torque Dog, FASS Fuel System, Dynomite Diesel Perfomance Injectors, and nitrous kit. This combination was good enough to make 761 hp and 1,528 lb-ft of torque.