Ending 2024 With A Bang: Pro Street Vs. Pro Mod Grudge Race

What is perhaps the best grudge race of the year is locked in for this weekend’s Snyder Performance Engineering-presented ODSS season finale in Pennsylvania. It’s Justin Zeigler’s Pro Street ’06 Dodge vs. Austin Doidge, the current Pro Mod points leader. It’s a duel between two Exergy-fueled D&J Cummins engines, with the 4×4 Rams they power each turning out similar horsepower and putting similar ET’s on the board. Doidge has been 4.80s, Zeigler has been 4.70s, and both trucks have proven they can easily live in the 4.90s. It’s anyone’s race, and it all goes down Friday night at 8 pm. Be there live at Keystone Raceway Park or follow the live stream, viewable on Snyder Performance Engineering’s Facebook page.

At The ‘Strip

2024 NHRDA Champions Crowned

The National Hot Rod Diesel Association’s season came to an end over the weekend at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis. But before 2024 was laid to rest, a few new records were set. The first was Phillip Franklin’s 4.89-second eighth-mile at 153 mph—new NHRDA Pro Street high marks. The second came from Wade Minter, behind the wheel of Team Trippplemax Corvette, by way of resetting the NHRDA Pro Mod trap speed record to 174.07 mph. Rick Fletes’ Duramax-powered Chevelle left Texas the organization’s Super Street class World Champion and National Champion, Robin Ridgway did the same in the Sportsman class behind the wheel of her well-traveled 7.3L (shown), and Robby Bowermaster secured the national points championship in the Super Diesel (7.70) category (along with a win in the class).

New LML Duramax Record?

We blinked and nearly missed this one, but Michael Lively, a regular 6.70 Index competitor on the ODSS circuit, set a new ET record for the LML Duramax platform back at the end of August. Leaning on his Silverado a tad harder than he normally would, Michael darted through the eighth-mile in 6.43 seconds. His budget-built Chevy benefits from a single, 72mm S400 SX-E in the valley, 100-percent over Exergy injectors, MTKB Racing ECM tuning, a No Zone Diesel-built Allison, and a hint of nitrous. Eventually, and should he succumb to his friends’ peer pressure to spray more, Michael hopes to find himself in the 5.90 Index category.

On The Dyno

Derrick Barney’s Big Power, 68RFE-Equipped Mega Cab

We’ve been following Derrick Barney’s build for several months now, and his plans to resurrect his ’11 Mega Cab from burn victim to its former glory are starting to come together. A recent visit to the truth-telling Mustang dyno at Maverick Motorsports returned 1,170 hp with a smidge of tire slip. It’s a build that revolves around the use of a Shredder series Cummins from Industrial Injection, an S485 Godfather from the 5-blade mafia at Stainless Diesel, and a Stage 4 68RFE from Randy’s Transmissions. If we know Derrick like we think we do, expect his 4-ton behemoth to put up a high 6-second eighth-mile pass at some point in the future.

In The Dirt

Inside The Wildest 6.0L Power Stroke In The World

If you’ve ever been curious what it takes for Warren Diesel’s Power Stroke-propelled Super Duty to compete with the nastiest cut-tire trucks in the nation, here it is. A 6.0L-based, billet block, bored out to bring displacement to 7.0 liters, topped off with a set of custom, billet-aluminum CNC ported heads. A set of 6.0L-based (i.e. HEUI) 950cc injectors, supported via two high-pressure oil pumps, provide the big V-8 its fuel, while a 5-inch Wimer turbo, making 125-to-130 psi of boost, fills its lungs. The fact that the engine sees 6,000 rpm makes the term “living upstairs” an understatement. We’re told peak horsepower checks in at more than 2,000 hp at 5,000 rpm.

Written by Mike McGlothlin