2,300+ HP 6.0L Power Stroke

Well, technically it’s a 7.0L billet-aluminum block, but coming from the Warren Diesel camp, you get the idea… Once again, the menacing, HEUI-fired Power Stroke from Jesse Warren’s Shark Bait pulling truck was filmed making noise on the engine dyno. So what’s the most radical Power Stroke on the planet turning out for power these days? How about 2,363 hp! That fuel only number is pretty serious, especially since the engine is being force-fed boost courtesy of a single turbocharger. Jesse’s recipe is still rocking a set of Warren-built HEUI injectors and the big displacement V-8 is still touching 6,000 rpm on the tachometer (the most a factory FICM will allow).

Modified Classifieds

Turnkey, Ready To Race (And Win)

Once upon a time, this F-150 Lightning was 7.3L-powered, owned by Zane Koch, and ran 9’s in the quarter-mile. Then it was Cummins-swapped and went 8’s. In 2015 it was acquired by Dustin Jackson, kept a Cummins, and proceeded to dominate the eighth-mile at ODSS events, running 5.0x’s almost automatically. Now, the “Old Hustle, New Flow” Lightning is owned by Brian Allen and is up for sale again—and it could be yours, ready to race, for $95,000. For that amount, you get a brand new D&J Enforcer 6.7L with S&S Ordnance injectors and dual 14mm CP3’s, a 98mm GT55, a Rossler TH400, a Davis box for transmission control, an extensive Nitrous Express system, complete with a spool kit and Maximizer 5 progressive controller, a Racepak datalogger, and a Moser 3.25 rear gear. Buy it and go win things.

On The Dyno

BIG Numbers At Fall Brawl

It’s official. Fall Brawl is on the comeback trail. This storied event has a history of bringing the hardest-hitting players on the dyno together in one place, and this year that place was DGR Performance in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. Fresh off a Second Place finish at KOS, David Petrick showed up with his blue Quad Cab Cummins and proceeded to steal the show, taking the win in the Unlimited class with 2,640 hp, as well as the win in the compounds fuel-only category (1,830 hp). Others swinging for the fences were: Eric Mcmichael, whose fire-breathing 6.0L Power Stroke made more than 1,500 hp on fuel, Chris Gelbaugh’s common-rail Cummins (pictured) clearing 1,550 hp on fuel (but shredding the truck’s bias ply slicks in the process), and Dmitri Millard, whose company of No Zone Diesel sponsored the event, laid down an impressive 2,164 hp with “Katrina,” his dyno-slaying ’03 Duramax despite facing rail pressure issues.

At The Drag Strip

ODSS: New Classes And New Rules For 2025

After finally receiving clarification from the SFI Foundation, the Outlaw Diesel Super Series has made its rules for 2025 and beyond official. Beginning next year, Pro Dragster will be known as Top Diesel—and the class will be open to dragsters, Pro Mods, altereds, and even funny cars, with a maximum allowable vehicle weight of 3,600 pounds. Other changes include the old Pro Mod category becoming the new Super Diesel class, a field where both two-wheel drive and 4×4 vehicles can race heads-up and a maximum weight of 5,000 pounds will be enforced—yet also where 4×4 vehicles running the 25.6 certification will be limited to a 180 mph trap speed. Additionally, 5.90 Index will now be 5.70 Index. The 6.70, 7.70, and ET classes remain unchanged.

In The Dirt

Diesels In Dark Corners: Truck And Tractor Pulling—And Side Bets

One of the biggest events of the year commences this Friday in the form of Diesels In Dark Corners in White Plains, Georgia. But in addition to some of the finest truck and tractor pulling action you’ll find anywhere; some drivers are indulging in a few extra-curriculars. For example, Jennifer Pushlar has called out Shawn Oesterritter in the Limited Pro Stock (3.0 smooth bore) category. The face-off will feature “Hellfire” vs. “Moo Money,” and a host of other opposing things, including Freedom vs. O’Bryant (engines), MoTeC vs. Bosch (stand-alone ECU’s), GMC vs. Dodge, auto vs. manual, woman vs. man, North vs. South, IFS vs. solid axle, and mom vs. dad. It’s still unclear what the wager will be (hint: it isn’t money), so you might just have to make it out to the event to find the answer.

Written by Mike McGlothlin