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00:08 Oh man, that is one sweet sounding engine.
00:11 Well, you take two turbos, you add a small block Chevy, makes 1115 horsepower. This thing will haul some freight.
00:17 Well, Gale, you've been building great high performance gas engines like this for over 40 years.
00:21 About 20 years ago, you turned your attention to building diesel engines. Why'd you do it?
00:25 I was running a high speed project, Firebird for Pontiac.
00:30 GMC gave us a couple of support trucks, early 80's. They were 6.2 diesels, no turbos, 145 horsepower.
00:37 I had to do something. So, I hot rodded them. I turbo charged them.
00:42 It's been kind of a love affair with the diesel ever since. There's a lot still left.
00:48 Let me show you something over here that's kind of current for diesels.
00:51 Great.
00:53 What you've got here is the world's fastest pickup truck, and it's a diesel.
00:57 Tell me more about it.
00:59 Well, I was interested in building the world's fastest diesel sport truck.
01:02 Kind of moved diesel downscale from the three quarter and one tons.
01:06 I got with Cummins Engine Company, Robert Bosch Corporation, and Holset on turbo charging.
01:12 It came up with a 735 horse street engine.
01:16 This set up is street drivable.
01:19 We towed our equipment trailer onto the salt flats with it, stopping at the truck stop to fuel up.
01:26 Went out, unhooked the trailer, put on the race tires and wheels, and ran 222 miles an hour.
01:33 On the way home, we got 22 miles per gallon.
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