Show Notes
What does it actually take to keep a Cummins alive past 3,000 horsepower on the dyno? It is not just more fuel and a bigger nitrous shot. This episode breaks down the real engineering behind Myer's second gen common rail race truck and why so many mega power builds scatter before the pull is over.
With Diesels in the Mountains coming up in Utah, Todd, Will, and Myer dig into the torque limit of a factory cast block and why it wants to split right at the cam tunnel. They explain how making the same torque at 6,000 rpm instead of 2,500 turns a tow rig number into a record number, and why dyno correction factor at altitude means the uncorrected number is the one worth comparing.
On the engine side, the guys walk through how a deck plate and a longer rod move the peak cylinder pressure above the factory block, and why they run the sleeves with a loose fit instead of a press fit so the weaker cast iron is not preloaded before the fire ever happens.
For diesel tuning, they cover why nitrous means pulling 10 to 15 degrees of timing compared to a fuel only tune, how injector size changes how precise your injection window has to be, and why floating valves are behind most nitrous dyno blowups. Diesel cylinder pressure at this level is closer to Top Fuel than anything a gas valve manufacturer is used to, which is why Inconel is on the table.
Then it gets into the turbo and nitrous setup. Myer runs four bottles, each on its own feed line, plus three wastegates that open the moment each nitrous kit fires so boost stays in check before it can overshoot. They also talk about undivided turbine housings, running as lean as 50 to 1 on the dyno, and why four bottles is about delivery, not showing off.
The episode wraps with transmission line pressure and how slippage quietly costs hundreds of horsepower, running higher tire pressure with a spool to keep tires from blowing apart, and the dream of a hub dyno power wheelie.
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