2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Pickup with the 5.9L Cummins diesel engine. Not much to look at on the outside, with the only upgrades being a set of BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO tires and an Andersen Rapid Hitch Tow Hitch with a 6" drop and a 2" and 2 5/16" Greaseless Combo Alumiball. Under the hood there's a DieselPower Common Rail Fuel Pressure Box adding about 65 horsepower stacked with a Smarty Cummins tuner that adds up to 170 rear wheel horsepower. That much fuel requires more air, so we've added a BD Diesel Performance Super B Single Turbo as well as a Banks Ram Air Intake System with a Banks Super Scoop. To get more air, we've removed the restrictive stock intake manifold and replaced it with a Banks High Ram Intake Manifold and upgraded the intercooler and the boost tube between the intercooler and the intake manifold. To keep an eye on vehicle parameters instead of traditional diesel performance gauges we went with an Edge Insight CTS data monitor with a color touch screen. The Insight lets us monitor exhaust gas temperatures, transmission temps, boost PSI, even fuel economy.

If power is addictive, diesel power addicts absolutely. Or something like that. We're like most guys that got the itch - after adding just one diesel performance upgrade and feeling the real power difference it made, we're addicted to diesel performance. And when you're an addict, you can only go so long without a fix. It's just a matter of time until you'll find us adding one more diesel performance part to our rides. Really. Just one more. We promise...............

Diesel trucks and diesel cars. That pretty much sums it up. If it burns oil, we'll drive it.

For a bunch of almost 40 somethings, we try not to act our age. In addition to playing basketball twice a week (not a pretty picture), we like to hunt, fish, hike, swim, ride, and just enjoy the sunshine in the great American southwest. Oh yeah, we love to watch basketball too. And some of us love the Lakers, and some of us hate them. No middle ground there.

There's a remote stretch of road a few hours north of Las Vegas between a little mining town called Ely Nevada and an even smaller town called Alamo. Once a year there is a race called the Silver State Classic held on that stretch of road. The rest of the time, it's just you and the Nevada HP. So slap a diesel race tuner on your truck hit the highway.

Heartbreak Ridge (or anything with Clint Eastwood)
Princess Bride
Hunt for Red October
Gladiator
Star Wars
Star Trek
The Professional
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Pacific Coast Highway from San Clemente northward
Up Provo Canyon to Heber City and Park City Utah
Over Success Loop in White Pine County Nevada

Anything that sounds good at the time.

Dodge Ram Cummins diesel trucks.

The new 2012 Volkswagen Jetta TDI or any performance VW TDI.

Hummer H1, powered of course by a performance diesel , GM's 6.5L engine.

Lord of the Rings
Civil War
Cabelas Catalogs

11 years of marriage.............

And some college and military.

Visualize using your turn signal.

Parleys Diesel Performance

Anybody that is still an automotive mechanic into their sixties. If you're still a mechanic (even the shade tree variety) after sixty, it's because you really love to work on autos.

People that are too busy talking on their cell phones to realize that the turn light is green. Invariably, they realize it just as the light turns yellow, leaving you to fume through a whole new set of traffic lights. And they go merrily on their way. You know, you never seem to have a grenade launcher when you need one.

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