Diesel Performance Podcast

By Paul Wilson, Chris Ehmke

Education Automotive

What's Diesel Performance Podcast about?

The Diesel Performance Podcast is a conversation, debate, and everything else about the three main domestic diesel engines: Duramax, Powerstroke, and Cummins. Hosts Paul Wilson and Danny Voss cover topics every diesel owner needs to know - from engine maintenance and engine performance to modifications that enhance performance. If you love diesel engines and light duty pickup trucks - you've found the perfect podcast.

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DIY Diesel F*ck Ups

02.14.2020

Paul and Chris sit down with Duramaxtuner mechanic Jeremy Garnett to discuss some DIY diesel f*ck ups. They discuss some of the things a lot of us may have missed when working on our diesel trucks!

Diesel Performance Podcast episodes:

02.14.2020 DIY Diesel Fck Ups Paul and Chris sit down with Duramaxtuner mechanic Jeremy Garnett to discuss some DIY diesel fck ups. They discuss some of the things a lot of us may have missed when working on our diesel trucks!
02.13.2020 Diesel Power Challenge 2020 Voting Special Diesel Power Challenge 2020 voting is now open! Enjoy this special episode giving you a run down of all the trucks trying to get in the competition this year.
02.07.2020 RE-BROADCAST 6.4L Power Stroke "Legend" J.D. Gleason One of our biggest episodes, re-broadcasted. We'll be back with a new episode next week!
01.31.2020 Don't Delete Your Power Stroke DPF! Paul and Chris talk about why deleting the Power Stroke DPF may not be as beneficial as once thought.
01.24.2020 Chris Patterson Diesel Power Challenge 2020 Hopeful Paul and Chris talk with Diesel Power Challenge 2019 alternate and DPC 2020 hopeful Chris Patterson from Summit Diesel!
01.17.2020 New VCO Nozzle LB7 Injectors Paul and Chris give you all the information on the new VCO Nozzle on LB7 Injectors!
01.11.2020 Kaje Jones And The Future Of Diesel Power Paul and Chris sit down with Kaje Jones of the Diesel Power Magazine. They discuss the future of the Diesel Power brand and how it will continue to be the best media outlet for everything diesel!
01.03.2020 2019 Year In Review Paul, Chris, and Justin sit down and discuss the success stories of 2019 and what listeners can look forward to in 2020.
12.27.2019 2015 Duramax Twin Kit Ride Along Paul and Chris take us out in a modified 2015 LML Duramax. They discuss the benefits of a twin kit and many other aftermarket aspects!
12.20.2019 Recreational Towing Nick Priegnitz and Jamie Kerley discuss towing with your diesel truck. Many of us use our trucks to haul our toys, this episode takes a deep dive into that world.
12.13.2019 Winter Prep For Diesel Trucks Winter Prep, it's that time of year. What do you need to do with your diesel once Winter hits?
12.06.2019 How Common Rail Injection Works Paul and Chris talk about how common rail injection works. Get the notepads, it's a ton of information to get into.
11.28.2019 FIRST EPISODE REBROADCAST We are taking it way back, Paul and Scott the original hosts talk to Nick about purchasing your first diesel. It's been almost five years since this episode was aired, enjoy!
11.22.2019 L5P DPF Soot Accumulation Paul and Chris walk us through how much soot is accumulated in the DPF for the L5P. The test conducted includes stock levels, a tow tune, and a sport economy level. Lots of data to go over as well as ...
11.15.2019 New Product Releases And Budget Build Revisited Paul and Chris go over some of the new products you'll see Calibrated Power releasing and revisit an older episode about budget builds.
11.08.2019 SEMA And King Of The Streets 2019 Paul and Chris chat with Tim Mahoney about how his visit to SEMA went, what he saw and how his weekend competing at King Of The Streets 2019 went down!
11.01.2019 2020 L5P Ride Along Nick and Paul take you for a cruise to discuss how the 2020 L5P rides!
10.26.2019 Deleted Vs. Non-Deleted LML Rebroadcast With everything going on in the diesel industry, we thought this episode would be a good one to rebroadcast. Enjoy!
10.18.2019 History Of The 5.9L Cummins Paul and Chris discuss the lifespan of the 5.9L Cummins!
10.11.2019 The History Of Power Stroke Paul and Justin discuss the history of the Power Stroke (two words) in this episode. They also interview Justin Pike about his Cummins build!
10.04.2019 History Of The Duramax Paul and Chris discuss the history of the Duramax engine. This is a great, informative episode on how much the Duramax has evolved over the years!
09.27.2019 EPA + EMISSIONS = DEATH OF DIESEL PERFORMANCE Paul and Chris discuss the future of the industry and what is going down with all the chatter around EPA and diesel performance.
09.20.2019 Michael Miner Talking Builds Paul and Chris chat with Michael Miner about builds and what to expect when attacking them.
09.13.2019 Paul and Chris Take Listeners Questions Paul and Chris go through a few questions received on the podcast page. Let opinion war battle it out on this episode.
09.06.2019 Big Block Cummins With Nick Priegnitz Chris and Nick discuss the Big Block Cummins seeing action for the first time in a bit. They also discuss the Power Stroke 6.0L Stealth 67, and Mahindra Roxor turbos and power.
08.30.2019 REPOST: GALE BANKS Godfather Of Diesel Gale's history with diesel performance is legendary and for that reason, he deserves the recognition as the Godfather of Diesel. In this episode - originally published on November 18, 2016 - Gale takes us back to the beginning and then ...
08.23.2019 Diesel Power Mag Editor John Lehenbauer Paul and Chris sit down with John Lehenbauer, editor of Diesel Power Magazine. They discuss want happens when putting together the featured stories and what the process is like.
08.09.2019 Sled Pulling Season With Chris Ehmke Paul and Chris discuss Chris' first few pulls of the sled pulling season. Chris has been piloting the Calibrated Power 2007 5.9L and killing the local circuit. He discusses what he's learned with just a few pulls under his belt!
08.02.2019 Sled Pulling Kickoff Joe Hager Paul and Chris chat with Joe Hager about this upcoming sled pulling season. Joe talks about his minty 2017 L5P that he'll be hooking up to the sled this season!
07.26.2019 Turbo Talk With Nick Priegnitz Paul and Chris sit down with Nick Priegnitz of Duramaxtuner/Calibrated Power to talk all things turbos! It's a fun, interesting episode full of quite a bit of knowledge.
07.19.2019 Conversion Hummer Ride Along Paul and Chris take the heavily modified Hummer out for a spin and give their thoughts on the ride. This vehicle is a beast!
07.12.2019 Matt Maier DPC2019 Never Dead Paul Wilson, Chris Ehmke, and Justin Tyson sit down with the phoenix himself, Matt Maier to discuss how he handled the DPC2019. Between Wrenching, competing, and lack of sleeping, Matt had one hell of a week and instantly became a ...
07.03.2019 Kaje Jones: The Aftermath and Future Of the Diesel Power Challenge Paul Wilson, Chris Ehmke, and Justin Tyson sit down with Kaje to discuss the future of the Diesel Power Challenge and reflect on the great event of 2019!
06.28.2019 Mike Anagnostou 907 Diesel Prowl For Power 2019 Paul and Chris talk to the President of 907 Diesel, Mike Anagnostou, about the upcoming Prowl For Power event up in the beautiful state of Alaska. Be sure to get out there and see all the action!
06.21.2019 The Aftermath Of DPC2019 With Competitor Brad Sankey Paul and Chris chat with Brad Sankey about all that went down with his sled pulling LLY at DPC2019! We get the ins and outs and advice with next year's possible competitors.
06.14.2019 DPC 2019 Winner Richard Coker Paul and Chris get a run down of how DPC 2019 went for winner Richard Coker! It was a long grueling weekend for all riders, trucks, and crew members, get the dirty on how his win all went down!
06.10.2019 Gale Banks Diesel Power Challenge 2019 Paul sits down with Gale Banks, who needs no introduction. They discuss turbo and cooling when it comes to diesel engines. It's a very informative episode!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Cody Lambert Cody got his dead truck back up and running to be the final sled pull of the event! It's been a wild five days folks!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Matt Maier Paul gives us play by play on Matt's run and talks with the man and his Frankenstein monster truck after the pull!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Andrew McCane Paul gives us the redown with Andrew McCane as he puts his truck to the test in the final event!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Richard Coker Richard goes at the sled pull track with his truck that is performing well!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Seth Kuntz Seth gives his truck all it has left on the final day of DPC2019!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Brad Sankey Paul talks us through Brad's pull and catches up with the sled pulling pro himself!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Steven Lucero Steven gives it his all with his truck in the final event!
06.07.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway Day 5 Sled Pull Billy Hartzell Paul gives the run down on Billy's pull and catches up with the man from PA himself!
06.06.2019 Day 5 Kickoff DPC2019 Paul and Justin kickoff the final day of Diesel Power Challenge 2019! They discuss the sled pulls and what went down with results of the cone course event that wrapped up day 4 of DPC2019.
06.06.2019 DPC2019 Day 4 Recap Paul and Justin walk us through all the events of the day and all the things that went down! There were a ton of downed trucks, as expected. Get your DPC2019 info here!
06.06.2019 Live From The Cone Course DPC2019 Day 4 Jaran Holder Paul catches up with former Diesel Power Challenge competitor and owner of Holderdown Performance/ATS Diesel employee, Jaran Holder. He runs down who Jaran thinks is going to win and differences between when he competed to now!
06.05.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway DPC 2019 Banks Power Engineering Manager Chris Otani Paul sits down with Banks Power Engineering Manager Chris Otani to discuss boost, their involvement with data at the DPC 2019 event, and a ton more. This episode is full of info!
06.05.2019 Live From Bandimere Speedway DPC2019 Day 4 Drag Race FINAL We got the drag head to head FINAL here! Coker Vs. McCane! Paul gives us the play by play and catches up with the winner and the gents having troubles with their trucks!

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