The Diesel Podcast

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Emissions On vs Off, 2021 R...

04.09.2021

Josh McCormack joins us again on the podcast! He was on 3 years ago telling us about his 12V budget build for UCC and he’s been on quite the journey since. Today, he talks about moving to Utah and working ...

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04.09.2021 Emissions On vs Off, 2021 Ram Cummins & UCC Truck Walkaround Josh McCormack joins us again on the podcast! He was on 3 years ago telling us about his 12V budget build for UCC and he’s been on quite the journey since. Today, he talks about moving to Utah and working ...
04.06.2021 G-56 Fluid & Clutch Questions Dan Vallance, owner of Valair Clutches, joins us today to talk manual transmissions! We catch up with him early into 2021 about racing, which G-56 fluid may be best and common questions they get about clutches.
03.30.2021 An Episode You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else David Shepard, owner of Hoosier Diesel, told us on a previous episode about his shop and passion for fixing trucks. But what happens when a heart attack threatens your life? David opens up and tells us about his journey into ...
03.26.2021 Super Clean Fummins A podcast listener messaged us with pictures and details on his Ford OBS - you guys gotta hear about it! The truck has been in the family since new and the owner did a complete restoration and Cummins swap (actually ...
03.23.2021 What are EPA/CARB Compliant Parts? Christian from BD joins us to answer this question! What exactly is a compliant part? How is it tested and validated? This leads into a discussion about what parts need testing data, EPA testing vs CARB testing & more!
03.20.2021 RPM Act & Emissions: Lawyer Q&A Stewart Cables joins us again on the podcast! We gathered your questions about the RPM Act, diesel racing, delete fines, making parts for racing and more. Give a listen as Stewart explains what the EPA is enforcing, how they are ...
03.18.2021 1958 Chevy Viking 12V Swap This episode comes directly from a group of our listeners! We chat about this 1958 Chevy and the process of getting a 12V Cummins between the fenders. There were also some challenges with the NV4500, suspension and brakes. You’ve got ...
03.12.2021 Drop-In Turbos for Cummins, Duramax & Powerstroke Dan’s Diesel Performance is on today’s episode! Dan and Ty join us to talk about Duramax, Powerstroke and Cummins options for drop-in performance. They give us a sneak peak on new turbos being released, what they’ve been up to at ...
03.05.2021 The Right Time to Market Your Shop Nick from Dieselmatic is back on the podcast! Last time, we talked about how automotive shops can help their online presence. This episode we talk about the right time to market. Is your shop ready? Do you need expert help? ...
03.02.2021 LB7-L5P Flaws & Failure Points Today’s episode is covering LB7-L5P engines and talking about common failure points of each engine. Some issues are specific to a year range, others cross multiple engine codes. Cass from Choate Engineering gives us his experience and suggestions for avoiding ...
02.26.2021 BMF Wheels & Your Truck Larry from BMF Wheels chats with us today about one of the first upgrades we all do - wheels! We ask Larry about BMF, their approach to wheel design, questions people call in about and more. If you’re looking to ...
02.23.2021 How Bad is Diesel Fuel Quality? Kyle from Hot Shot’s Secret joins the show today to talk diesel fuel. We wanted to know how bad is the fuel right from the pump? Is there a big difference from station to station and how can we protect ...
02.16.2021 CP4/CP3 Talk with S&S Diesel Motorsport Luke from S&S joins us today to talk about CP4 upgrades, CP3 swaps, EO tested products and how they approach solutions for daily driven diesel trucks!
02.09.2021 Powerstroke Fuel Systems, PSE Race Truck & 22Kill Dorian Reyna, owner of Power Stroke Enginuities, joins us today to talk about Ford trucks! We ask him about common issues on the 6.7L’s, fixes for fuel system damage, poor fuel quality and more. Dorian also tells us about his ...
02.02.2021 NHL Star & Fishing Show Host Brendan Morrison It doesn’t get any better than talking about diesel trucks, the outdoors and the toughest goaltenders to face! Brendan Morrison joins us to talk about his career in the NHL, hosting Reel West Coast, his passion for fishing, adventures in ...
01.25.2021 New Super Duty Gears from Nitro Gear Jeremy from Nitro Gear joins us to talk about their new, true 10.5” ring gear for Super Duty trucks! He tells us about the history of Ford ring gears, this new product and other upgrades in the pipeline for ¾ ...
01.19.2021 2002 Ram Roller with a 12V Swap A Diesel Podcast listener reached out to us with a cool build we wanted to share with everyone! Cody Scott had a single cab 12V Ram and when a 2002 project truck came along, he jumped right in. We ask ...
01.15.2021 Transmission Q&A We appreciate all the feedback from Instagram making this episode happen. Frank from Revmax Converters agreed to let us bombard him with questions - 4R100 450HP builds, Allison shafts and C2 hub, manual valve bodies on new transmissions and more!
01.08.2021 Will Diesel Smoke Make Electric Vehicles Mandatory? This is a huge topic and one evening we caught up with Lenny Reed from Dynomite Diesel Products about it. Are smokey trucks on the street fueling the push for electric trucks? Lenny shares his thoughts on diesel smoke, energy ...
01.05.2021 Ryan Milliken’s New Cummins Engine Ryan Milliken was at Freedom Racing Engines doing some dyno testing on his new Cummins race motor. Ryan, Chase from Fleece and John from Freedom Racing Engines sat down with us to talk about the Nova, engine details and goals ...
12.15.2020 Diesel Engine Q&A Cass from Choate Engineering joins us to answer questions from our audience! What’s needed for a 6.0L to reliably hold power? How to stop high pressure oil leaks? What’s the best engine? Do emission-equipped diesels not last as long?
12.08.2020 Proformance Diesel The diesel community recently lost Steven Ciaburri of Proformance Diesel. On this episode, we talk with General Manager Dylan Fox about Steven’s passion for making us love our trucks more and the future of Proformance Diesel.
11.17.2020 1964 Ford F100 7.3L Powerstroke This episode comes to us from one of our followers on Instagram! Craig messaged us with his 1964 F100 with a 1997 7.3L Powerstroke engine swap. Craig goes into detail about swapping the chassis, fitting the engine, custom wiring harness ...
11.06.2020 Easy Towing Upgrade Jeff from Stealth Performance Products chats with us today about plug and play power! We asked what goes into their modules for usable power, how it helps towing and daily driving and new platforms they are working on.
10.26.2020 Diesel Engine Bearing Failure Cass from Choate Engineering joins us today to talk about rotating assembly failures. A failed connecting rod is easy to discover, but what about bearings, clearances and crankshaft issues? Is it a part or installation error? Or both?
10.20.2020 Why Does CARB Testing Matter? We talked with Christian from BD Diesel and asked him why CARB testing matters if you don’t live in California? What products and what does the process look like for having the testing done? Christian also tells us about the ...
10.13.2020 F100 Cummins Swap Today we chat with Solomon Lunger, host of the F100 Talk Podcast and founder of @TheFordEra on Instagram! He tells us about his 12V Cummins swapped F100, plans for making it the ultimate daily driver and his passion for Ford ...
10.06.2020 I Broke My Transmission! We’ve all either been there, or known someone that has, and a broken transmission is never a fun time. In trucks with more than stock power, a major weak point can be transmission shafts. Today, we chat with Frank from ...
09.29.2020 One Thing Your Shop Isn’t Doing Today’s guest is Nick from Dieselmatic, a company that specializes in helping diesel shops establish their digital presence. We chat about free things you can do to make your business stand out among the crowd - and one thing you ...
09.22.2020 Sticking with the VP44 Pump Today’s guest is Austin Smith, a BD Race Team member and owner of a 2nd Gen Cummins running the 7.70 class. Austin tells us why he chose to not p-pump this truck, the air and fuel setup and what fuels ...
09.15.2020 More Power, Less Smoke & Pikes Peak Record Lenny Reed, owner of Dynomite Diesel Products, caught up with us today about Chuckles Garage and their Pikes Peak record! Lenny tells us about the Dynomite Diesel injectors fueling the truck, building more power with less smoke on race trucks, ...
09.08.2020 Are Diesel Races Happening? Adam Blattenberg, Editor of Diesel World Magazine, joins us today to talk events (and some BMW diesel talk). We asked him what events are taking place, how they can happen with safety precautions in place and how it’s affecting the ...
09.04.2020 68RFE Pump Upgrade Revmax just dropped a new part for 68RFE’s and we wanted to know more about it. Frank from Revmax joins us to talk about their new pump, what it does for stock and modified transmissions and more!
09.01.2020 BMW 335d Sleeper Today’s topic is a first on the podcast! Today we chat with Matt Santjer from Santjer Performance about his passion for BMW 335d’s. His car is approaching 1000hp with triple turbos, dual injection pumps, modified injectors, stock transmission and long ...
08.28.2020 12V Cummins Free Horsepower One of the coolest things about a 12V Cummins is how easy it is to pick up power. Sure, they may not have the power ratings of the latest engine, but that doesn’t last for long. Mike Cole, BD Race ...
08.25.2020 6.0L Powerstrokes with KC Turbos If you’ve been around diesels for a while, you know the bad rep 6.0L Powerstrokes had. That’s not the case anymore, and it’s because companies like KC Turbos innovated and pushed the platform to new heights. Joining us today is ...
08.21.2020 Off-Road Alumiduty & 2.8L Cummins Jeep Swaps If you like going off-road, you’re going to enjoy this episode! We talk with Gary, owner of Diesel Pros, about his 6.7L Powerstroke setup for ultimate towing and off-roading. We also jump into some 2.8L Cummins talk and how they ...
08.15.2020 Easy Ways to Tell if Your Engine is Toast Whether you’re looking at buying a truck or one is dropped off at your shop, how can you tell if the engine is shot? Is it a smaller problem or is a new long/short block in order? Cass from Choate ...
08.07.2020 The Last Common Rail to Beat This Truck Phil Taylor, owner of DPC Converters, joins us today to talk shop! We start by asking him the last common rail that beat his race truck, then dive into new products. Teaser - they do more than just converters.
08.03.2020 Duramax Talk with Sterling Diesel Performance Duramax fans, this is an episode you’re gonna love! Dustin Sterling, owner of Sterling Diesel Performance in New Caney, TX joins us today. He’s a Duramax enthusiast and has a nasty race truck. We talk to him about his passion ...
07.27.2020 Dynomite Diesel Injectors Lenny Reed, owner of Dynomite Diesel Products, tells us about some game-changing news in the injector world. From testing to balancing, how to make power and more, it’s on this episode!
07.20.2020 68RFE Problems & Fixes Is your 68RFE in fail-safe mode? Have transmission codes? We asked the experts at Revmax Converters about common problems and fixes for the 68RFE. Give a listen as we go through symptoms, codes, valve body and clutch pack issues and ...
07.13.2020 PPEI Racing & Your Truck We’ve heard some people ask how diesel racing makes their daily driver/work truck better. Wade Moody joins us today to talk about the PPEI race car and how what they learn racing benefits the daily driver. A teaser? Data. Give ...
07.06.2020 12V Cummins Must-Have Upgrades The legendary Cummins engine is the focus of today’s episode! Over the last few months, we’ve gotten a lot of questions from you about 12V reliability upgrades. The engine doesn’t need much, but there’s a few things you definitely want ...
06.26.2020 Four Towing Upgrades You Need Towing is at the heart of owning a diesel and there are four major categories to address. They focus on improving reliability, stability, power and braking. Christian Roth from BD Diesel joins us today to talk about these four categories. ...
06.20.2020 The Next Level in Diesel Racing Ben Shadday from Done Right Diesel Performance has been on the podcast before talking about pro street, diesel racing and making big power. He has a new race vehicle and you gotta hear about this car! Ben tells us about ...
06.12.2020 A Cummins Goes From Street to Drag Truck Matt Drake, a longtime podcast listener, joins us to talk about his 2003 5.9L Cummins going under the knife! This 1000hp street truck is being turned into a dedicated drag truck. Listen as he walks us through the transformation of ...
06.09.2020 6.7L Powerstroke & F150 Ecoboost Tuning from PPEI Kory Willis from PPEI joins us today to talk diesel tuning! Kory tells us about tuning updates for Powerstroke, Cummins, and Duramax. Plus, PPEI tuning is going to be hitting some completely different vehicles soon! Which ones? Give a listen!
06.01.2020 12V Cummins vs Ford OBS vs 5.9 CR This episode combines three amazing trucks you gotta hear about! Andrew, the owner of the trucks, tells us about a super-clean 1st Gen dually, Ford OBS and a 3rd Gen 5.9 built for the outdoors. We asked him questions from ...
05.26.2020 1972 F250 12V Cummins When we saw this truck on Instagram, we had to learn more! Robert, the truck’s owner, joins us today to talk about this low-mile F250, the 12V and Super Duty axle conversion and more. If you like classic trucks and ...

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The Diesel Podcast episodes:

Emissions On vs Off, 2021 Ram Cummins & UCC Truck Walkaround

G-56 Fluid & Clutch Questions

An Episode You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

Super Clean Fummins

What are EPA/CARB Compliant Parts?

RPM Act & Emissions: Lawyer Q&A

1958 Chevy Viking 12V Swap

Drop-In Turbos for Cummins, Duramax & Powerstroke

The Right Time to Market Your Shop

LB7-L5P Flaws & Failure Points

BMF Wheels & Your Truck

How Bad is Diesel Fuel Quality?

CP4/CP3 Talk with S&S Diesel Motorsport

Powerstroke Fuel Systems, PSE Race Truck & 22Kill

NHL Star & Fishing Show Host Brendan Morrison

New Super Duty Gears from Nitro Gear

2002 Ram Roller with a 12V Swap

Transmission Q&A

Will Diesel Smoke Make Electric Vehicles Mandatory?

Ryan Milliken’s New Cummins Engine

Diesel Engine Q&A

Proformance Diesel

1964 Ford F100 7.3L Powerstroke

Easy Towing Upgrade

Diesel Engine Bearing Failure

Why Does CARB Testing Matter?

F100 Cummins Swap

I Broke My Transmission!

One Thing Your Shop Isn’t Doing

Sticking with the VP44 Pump

More Power, Less Smoke & Pikes Peak Record

Are Diesel Races Happening?

68RFE Pump Upgrade

BMW 335d Sleeper

12V Cummins Free Horsepower

6.0L Powerstrokes with KC Turbos

Off-Road Alumiduty & 2.8L Cummins Jeep Swaps

Easy Ways to Tell if Your Engine is Toast

The Last Common Rail to Beat This Truck

Duramax Talk with Sterling Diesel Performance

Dynomite Diesel Injectors

68RFE Problems & Fixes

PPEI Racing & Your Truck

12V Cummins Must-Have Upgrades

Four Towing Upgrades You Need

The Next Level in Diesel Racing

A Cummins Goes From Street to Drag Truck

6.7L Powerstroke & F150 Ecoboost Tuning from PPEI

12V Cummins vs Ford OBS vs 5.9 CR

1972 F250 12V Cummins

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