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First Diesel To Hit 3,000 HP
When you can take your 3,000hp truck out to lunch, you may have made it in life. It was a long road for Unrivaled Diesel’s Chris Patterson, but his ’07 Dodge 3500, the truck that placed second at the All Truck Challenge, is the current dyno king—and the only diesel to clear 3,000-rwhp. His 3,089 hp (and 3,949 lb-ft) number was made possible thanks to a 5.9L with afilled Hamilton block, a Bean Machine 14mm girdle, D&J rods and stage 3 head, a billet cam, Flux Diesel Injection 408-percent Comp Hybrid injectors, twin Exergy 14mm race pumps, a big set of compounds, and a load of nitrous. And it’s totally capable of running up town for a burger…