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Triple-Turbocharger Duramax Diesel in Chevy C10 Smokes Hard at Dragstrip

Did you know that Paris has banned diesel engines? Sure, they're a bit more efficient, but that smoke they're putting out is deadly. No such problems in America, where a classic 60s Chevy truck puts out huge clouds of smoke from its tuned Duramax diesel. If a Prius ever saw this thing, it would have a heart attack.
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With all the hype surrounding BMW's tri-turbo 3-liter diesel engine, it's all to easy to get carried away and call it the "most amazing diesel in the world". But check this thing out: a 1969 Chevy C10 truck with the bead from a 1995 truck and a 2005 Duramax diesel engine and three turbochargers.

The amazing machine belongs to a guy named Brett, who got the C10 from his grandfather when he was 15. He then spend a decade putting all sorts of gasoline engines in it before stuffing a diesel from a Workhorse bus that "died" in 2009.

Basically nothing is stock under what used to be the bonnet. The engine has Wagler Competition cylinder heads, Bullseye Power turbochargers, Danville Performance built motor and a Rossler turbo 400 transmission with a Neal Chance Racing Converters torque converter. Its owner says the last time the tri-turbo truck was tested, it delivered a 8.810s quarter mile time at 158 miles per hour.

Bratt says the best thing about it is that he can use it every day… even though one headlight has been replaced by an intake and smoke bellows out of the engine like a locomotive.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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