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September 29, 2025 3 min read

Backing Up (And Re-Setting) The Horsepower Record

Josh McCormack ran it back this weekend, effectively clearing a corrected 4,000+ horsepower for the second week in a row. This time, McCormack followed the Northwest Dyno Series SuperFlow to Cedar City, Utah for the Diesel Days Truck Rodeo. After treating his Cummins to a 6,000-rpm, precision-timed fuel, boost, and nitrous wallop, 4,461 hp was displayed on the board. Uncorrected (the venue sat at 5,800 feet of elevation), the numbers check in at 3,437 hp. Still utilizing an unfilled, cast-iron 6.7L Cummins block (albeit deckplated), McCormack is proving the impossible is very much possible with the right combination of parts, dyno strategy, and driving ability.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1118497943225522

 

 

New Recall: Steering Column Detachment

The latest recall from Ford just hit the news. Owners of 2020-2021 Ford Super Duty F-250, F-350, and F-450 pickups built between February 19th, 2019 and September 30th, 2020., listen up. Ford is slated to send out notifications on October 6th. If it affects you, what you'll see is a notification about a potential steering column failure, more specifically, the upper shaft. Per Ford, the upper shaft may disconnect, causing a loss of steering. This is a recall, not a TSB, so any repair costs, whether you're still under warranty or not, will be covered by Ford.

Source: https://fordauthority.com/2025/09/2020-2021-ford-super-duty-pickups-recalled-over-steering-column-detachments/

 

 

From 500 HP To 900 HP—A 15-Second Work Truck Now Runs 10’s

With the help of Delany’s Diesel, Cody Keister has transformed his once tame regular cab Silverado into a 900hp fire-breather. Over the weekend, Cody’s lightweight 2500 HD broke into the 6’s in the eighth-mile for the first time, along with walking into the 10’s in the quarter-mile. Key ingredients in his build include a set of Exergy Performance 200-percent over injectors, an SDP S400 turbo kit with a VS Racing S475, new Mahle head gaskets with DHD head studs, and a Diesels Unlimited Allison 1000, complete with a Goerend “J” stall converter and built to handle big power while also allowing for quick, consistent shifts.

Source: https://delaneysdiesel.com/

 

 

Smoky Mountain Truck Fest

Show trucks, dyno melters, and vendors flooded the Sevierville Convention Center in Tennessee this weekend for the annual Smoky Mountain Truck Fest. From sky-high lifts to frame-laying classics, and late model trucks to vintage repowers to rat rods to ultra clean first-gens and OBS Fords, there was something for everyone in 2025. ProTint Motorsports’ late-model Ram (shown) earned the honors for Best Dodge. Its custom, Flight Fabrications-built 8-16-inch lift, cradle, and front and rear four-link suspension were part of its top-shelf build sheet—along with a set of can’t-miss 30x16-inch KG1 Forged Trickstar wheels. For horsepower junkies, the Blessed Performance mobile chassis dyno was also on hand, measuring horsepower and printing out power curves.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066853548449

 

 

Up In Smoke: EV-packed Cargo Ship Burns Out Of Control At Sea

It’s not exactly breaking news (it happened in June), but the cargo ship known as Morning Midas was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean after catching fire due to the electric vehicles onboard. All 22 crew members of the ship, which was carrying 3,000 vehicles in total, 800 of them EV’s, were forced to evacuate when flames broke out on the EV deck. It’s yet another example of conventional CO2 fire suppression systems being inadequate in fighting lithium-ion battery fires, which, upon entering thermal runaway, burn at extremely high temperatures and can restart hours (and even days) later. According to EVRYCars, the ship was abandoned roughly 300 miles southwest of Alaska. It now rests 16,000 feet below the surface. With new EV transport regulations not set to take hold until 2027, many international carriers are reportedly refusing to carry EV’s.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?bid=122205483626279594&set=a.122117286860279594

 

 

New EPA Guidelines Translate Into New (Aftermarket And OEM) Engine Calibrations

Per PPEI’s Kory Willis, the Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that making aftermarket changes to an engine or vehicle’s SCR inducement system consistent with the agency’s guidance will not be considered tampering, or as reducing the effectiveness of an element of the emission control system. According to Willis, this messaging means aftermarket calibrators will be allowed to perform updates for new derate compliance (i.e. new diesels won’t derate power based on DEF levels or SCR system faults). In a post on social media, Willis also alluded to the fact that The Big Three OEM’s are currently rewriting calibrations to eliminate SCR-related derating.

Source: https://ppei.com/

 


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