Diesel Engines

Special thanks to Lyle Cummins, Mike Murphy and Randy Watts In past Vintage Smoke we’ve talked about the vaporizing fuel oil engines of the 1895-1930 […]

As modern diesel trucks become ever more powerful, and regulations from governmental agencies become ever more intense, the demand for a reliable, economical, and versatile […]

R.H. Sheppard Company, of Hannover, Pennsylvania, began manufacturing diesel engines in 1937, carving out a small chunk of the diesel engine market. As with many […]

Turbo, Transmission, And Traction Bars Just to recap, the beginning of this story dates back more than 10 years and it serves as proof that—with […]

Aaron Brose Goes Light With a 900hp ShortBed There’s something to be said for building a truck just the way you want it and just […]

First Annual Diesel Truck Show Buckle up for an adrenaline-fueled ride into the heart of the first-ever iDrive Throwdown Truck Show! Dezerland Park in Orlando, […]

This ’65 F-600 Was Reborn With A Second-Gen Chassis And Cummins Power Sentimental value drives some of the most unique builds you’ll come across in […]

Voorheis’ Ground Pounder This month your online votes have selected Chris Voorheis as the Shell Rotella Truck of the Month winner. We congratulate Chris and […]

Flying Diesels Whether you’ve seen them in person or not, you know there are diesel in ships and boats, road vehicles of all types, off […]

Taking the road less traveled can be long and hard in diesel motorsports. Long nights and even longer weekends lay ahead for anyone willing to […]

The Ultimate Callout Challenge 2023 Did Not Disappoint! Held in Brownsburg, Indiana, June 2-4, 2023, the Ultimate Callout Challenge diesel truck event delivered an explosive […]

Beefed Up ’70 GMC Gets New Life on the Track This rig has seen some things. A 1970 GMC K15 currently owned by fabricator and […]

Legend! That’s a powerful word that might be used a little to too often these days. When it comes to the DT466 diesel, though, it […]

’15 Turbo Install & Preventing All-Out Fuel System Failure From the 5.9L and 6.7L in the Cummins camp to every RPO code Duramax ever produced, […]

Curing What Ails A 2005 Ram With A Twin-Disc Clutch Diesel trucks with manual transmissions are hard to beat, especially when it comes to towing. […]