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| Duramax Diesel to the Max |
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Wade Moody who has created a lot of buzz indeed. By the time he was 32 he had been racing half his life. For sure, diesel engines seem to be part of his DNA. According to Diesel World, Moody turned to diesel drag racers in 2006 with a 4WD Cummins-powered Dodge Ram, competing in the Pro Street class. After winning a few championships at that level, he acquired an S-10 drag truck and moved into the Pro Stock class.
The truck had a powerful Duramax engine, which he fine tuned into another top dog racing machine. This truck powered him to championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013. A crash in 2014 put an end to this truck's reign as fastest diesel drag truck.
Despite this setback, Moody was fortunate in that the engine and Turbo 400 tranny survived. Once transferred into a new frame, he had the fastest Duramax-powered dragster in the known world.
It was a three month build but fitting the Duramax into the rails proved to be a worthy ambition. By the end of 2015 the machine was doing test passes and the new configuration being readied for war. Even before it had all been worked out they were making passes of 7.02 seconds or 195.48 mph. None of these passes were under full power as they wanted to ensure things were tight. The were anticipating good things in 2016 and indeed achieved them.
In July 2016 Brian Wagner of DragZine wrote a story about this achievement with additional details about the engine and the dragster. Wagner describes the ways in which Moody and his team squeezed out more power based on things they learned. Moody gave credit to his tuners John Jordan and Kroy Willis, "and all of the awesome products from the rest of our supporters that make it possible to go faster each season."
Check out this YouTube video in which Wade Moody talks about
all the details that went into this build.
The target they were aiming for was "Fastest Diesel in the World," a title owned by Jared Jones. His record pass of 225 mph a couple years earlier.
Here are some links to the sources for this story and a pass on Moody's Facebook page.
Diesel World Story: The Fastest Duramax-Powered Dragster
Dragzine: Wade Moody First to the 6 Second Zone with Duramax Power
Wade Moody's Dragster Makes a Fast Pass on Facebook
CarBuzz: Cool and Crazy Diesel Powered Cars
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Can you drag in 4WD? As long as you're running fairly straight you won't have a problem with binding unless you're running spools front and rear. But unless a guy is sitting and spinning expensive tires into white smoke making BIG power the 4WD will only slow you down. A good posi-unit will be better than locking in the front
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