lol maybe if we were 4500 lbs
Originally Posted by Dirk
I'm sorry. Not a 10sec idi, apparently it's in the 9's.
All credit goes to Saber123316
Apparently...
according to various sources Max Legold created the first 9 second diesel pickup out of a IDI 7.3 back in the early 90's.
so...
Putting my investigative work to the test I e-mailed Hypermax.
I got this:
Re: indirect injection 9 second diesel from the early 90's
From: info@gohypermax.com
Sent: December 5, 2008 4:44:29 PM
To: Jordan
We did build a coupleAll the info was given in the article it was an inline pump with 2 turbos Thanks
------Original Message------From:
Jordan Greenling
To: info@gohypermax.com
Sent: Dec 5, 2008 10:00 AM
Subject: indirect injection 9 second diesel from the early 90's
In a diesel world article it said that Max Legold (sorry if I don't have the correct spelling) built a hotrod Diesel truck that made huge power and did 9 second passes the engine was orginally ment for sled pulling but got banned and then became a drag racing vehicle. I just wanted to know if this was correct and if I could get information on it.
So it was P-pump twin turbo 7.3 IDI.
putting the investigative work a little further... I found pictures.
those were my other thoughts. Getting rid of the pre combustion chambers sure would take a lot of work, but I think it would be necessary to actually burn the fuel necessary to make those power numbers without a total complete meltdown of the motor.P-pumped, don't know if it's actually IDI (in every sense of the word). Have to see the heads, pistons in person to believe that, we'll see.........
4500 lbs running 9's is about 800-850 RWHP - 1200 should be a lot quicker than that.The original thread about this truck (CompD) where I THINK someone from Diesel Power talked to them said it ran 9's.
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