Diesel World – October 2019

Massive14-inchWilwoodbrakesmountedona custom9-inchrearendhelpbringtheCudatoa halt.Also

attractingattentionaretheenormous15-inch-wideMickeyThompsonS/Rtiresand20-inchForgelineDropkick

wheelsthatcompletelyfilloutthetubbedrearsection.

There’snohidingthehorsepowerpotentialoftheCumminsenginegiventhelargerturborequiredRandyto

builda customhoodtoclearthecompressor.Thedischargeportionofthehoodalsointegratesintoa custom

cowlhood,whichtakescareoftheheightproblemsassociatedwithCumminsswaps.

ThefrontofWeaver’sCudais allsteel—andallcustom.Thebumpersareactuallyoffofa ’69Camaro,andtheroadrace-inspiredcenterspoileris a pieceofWeaver’sowndesign.

connectingrodsfromCarrilloalongwithMahlepistons

anda Hamiltoncam.Thecylinderheadwasfire-ringed

andsecuredwithARP 625 studsandhashadtheintake

shavedoff.A side-draftintakeandmatchingvalvecover

werealsoinstalled.Theturboscomeunderthecategoryof

a “big” 66 mmS300mountedona SteedSpeedmanifold

andan“evenlarger” 80 mmS400thatcombinetosend

80 psiofboostthrougha Mishimotointercooler.Forfuel-

ing,it startswitha customtankthatfeedsa Fuelablift

pumpandthensendsfuelthrougha PPEDualFuelerkit

toIndustrialInjectionraceinjectors.Tuningis handledby

GorillaDieselthrougha factory‘10DodgeECM.

If youthinkit wouldtakeoneheckofa transmissionto

standuptothismonsterofanengine,you’dberight.Ran-

dy’sTransmissionshasyearsofexperiencewithDodge

automatics,andhebuilta 48RE-basedslushboxthatwas

morethanuptothetask.Witha triple-discconverter,

manualvalvebody,andshortoutputshaftconversion,the

Dodge-basedunitfitsnicelyunderthecarwhilehandling

theengine’simmensepower.

Witha dieselpowerplant’storqueinmind,Randydecided

toditchthestockframecompletelyandgowitha Road-

sterShopFastTrackchassis.Builtoutof10-gaugesteel,

theframefeaturesa C6corvette-stylefrontendalong

withtheever-popularFord9-inch,witha 4-linkoutback.

Therearendhasalsobeensuitablymodifiedforthediesel

engine’storque,with3.50gears, 35 splineaxles,anda

MAXIMUM ‘TORC’

“1,000

HORSEPOWER.

1,500 WITH

NITROUS.”

28 OCTOBER I 2019 • DIESEL WORLD http://www.dieselworldmag.com