Hot Rod Diesel

Well my old buddy Steve Cole from TTS is at it again! This guy never ceases to amaze me with the stuff he creates. The truck you see in the picture is what he is calling "the fastest Duramax in the country". This truck ran an unbelievable 10.52 @ 129.01 MPH in the quarter mile! Now that's cooking! The amazing part is that it's diesel powered. It's basically a stock engine with TTS rods, stock turbo and nitrous and #2 diesel only.

I have known Steve for about 20 years or so. He is what I call "the best reverse engineer" I have ever met. Back in the mid eighties he had already figured out GM calibrations. In fact, he got so good at it he was able to tell us at GM exactly where in our calibration we needed to make a change to correct a driveability problem. Of course the calibrators at GM would not listen 'cause nobody on the outside could possibly know more than they did! I enlisted (begged him) his help with my Malibu EFI project. I'm sure he got frustrated with my confusion over something he found so simple. I have to commend him for being so patient with me.

Anyway, I soon learned that he had developed software one could use to create the calibration I needed. This is probably the best money I ever spent! He taught me all I know about tuning and burning chips. I am still using his "Master Tune" to this day.

He now sells software, exhaust systems and electronic controls for late model (OBD II) Ford and GM gas engines as well as diesels. Check out his website at http://www.ttspowersystems.com

All I can say is "isn't technology great"!

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