Casper is a street-legal true production diesel pickup truck. It is a 2005 GMC 2500HD 4x4 LLY Duramax with a single charger, stock injectors, and 2 CP3 pumps. It has factory AAM axles with 3.42 gears. No aero dynamics were done but a bed cover. Even the OnStar and XMradio antennas were present.
Rules only allow "event diesel fuel" which is supplied at the track and the tank sealed.
Due to a lack of a parachute, running faster than 175mph is not permitted, so we cannot go too close to the limit.
Just 2 months ago, Casper won a ProStreet sled pull, and is still driven often on the street.
While mini-trucks with engine swaps have went faster, this might be the fastest true diesel pickup truck. Rules dictate it must be driven in 2wd.
Bonneville is a salt track, and is very slippery. Casper spun the tires up past 100mph before hooking up. The air was 6700' DA.
Hopefully, we will get the extra safety equipment and get to use the full engine output in the coming months.
Thanks out to Johnny, Mike L., Guy Tripp, the crew at PPE, Lynn Goodfellow, Curtis, Volker, Deist, the SCTA-BNI crew, Wicked Diesel, Ross and Blacky at EFILive, and the rest of the Dmax crew.
Tomorrow we must back up the pass to set the B/DT record.