Quite a few have made that number. Mine has done it plenty of times. And yes it will grenade, it took about 75K miles for mine to split a piston pulling 700 to 800 HP, a fair bit more than 10K miles but who really cares? You push any engine at 3 times the design limit of power you can't expect them to hold together.
Does the Cummins have bigger rods? Sure. Is it a stronger engine is stock form? Sure. Does this grant you some magic power that we are not aware of? Nope. They make every aftermarket component for the Cummins too, rods, pistons, etc. cause they break when pushed past 3 times design limits.
The aftermarket for rods in the Duramax has gone up because yes, they are a weak link. GM did not expect them to or build them to hold 1,000 horsepower. The better parts will continue to flood in for the Duramax as things progress as it has been proven to be a great platform to make power. I don't understand why that has to bring out the hate like it does, hell, I enjoy seeing them all kick out big power.
Guess some folks love their illusion of superiority.... :blahblah1:
Ok, In what part of that post did I EVER say the Duramax was crap? I left that open to your discretion, how you took it is on you, guilty conscience?. I was asking how many could/have done it on stock internals, Thats the whole prove me wrong statement, seen it done on a cummins, never on a D-max, and was curious, But, I have learned one thing from this post: you Duramax owners, your sure quick to try and talk up your rigs to the point where when a comment is made, you jump to conclusions. and since when does it not matter how much you spend on your truck? Whos got the bottomless bank account for their truck? Obviously, you missed the point of my post, Cash for Cash and mod for mod, that was the point. How many truck owners you know have the time/money to open their block for a set of rods? I was stating that the Cummins is a good strong motor, of good design, BUT, as you pointed out, they all have their weak points both the dodge, and the chevy. Talk badly all you want about the Cummins, and its Casing(the truck) all you want I don't care. I had the money to buy and build a chevy to 1000HP, I chose not to. The Cummins fit my needs nicely. As you said its awesome to see the power from any brand, and those V8's sound good, no doubt. There was no hate in my post, How you interpreted it is on you, It show your character, and a few of you showed your true colors. Hell, with as many big HP dodges out there, its good to see you guys can get all that opposing weight to spin that hard, and not grenade, congrats, and hats off. Gotta have some competition somewhere.
SO, my response to ALL you D-max guys that had their feathers ruffled by my post, fantastic, glad to see people read this drizzle, Spend more money, make a fast truck, and make the Cummins fight for its place, keep the "My Brand X is better than your brand Z." attitudes, its how racing was born...:Cheer:
-Rob
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wned: Regular cabs do fine if you can hang weight but when you can not you will get killed by long wheelbase trucks. What has dominated Street over the last couple years? Crewcabs and Ex cab longbeds. Stock turbo trucks can kill the G56. I have see several fall out the bottom with my own eyes.