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About Dirty Diana
In case you haven’t heard Thoroughbred Diesel has purchased a 2005 5.9L Dodge Cummins and plans to turn it into a 3.0 Class pulling truck! Watch as we show you the progress and all the builds associated with this truck. If you want to know more about this project that is known as Dirty Diana, make sure to jump over to our Youtube Channel  for updates on the progress.

videos

pictures

engine-build
The initial tear begins (June 7th)

broken
Cylinders were in great shape. Could even still see the cross hatching.

axle

case
Got the block back in. Machined and balance and ready to go. Then of course we painted it blue.

head
Got everything tore down to just the block for machining. Found evidence inside the block that lead us to believe two cylinders were down.

transmission
Stuck with a 48RE and Suncoast came in for the assist.

axle-cutting

axle-open

piston
Temp coated MAHLE pistons, custom cut, and performance connecting rods from Carrillo.

differential

head-pistons

 

team

Build Supervisors

dennis
Dennis Craig – Owner

david
David Sidwell – Sale’s Manager

wade
Wade McGinnis – Lead Mechanic

Build Team

kade
Kade Sidwell – Sales Technician

dylan
Dylan Pritchard – Sales Technician

collin
Collin (Jimmy) Raney – Sales Technician

jt
Jt Cleaver – Wholesale Manager

dewey
Hunter (Dewey) Staton – Sales Technician

brett
Brett Rickets – Sales Technician

greg
Greg Reed – Sales Technician

tanner
Tanner Syvarth – Warehouse

cade
Cade Grimes – Warehouse

sam
Sam Licato – Tuning Dept.

wes
Wes McFarland –Core/Return Dept.

tyler
Tyler Montgomery – Marketplace Dept.

Support Team

chris
Chris Shearer – Warehouse Manager

jim
Jim Wilcox – Video Production

adam
Adam Craig – Marketing Dept.

hunter
Hunter Maines – Marketplace Dept.