Photo: Porky's Diesel on Instagram
For the 1957 model year, the first for the third-generation F-Series line of pickups, the F-100 featured a wider bodywork up front and a clamshell-style hood. The half-ton workhorse, however, was pretty modest in terms of engine choices because trucks were a bit simpler back then.
A Mileage Maker straight-six powerplant with 223 cubic inches (3.6 liters) of displacement came standard, which is a far cry from the 12-valve Cummins swap we’ll talk about today. Owned by Porky’s Diesel, the diesel-engined race truck is complemented by a couple of Borg Warner turbochargers with 75- and 85-millimeter compressor wheels. Yup, it’s a pretty insane build!
Now fitted with skinnies up front and beefy rubber for the 9.0-inch rear axle, the F-100 features the subframe of a Crown Victoria and a fuel cell right between the rear wheels. A roll cage joins the sturdy frame, and the front suspension currently consists of coil springs for better control at the strip.
Capable of smoking the rear tires into oblivion while rolling coal through a ginormous exhaust outlet, the no-nonsense pickup in the following video is capable of 9.66 seconds at 137 miles per hour (220 kilometers per hour) on the blacktop. For reference, Dodge quotes 9.65 seconds as the quarter-mile time of the Demon with the Nitto NT05R drag radials that come standard.
With a little bit of tuning to the compound turbo diesel engine and some tasteful mods for the frame and suspension, the owner believes that his strip slayer will break into the 8.0-second range without making a mess of the head gasket and connecting rods. Better described as a work-in-progress type of build, the weekend warrior still hasn’t reached its potential.
To whom it may concern, a compound-style turbo setup is a little different from twin-turbo or bi-turbo configurations in production cars and utility vehicles. If you trace the piping from the manifolds to the boosty snails, you’ll notice the first turbocharger feeding the second with boosted air.
Now fitted with skinnies up front and beefy rubber for the 9.0-inch rear axle, the F-100 features the subframe of a Crown Victoria and a fuel cell right between the rear wheels. A roll cage joins the sturdy frame, and the front suspension currently consists of coil springs for better control at the strip.
Capable of smoking the rear tires into oblivion while rolling coal through a ginormous exhaust outlet, the no-nonsense pickup in the following video is capable of 9.66 seconds at 137 miles per hour (220 kilometers per hour) on the blacktop. For reference, Dodge quotes 9.65 seconds as the quarter-mile time of the Demon with the Nitto NT05R drag radials that come standard.
With a little bit of tuning to the compound turbo diesel engine and some tasteful mods for the frame and suspension, the owner believes that his strip slayer will break into the 8.0-second range without making a mess of the head gasket and connecting rods. Better described as a work-in-progress type of build, the weekend warrior still hasn’t reached its potential.
To whom it may concern, a compound-style turbo setup is a little different from twin-turbo or bi-turbo configurations in production cars and utility vehicles. If you trace the piping from the manifolds to the boosty snails, you’ll notice the first turbocharger feeding the second with boosted air.
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