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DIESEL WORLD MAGAZINE
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JASON SANDS
EDGE PULSAR POWER TEST
A 50-STATE-LEGAL 136 HORSEPOWER AT THE WHEELS! round a decade ago it seemed like it was the wild West with diesel performance--crazy power gains, smoke at the touch of a button, and easily defeatable emissions systems. Fast forward to 2022 and all of that has changed with
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newer trucks. They have computers that are not easily fooled or modified, and even if they could be, the EPA has been handing out millions in fines and cracking down hard on literally everyone--manufacturers, shops, and even end users. We wondered, where does this leave diesel performance?
Well as it turns out, things aren’t so bad because where there’s a will there’s a way. For one, the manufacturers have responded with more powerful trucks right off the factory lot. GM was not lost in the mix in this, and in 2017 they introduced the L5P Duramax, the most powerful 6.6L
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