{"id":14498,"date":"2017-02-07T17:46:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14498"},"modified":"2020-09-11T01:52:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:52:39","slug":"watch-this-1949-ford-with-a-twin-turbo-cummins-drift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14498","title":{"rendered":"Watch a Custom 1949 Ford F-1 with a Turbo Cummins Diesel Drift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14499\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=14499\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Old Smokey 1949 Ford F-1 with a twin-turbo 5.9 L ISB Cummins inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Old Smokey 1949 Ford F-1 with a twin-turbo 5.9 L ISB Cummins inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Old Smokey 1949 Ford F-1 with a twin-turbo 5.9 L ISB Cummins inline-six\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We first wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/chucklesgarage.com\/\">Chuckles Garage<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Old Smokey&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10377\">project last year<\/a>. The 1949 Ford F-1 is powered by a 5.9 L ISB Cummins inline-six diesel with a 66 mm and 91 mm turbochargers in a compound setup. The engine produces 981 horsepower to the wheels. The truck recently acquired Garrett as a sponsor and will swap to their 80 mm 5003 and 94 mm GTX turbochargers. The new goal is to produce 1,400 horsepower. Watch below as the truck does a good job of smoking the rear tires.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQbQaerrVy8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sjlNuS2pZJw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkOSFQKAFKs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more photos please view <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedhunters.com\/2017\/02\/old-smokey-f1\/\">Speedhunters article<\/a> and for complete stats please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10377\">previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfGBcn2oKJbQSr73l73hXkQ\">Chuckles Garage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We first wrote about Chuckles Garage&#8216;s &#8220;Old Smokey&#8221; project last year. The 1949 Ford F-1 is powered by a 5.9 L ISB Cummins inline-six diesel with a 66 mm and 91 mm turbochargers in a compound setup. The engine produces 981 horsepower to the wheels. The truck recently acquired Garrett as a sponsor and will&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14498\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Watch a Custom 1949 Ford F-1 with a Turbo Cummins Diesel Drift<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ford"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Old-Smokey-1949-Ford-F-1-with-a-twin-turbo-5.9-L-ISB-Cummins-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60968,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60968","url_meta":{"origin":14498,"position":0},"title":"Custom 1949 Ford F-1 with a 1400 hp Turbo 6.7 L Cummins Sets Pikes Peak Record","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Scott Birdsall from Chuckles Garage and his custom 1949 Ford F-1 truck called \"Old Smokey\" set a Pikes Peak Hill Climb record in the Exhibition Diesel class. 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Old Smokey was built to be a shop truck and show off their fabrication skills. 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