{"id":2569,"date":"2012-09-15T18:43:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T18:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2012-09-15T18:45:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T18:45:33","slug":"drag-1981-chevy-with-1272-horsepower-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2569","title":{"rendered":"Drag 1981 Chevy with 1,272 Horsepower Diesel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.dieselpowermag.com\/f\/40329663%2Bw750%2Bst0\/1204dp_10%2Bwild_ride%2Bfront_drivers_side_at_the_dragstrip.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Ryan Bean's 1981 Chevy with 5.9L Cummins engine swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is Ryan Bean&#8217;s 1,272 horsepower drag 1981 Chevy truck. Currently it is running a 5.9L Cummins diesel and 4R100 automatic transmission.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ythWMAyENs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.dieselpowermag.com\/f\/40329639%2Bw750%2Bst0\/1204dp_03%2Bwild_ride%2Bcummins_engine.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"5.9L Cummins turbo diesel inside 1981 Chevy engine bay\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/84aEadII6xQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Pkba43d4Xo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gV8BdS6wzc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dieselpowermag.com\/features\/chevy\/1204dp_a_wheels_up_chevy_packing_ford_parts_and_cummins_power\/\">Diesel Power<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5942244\/what-does-too-much-torque-look-like\">Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is Ryan Bean&#8217;s 1,272 horsepower drag 1981 Chevy truck. Currently it is running a 5.9L Cummins diesel and 4R100 automatic transmission. Source: Diesel Power via Jalopnik<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1110,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1110","url_meta":{"origin":2569,"position":0},"title":"Chevy Colorado with a Turbo Duramax Diesel","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This Chevy Colorado was built by The Diesel Shop out of Miami, Florida. 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