{"id":86049,"date":"2022-05-16T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T23:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=86049"},"modified":"2022-05-16T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T23:06:13","slug":"custom-chevy-silverado-with-a-twin-turbo-duramax-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=86049","title":{"rendered":"Custom Chevy Silverado with a Twin-Turbo Duramax V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

Diesel Performance Specialties<\/a> are building a custom Chevy Square-body truck at their company in Weatherford, Texas. The project starts with a 1988 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab body sitting on a 2002 GMC\/Chevy chassis. It will be powered by a compound-turbo 6.6 L Duramax LB7 V8 capable of 1000 horsepower. The motor was built with Wagler Competition rods, Mahle pistons, Callies crankshaft, Wagler alternate-firing camshaft<\/a>, SoCal Diesel valve springs, S&S Diesel Motorsport injectors, and Industrial Injection Double Dragon CP3 fuel pump. The diesel V8 will be paired with a Nixon Transmissions<\/a> automatic transmission and Dana 60 front axle and AAM 14-bolt rear axle. The truck rides on Fox coilovers in front and Fox shocks with air bags in back. <\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Diesel Performance Specialties<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diesel Performance Specialties are building a custom Chevy Square-body truck at their company in Weatherford, Texas. The project starts with a 1988 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab body sitting on a 2002 GMC\/Chevy chassis. It will be powered by a compound-turbo 6.6 L Duramax LB7 V8 capable of 1000 horsepower. The motor was built with Wagler… Read More »Custom Chevy Silverado with a Twin-Turbo Duramax V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86055,"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":70,"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":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-silverado"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Custom-1988-Chevy-Silverado-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132134,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132134","url_meta":{"origin":86049,"position":0},"title":"1969 Camaro with a Twin-Turbo Duramax V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Lavon Miller and his company Firepunk Diesel built a special 1969 Camaro Z28 for a longtime customer. The classic F-body is powered by a twin-turbo Duramax LB7 V8 capable of 1086 hp (798 kW). The motor features a \"Streetfighter\" longblock built by Wagler Competition with a Callies crank, Wagler rods,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Camaro"","block_context":{"text":"Camaro","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=112"},"img":{"alt_text":"1969 Camaro with a twin-turbo Duramax V8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1969-Camaro-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1969-Camaro-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1969-Camaro-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1969-Camaro-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1969-Camaro-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":111871,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111871","url_meta":{"origin":86049,"position":1},"title":"1987 Chevy K10 with a Duramax V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Adam Pela built this 1987 Chevrolet K10 into a Prerunner at his company DmaxSwap in Jupiter, Florida. Under the Harwood cowl hood is a 6.6 L Duramax LBZ diesel V8 featuring Mahle pistons, Calibrated Power Stealth 64 turbocharger, Pusher SuperMax Y-Bridge manifold, Exergy Performance Sportsmen injectors, Melling oil pump, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "K10"","block_context":{"text":"K10","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=1038"},"img":{"alt_text":"1987 Chevy truck prerunner with a Duramax V8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1987-Chevy-truck-prerunner-with-a-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1987-Chevy-truck-prerunner-with-a-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1987-Chevy-truck-prerunner-with-a-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1987-Chevy-truck-prerunner-with-a-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1987-Chevy-truck-prerunner-with-a-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50275,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50275","url_meta":{"origin":86049,"position":2},"title":"Building a 1200 hp Duramax V8 – Part 2","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Wyatt from SketchyDA is back with an update on the Duramax build series. The goal is to build a Duramax diesel V8 capable of 1,200 horsepower for a Chevy C10 truck. Watch as Wyatt assemble the bottom-end using a LB7 block, Callies Compstar crankshaft, Wagler girdle, Carrilo rods, Mahle pistons,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Duramax"","block_context":{"text":"Duramax","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=532"},"img":{"alt_text":"Turbo Duramax V8 1200 hp build series - bottom-end assembly","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Turbo-Duramax-V8-1200-hp-build-series-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Turbo-Duramax-V8-1200-hp-build-series-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Turbo-Duramax-V8-1200-hp-build-series-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Turbo-Duramax-V8-1200-hp-build-series-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Turbo-Duramax-V8-1200-hp-build-series-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19207,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19207","url_meta":{"origin":86049,"position":3},"title":"1954 Chevy Truck with a Quad-Turbo Duramax V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1954 Chevy 3100 truck has been owned by David Pilgrim since he was a teenager and later served as a company vehicle for his Harley Davidson dealership for many years. David took the truck to Johnson's Hot Rod Shop in Gadsden, Alabama to transform it into a land speed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Advanced Design"","block_context":{"text":"Advanced Design","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=579"},"img":{"alt_text":"1954 Chevy 3100 with a quad-turbo Duramax V8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1954-Chevy-3100-with-a-quad-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C659&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1954-Chevy-3100-with-a-quad-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C659&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1954-Chevy-3100-with-a-quad-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C659&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1954-Chevy-3100-with-a-quad-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C659&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1954-Chevy-3100-with-a-quad-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C659&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4840,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4840","url_meta":{"origin":86049,"position":4},"title":"Chevy C10 Truck With A Triple Turbo Duramax","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Brett Deutsch received this truck from his Grandfather when he was 15 years old. Over many years the truck featured many different small-block Chevy V8s. But Brett is a diesel mechanic and always wanted this Chevy to be powered by diesel. In 2010 he lifted a Duramax and Allison transmission\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "C10"","block_context":{"text":"C10","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=215"},"img":{"alt_text":"triple turbo Duramax","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1969-Chevy-C10-with-triple-turbo-Duramax-04.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1969-Chevy-C10-with-triple-turbo-Duramax-04.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1969-Chevy-C10-with-triple-turbo-Duramax-04.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1969-Chevy-C10-with-triple-turbo-Duramax-04.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49773,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49773","url_meta":{"origin":86049,"position":5},"title":"1955 Chevy Truck with a Twin-Turbo Duramax V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This custom 1955 Chevy crew cab truck was built by Dan Smalley and his company Pure Metal Works in Jackson, California. The modified Chevy 6500 cab and 1958 Chevy Apache bed sit on a GSI Machine & Fabrication chassis with air suspension and Wilwood disc brakes. Under the hood sits\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Advanced Design"","block_context":{"text":"Advanced Design","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=579"},"img":{"alt_text":"1955 Chevy 6500 truck with a twin-turbo Duramax V8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1955-Chevy-6500-truck-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C998&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1955-Chevy-6500-truck-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C998&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1955-Chevy-6500-truck-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C998&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1955-Chevy-6500-truck-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C998&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1955-Chevy-6500-truck-with-a-twin-turbo-Duramax-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C998&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86049"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86065,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86049\/revisions\/86065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}