Smoking in the Smokies

The three-day event was held at Adventure Bound Camping Resorts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and English Mountain Dragway in nearby Newport, Tennessee. Most activities took place in the heart of the beautiful 25-acre Adventure Bound facility with excursions up to the English Mountain Dragway for the drag racing portion on the 1/8-mile track. Jody and Diane Tipton of DP Tuner were on hand throughout the weekend ot answer questions and coordinate activities, for which they did an excellent job as the event went off without a snag. The estimate was more than 250 people and 100 diesel rigs, plus two TDI Jettas participating in the Dyno, Drags and Show-n-Shine.

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Back in the early years of diesel performance more horsepower was pretty simple, really. All it took was a quick adjustment to a fuel screw, maybe some different springs in the injection pump, a little bigger nozzle on the injector and there you go – more power. Just about anyone with knowledge of an injection pump and a screwdriver could turn up the power output of those engines.

But as technology advanced and computers started controlling the engine’s parameters, making more power got tougher. Well, sort of. With the advances in computer technology and programming, it actually go teasier for a diesel truck owner to turn his truck up. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not very computer savvy, but I can turn up the power in my truck pretty easily with just the push of a few button. As a matter of fact, I don’t even get my hands dirty when I do it. So in a way, maybe turning up our trucks is easier than those old mechanical setups. But none of that ease would be possible if it weren’t for some pretty smart computer programming gurus with a love for diesel performance.

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