Chevy Diesel Edge Products

Hey, welcome to trucks. Got a great show planned for you today because we're dealing with everybody's favorite subject. How to get more power out of your engine, namely a diesel in this case, got a new Chevy

Duramax and you've seen me pick up some pretty serious power out of one of these in the past. But

it took a lot of modifications,

computer system,

exhaust system, nitrous oxide, propane injection

and the numbers were impressive, but

that's not what we're doing today today. We're gonna show you how to pick up at least 90 horsepower, up to 250 ft pounds of torque,

not destroy the truck,

not spend a fortune.

And the best part is

it's really simple. You can see by this difficulty meter.

This is really something that just about anybody can do now. Sound too good to be true. Have I got your interest? Yeah, that's what I thought you'd say.

Sit over the table and check it out.

This system is called the juice and it's from edge products

and it's available for the Ford Chevy and Dodge diesels. Now, this is not a reprogramming.

This basically mounts in line between your engine sensors and the vehicle's computer

and it intercepts the signals modifies them and basically tricks your computer into changing certain parameters like fuel delivery and timing that gives you the power that you're after.

But the system isn't just about power.

You have this controller that mounts inside the cab.

It allows you to choose between five different power levels allows you to monitor exhaust gas temperature and turbo boost transmission slip. Heck even allows you to set 0 to 60 times. We'll show you more about that when we get it all hooked up right now, I'm gonna show you how to put it in.

The first thing you need to decide

is where you're gonna mount your module. Now, the kit comes with these velcro strips,

we stuck them right down here on the fuse box and that is a perfect place for the module because all your connections

are gonna go right here to the main wiring harness.

Now, just plug the connectors from the juice box

into the factory harness.

Now, just in case you're wondering

these connections only go one way. So

it is impossible to get them in backwards or to get them crossed up.

Ok. The next step is a little more involved because we need to mount this sensor for our exhaust gas temperature.

Now, it's gonna go right into our exhaust manifold here on the passenger side. So

first thing we need to do

is

get this plastic shrouding out of the inner fender.

Make sure that you don't destroy these plastic retaining clips because you're gonna have to reuse them. And if you ruin them,

yeah, you're gonna have to go to a dealership to replace them,

then drill and tap your hole

in the exhaust manifold

and finally thread in the cinder

and hook it up

moving on. It's time to mount the controller here in the cab. Now for that edge includes this slick little bracket. It's got adhesive on two ends,

two adjustable knuckles. That way you can pretty much mount this thing wherever you want. And

we're gonna put it up here on the A pillar,

then just mount the controller to that.

Finally, we'll run the wire through an existing rubber grommet in the firewall.

Then we'll just plug it into the module

and that is it. See, I told you this was easy, but the big question is,

does it work? Does it do what it's supposed to? Well, let's go find out

the first thing we're going to look at are the gauges that this thing replaces. I notice you have EGT

got your engine temperature,

got your boost and RPM. S Now this little number up here in the corner,

that's the power level that we're on.

Now, you can go in and change the individual parameters here

with the push of a button while you're running down the road.

Now, we're going to take a look at some 0 to 60 times first, we're going to run it in the stock setting

that gives us 9.2 seconds. That's respectable for a diesel.

And now we're going to kick the power level up to five.

Wow,

two seconds quicker, man.

Still not enough for you.

Well, let's try quarter mile times first.

We're gonna do it stock

that resulted in a run of 17.9 at 88 miles an hour.

About what you'd expect from a stock diesel four by four truck.

But when we kicked it up to level five, things really came alive,

we shaved over 2.5 seconds off to put us in the low fifteens at 94 miles an hour.

Not bad for a big old heavy truck.

And remember you still have four power levels in between so you can dial in just the amount of power you need

and by monitoring things like exhaust temperature booze transmission slippage,

you get the peak performance without damaging anything

except maybe your rear tires.

So you got a product that gives you a lot more power, it installs really easily

and it's affordable. What a combination, matter of fact, if you're gonna do one modification to your truck and get the best bang for your buck,

you may wanna check out the juice,

man. This rocks.

One thing's for sure if you own a truck, if you have friends that own trucks,

heck, if you've been around trucks in any way, shape or form. Well,

you have experienced the frustration of trying to load something heavy into the bed of the truck. And you also know that having an extra set of hands to help you

isn't always an option. So how do you load something heavy like a welder or

an engine or a refrigerator into the bed of the truck

when you're by yourself and you're pressed for time. Well, in the past,

it's called a Hernia. Now, it's called the Spitz Lift.

This is basically a small boom crane with the lifting capacity of 700 pounds. Now, it's got some unique features. Number one, it mounts in and out of the vehicle in just a few seconds, also

breaks down into this little compact package.

It only weighs about 30 pounds. Now, I know what you're thinking. This is gonna lift 700 pounds and what am I gonna have to do to my truck to mount this in?

Good questions. Let's go answer them

to mount the lift. You've got this adjustable holster that the lift slides into

and it's this holster that gets mounted into the bed. Now, like I said before, it's fully adjustable. So it'll fit just about any size bedside

and you just set it into place, got a foot down here on the bottom

one, up here on the top of the bed rail, you just drill your holes bolted in. That's all there is to it.

Now, I know some of you are thinking.

Oh no, no, no, I'm not gonna drill my bed. That's all right. There's another option.

This is for your receiver hitch. Now, not only works well on trucks but also suvs and vans.

And you just slide it into the hitch,

then we'll remove the tailgate,

slide in the support leg

and then the holster assembly.

Now we're ready for the Spitz Lift itself. Now, it just unfolds

and pins in place

and the whole assembly just slides into the holster.

Well, that's how it goes together. Now, let's see how it works. Now, you'll notice you got plenty of gear reduction in your winch here to easily lift the load. But there's also a break in here. So

you can let go of the handle. It's not gonna free wheel backwards and drop the load on you.

However, when you wanna drop the load,

just roll the handle backwards, easily, drop the load down, but still lock in place where you want it to. Now, once you have everything raised up,

this whole assembly will pivot

and you can bring the load into the bed of the truck. Simple, easy. And if you carry heavy loads in your truck,

this is almost mandatory. We'll see after this.

Hey, welcome back. You know, one question I get a lot is where can I go four wheeling at?

That's a really good question because legislation across the nation is trying to close public land to off road vehicles. But there's some good news here because some people are opening their private land, turning it into off road parks. Now, one of the most unique off road parks in the nation is a place called Wheeling in the country.

In summer town, Tennessee. You gotta check this out.

Sometimes they roll in from as far away as Texas, Florida, New York. You name it.

They all want to try their luck on some of the gnarliest trails in the nation

and they're driving everything. You can imagine

two wheelers, four wheelers or anything in between.

But this wasn't always an off road park now. Heck, just a few years ago. This was a working farm

in 98

or 99. A tornado come through here, wiped us off. My mom and dad retired.

They said if you can make a living

with the farm,

like I have you take it, we just came up with the idea that, you know, let's give everybody a legal place to ride and enjoy.

So we took the Darren's parents farm and turned it into an off road park built trails and

just took it from there.

One thing that makes Whelan in the country so unique is the things that they offer to the public.

We have primitive camping, we have RV, electric hookups and we also have cabins that are available

like

wheeled for a while and you're tired and hungry. Then what?

Then we have the restrooms and showers.

And, uh, then we have the food that's breakfast, lunch and supper.

I,

of course, breaking things is a fact of life when you're an off Roader

and that

can definitely ruin your day.

But you are in luck because they've got a complete repair facility offered free of charge

to help you fix your rig.

I've got a repair shop.

It's not real big, but it is, it is better than a wet ground. Uh Sam Schultz,

he's a full time mechanic here. He,

he helps people get in, they're broke, he helps them fix their ride, whatever they need. U joint, drive, shave,

axle, joint, whatever.

But like I keep saying, the biggest draw for this place is the trails

like this.

Where are you, Mark,

sorry fucker.

And this

and how about this?

Matter of fact, the only thing not being challenged at this place are the old tractors and farm equipment that have been put out to pasture for a well deserved rest.

So if you're serious about your off road

and you're looking for a place to go on your next trip,

wheeling in the country is definitely a stop you need to make

in the world of trucks. You've got three areas that people are kind of afraid to get into. Number one, paint, number two electrical and wiring systems and number three, believe it or not is the rear end differential, third member, whatever you wanna call it.

Now, why is that, well, it's not that they're so difficult. It's just that people really don't know what's going on inside there

and they've heard horror stories about what happens if you set one up wrong. And that's true.

But it sounds like the real problem is they just don't know how it works and that's what we're gonna show you

how it works is brought to you by Wyotech.

All right. This is a typical rear end like you'd see in most cars and trucks

has a pinion gear down inside that rotates the ring gear

which rotates the carrier

and that in turn rotates the axles. Now, I know that's really hard to see,

harder to understand. So Randy and I are gonna take you through what's going on inside there using some components from a big rig.

Ok, Randy, what have we got here besides some really big pieces,

we have a ring gear,

a couple of examples of pinion gears

and a spider gear assembly that sits inside of the ring gear. Ok. The big question most people have is how do you transfer the rotation from the drive shaft into axles?

Ok. What you have is you have rotation of the pinion gear coming from the drive shaft

and as the pinion gear rotates it rotates the ring gear,

the axles are connected to each of the side gears

in the spider gear assembly

and it rotates with

the ring gear.

Now, big question here is

what will cause this kind of damage?

That would be an impact, what you call a shock load,

solid impact

load

from a pro probably from a driver,

uh, backing into a loading dock or popping the clutch or, or backing a new trailer too fast. Now, how expensive of a mistake is this? That's pretty expensive.

Now, as far as maintenance on something like this, what do you, what do you do?

You have to maintain these, well, you have to set them up well, to begin with.

Uh, they don't set up nearly as tight as the small ones do. Of course.

Uh, but you do have to set your clearances and your backlash and everything correctly.

Uh, lubrication

has to be maintained.

You have to have good lubrication. You have to watch your temperatures.

Now let's take them through the spider gear. A lot of people don't understand how that thing works.

The purpose of the spider gear is to allow the two wheels to rotate at different speeds. And when you're going around a corner, the inside wheel rotates slowly just like as a, as I hold this axle, the outer, the other axle will rotate quickly.

So that allows the axles to rotate different.

Yes. Now this is where a locker or a limited slip will come in because this will allow your rear end

and your two axles to lock together. That'll give you great traction, but

not too good at turning corners. That's why you get that little squeak around the corner sometimes.

Now, hopefully this gives you an idea what's going on inside of a rear end. So when you go out in your shop, you can dig into one of these things and you can work on it because now

you know how it works.

When you're talking engines and horsepower, the word hemi

invariably comes up when you're talking performance and sound. The word Flowmaster usually comes up. Well, those two words are now connected together

because Flowmaster has just come out with this American thunder kit for the Dodge hemi

Ram. Now, of course, you get the legendary Flowmaster Muffler

2.5 inch tail

pipes and it's all capped off with some polished stainless tips. Now, all you add to this is a few hours of your time and some hand tools

you get that hemi

sound the way it should.