General Motors first introduced the 6.6L Duramax V-8 diesel engine for its ’01 Chevrolet and GMC light trucks. GM cooperatively designed and built the engine with Isuzu to replace the 6.5L oil-burner ...

As for the engine specs, the 6.6L V8 L5P turbodiesel Duramax produces 445 horsepower at 2,800 rpm and 910 pound-feet of torque at 1,600 rpm, while the naturally aspirated 6.6L V8 L5P gas engine ...

Gale Banks and the rest of the crew at Banks Power have tried one way after another to kill their Duramax L5P diesel test engine, but so far, it just ain’t happenin’. People had their doubts when they ...

Customers that own a Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra with the 6.6L V8 L5P turbodiesel Duramax engine under the hood can upgrade with a substantial power boost via The Pulsar V3 module from Edge, as ...

For several years, GM has been working behind the scenes on a new diesel for heavy-duty trucks. In October, the fifth-generation Duramax made its debut at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mr. Truck was on ...

Known under the VIN code Y, the L5P Duramax is the latest evolution of the 6.6-liter turbo diesel that powers the Silverado HD and Sierra HD. Introduced for the 2017 model year and mated exclusively ...

There’s a Guinness World Records category for just about everything, and Chevrolet took one of them home after pulling the largest-ever flag behind a 2017 Silverado HD powered by the all-new Duramax ...

Introduced in 2001, the Duramax V8 turbo diesel family was continuously improved over the years until the L5P that GM uses in heavy-duty trucks. Fully stock, the 6.6-liter mill develops 445 horsepower ...

Ford has PowerStroke, Ram trucks have Cummins engines, and General Motors has Duramax diesel engines. All three vie for torque and diesel market supremacy — Duramax, however, doesn't always feature in ...

Modern diesel truck engines are, as we know, massively powerful from the factory—each of Detroit’s Big Three has heavy-duty pickups that hover around or above 1,000 pound-feet of torque. General ...