800HP 5.9L Cummins Engine Build!

Knocking out some more customer engine work! 800hp 5.9L for a 2006 Ram.

[@dukec4]

Thanks for the awesome vid Josh!

[@mikestrucks]

Hell yeah ! Nice clean work as usual Josh 💪🏻👍🏻

[@jjthejetplane244]

Working on my truck right now while watching this 🤘🏽

[@laneice100]

Steve is awesome! He does all my engine and machine work. Great guy 🤙🏻

[@colinlawrence2186]

One more awesome job Josh your attention to detail is the key not just for power output but reliability Take care stay safe and enjoy your vacation you have earned it 🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

[@baconcreek609]

The "RightStuff" is a great sealer. I love that stuff.

[@dbfabworks5320]

Very nice! like the everyday stuff and the idea of having motor built!!!! Keep it up

[@gailyoung9911]

I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CAN SEE ALL THE LATE NIGHTS YOUR PUTTING IN TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. I DID THE SAME FOR 10 YEARS STRAIGHT. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY.

[@daviddroescher]

Adapt ape just did a video on cat brand fluid damper. In the discussions the concensus was 500k mi life before the silicon fluid turns into a gelatinous mess and nologer dampens the harmonics.

[@briangarvey4936]

Awesome as usual and informative giving away all your secrets it's one thing to watch it then actually do it is another...When and if I am ready 92k on my 6.7 Ill be having you build it... Like you said 1000 to 3000 engines is money plus money plus money learned that from your channel ha also built a few supercharged fox's .... I'm happy with my 550hp plenty enuf...Thanks for the content Have an awesome vaca

[@scmroman]

Enjoy the vacation Josh, I appreciate you taking the time to dive into clearances and some of the internal differences. In your opinion is an 800-900hp build something that can be put together as a daily driver with the occasional 2 or 3 passes at the track on a Saturday? Or would you recommend sticking to a lower number?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

ya anything sub 1200hp i feel can be daily driven with the clearances on a cast piston

[@bcbloc02]

I appreciate the fact that you show all the sides of high performance yes 2500hp trucks are awesome but they also require lots of work and they tear up a lot. Many people have unreasonable expectations of what these things will do. Also because every stock truck with a tuner makes 800+hp people don't think a 1000 is very wild. Of course those 800hp truck might on their best day make 500 on a dyno so things get skewed pretty fast.

[@jlo13800]

looks like it could make a crankcase scavenged 2 stroke with dry sump oil injection

[@eduardoflores3280]

🔥 vid

[@iastani157]

Hey josh ! Do you have any 5.9 video rebuild with torque specs ? Thank you great work

[@Balakay9435]

Hell Yeah Brother 🇺🇸🦅

[@N.A.J.]

Please elaborate on the plastic tips. Is this on the valve bridges? All 5.9 CR’s have these? Late 6.7’s are metal and interchangeable to a 5.9 CR? Whole bridge swaps over? How bout a sealing tip for the oil pan to rear main seal housing. What do you find works best? Good work buddy. Blueprint and measuring is very therapeutic.

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

its 03-09/10 trucks have them. the towers are interchangeable and so are the rocker arms! rtv both the casing and the oil pan

[@jadebrecks]

I was going to say nice shirt the first day but nice shirt on both days! Enjoy vacation!

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

Yes! Thank you!

[@dakotathomas38]

Hey Josh, seen you was up Orange County truck pull last week, there’s a couple dirtdrags coming up soon close to there at our local fairs would love to see you there

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

i know, but i have always wanted to go to the Firepunk sled pull which is the same day!

[@greggd2027]

Great vid! Too bad I'm so far away (CA) - I'm looking to do a build on my '04 Ram 2500. My engine is just about done, lots of blowby. Doing my research... I'd like to find a knowledgeable mechanic such as yourself

[@cliffegle4071]

Can you run j jets instead of saddle jet? Is the block interchangeable? Is it just one or the other

[@larrypeachy2391]

At what piont do you recommend a different cam ?? I was told these stock 5.9 cams are terrible...

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

really anytime is beneficial

[@vincentlamoureux8446]

Josh I’m looking to do a build like this on my 2006 mega. My question is who in the Arizona area would u recommend to do the work around here? And or do people sometimes just send u their engines to build for them?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

Tier 1 diesel

[@iastani157]

@@horsetorquesdiesel what about south florida i need someone down here to build mine also ! Thank you sir !

[@TAC_Gray_Beard]

What engine stand are you using for your build? I can never find one that you can bolt to the side of a Cummins block.

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

harbor freight 2 ton with cut down head bolts

[@mikeflick4737]

I like your tee shirt. 😀

[@thetexasredneck2323]

hi this is the very time watching one of your video but if you on motors i have 01 dodge ram 2500 5.9L has 276.000 miles how would it be for a rebuild i do wan to be 600hp soon to

[@grant_6.7_5th_gen]

Another great video. Know any 68rfe builders in or around Florida? Have a good vacation with the wife and kids bro. Oh I need a airdog are you selling them?

[@ReedyCreekSawmill]

I have heard good things about Nationwide Transmission in Tallahassee

[@grant_6.7_5th_gen]

@@ReedyCreekSawmill thanks man I'll look them up today.

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

check out hardway perfromance too. We do sell them 276-609-3298

[@BentonL]

What are you thought on the Mono Therm pistons from Mahle?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

best piston for a 5.9 for perfromance, but the blocks are so weak it doesnt even matter. but a sleeved 6.7 to a 5.9 with monotherms!!!!

[@joshuaquilliam2887]

@@horsetorquesdiesel LOL only you would call 1600hp a weak block lmao.

[@samdeitch4105]

what engine assembly lube do you use, i saw that stuff in the white tube

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

lubriplate

[@miguelzapata4667]

Whats the size and thread pitch for the bolts that holds the engine to the engine stand?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

Same as a stock head bolt m12x1.75

[@b2hibry]

Just got done pullin' a trans for a refresh and boom...another Josh vid hit the deck! Buuuuut, lame. Understandable though. Can only come up with so many ideas for content. How's the shop coming along? Still thinking of renting out the units in the back? Any upcoming big plans or goals? Maybe get that Greg A money for a shop dyno? LOL Hooks us up with a follow-up.

[@5t5ck25]

Ive got a late 5.9 im planning on dropping a s480 over the stock charger, with some 500% over injectors, you think that I would need to break open the engine or should full stock internals be okay?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

500% overs is the size of my UCC engine

[@joshuaquilliam2887]

🤣500% free or something? That's a stupid amount of fuel, 100-150% overs will max out that setup and still be able to idle and get good fuel mileage. No real need to go beyond 250% imo for a street truck, and I would only go that high if you are trying to spin lots of rpm.

[@JaegerWrenching]

This is unrelated to this video but i just yanked the head off of a maroon and gold laramie longhorn 2013 srw 3500 and the valve cover gasket is initialed JM and something else on the bottom of it....

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

haven't done any 13 trucks

[@TheProchargedmopar]

👍💪

[@frankmelero5511]

Wide Bowl Pistons from a 05-07? Why not 03-04 pistons small bowl? Ive seen and read the 03-04 small bowl pistons are better

[@PrestigeWorldWidePWW]

How much to do mine?

[@jackmehof861]

where can i get a book or something on all the torque specs i have 06 24 valve too

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

www.cumminsforum.com/threads/06-5-9-torque-specs-needed.982138/

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

This is a great thread with a lot of the specs

[@bensanders7392]

How much does one need in just tools and equipment to be set up to do this kind of thing? Will the snapon van rape-mobile get you good, on a 10 yr payment plan with 15 or 20% apr? Are a lot of the special tools "dealer only" or are they hard to come by/rare patented....not sold to the general public??

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

alot is basic hand tools, then quality measuring tools and torque wrenches. the dealer only tools i just remake myself

[@justinschooler6243]

When the clearances are opened up more, does it last nearly as long?

[@witcher71]

Where this guy (customer) is trying to go with this engine. i believe the looser clearances will help the engine survive with the extreme heat. I wouldn't expect an 800hp engine to last as long as something closer to stock. Tighter clearances and less heat will last longer if maintained properly.

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

It will not last as long, how long it lasts is up to care and maintenance. I see this motor failing with a bent/broke rod or a valve train issue

[@justinschooler6243]

@@horsetorquesdiesel Thanks for the reply 👍

[@samdeitch4105]

@@horsetorquesdiesel could you cover in a video a good valve train for the 800-1000 hp?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

@@samdeitch4105 178/208 ish cam, new tappets, Manton pressure tower valve springs, Manton 7/16 .120 wall pushrods, stock valves!

[@danielcrumbley5393]

Man I should have had u build my motor instead of performancedieselutah

[@rayraybhai6089]

Do you have torque specs for all bolts

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

Yeah, at this point it’s memorized

[@rayraybhai6089]

Would you be able to share them with me?

[@larrythemanic6.0mechanic78]

how much do you charge for a job like this?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

On stock rods roughly 7-8k

[@hunterjensen8510]

@@horsetorquesdiesel does that price include engine removal and re install?

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

@@hunterjensen8510 no that's just engine work

[@gailyoung9911]

JOSH. JOSH. JOSH. MY GUY TAKE A MINUTE AND GET SOMETHING TO LIFT THOSE HEADS. WHEN YOUR BACK IS FUCKED. ITS FUCKED AND YOU WILL REGRET EVERY SINGLE HEAD YOU EVER LIFTED. Im a 15 year master tech and always had good lifting form, strong back forever, stretched every day and BAM got fucked had back surgery. took 2 years to get back. JUST DONT DO IT.

[@witcher71]

800hp and no fire ring or 625's? Yikes! You should seal off the room and put an air conditioner in there. It will take the humidity out of the air.

[@horsetorquesdiesel]

It’s sealed with an air conditioner

[@nathanrichardson4855]

I’ve been at 810hp on my 07 5.9 for years. ARP 2000s with no fire ring and haven’t had an issue

[@BCnAK]

@@nathanrichardson4855 oh sht. Hope you didn’t just jinx yourself!

[@joshuaquilliam2887]

Fire rings are not needed for a common rail 5.9 street truck. And arp 2000s will hold down a 5.9 head without issue. Crank them down to 135 lbs, do two good re torques and gtg! I even had 2000s holding my .02 over 6.7 head down with 100 over injectors and a 467 for a long while, I just upgraded to 625s to be safe. But they were still doing just fine. I only used them because I had them from when my truck was still 5.9. I don't see the point of fire rings on a street truck, good stock mls gasket and 625s torqued the correct way will hold all the power the street can take.

[@witcher71]

@@joshuaquilliam2887 What HP are you at?