Kill Devil Diesel

12/06/2025

Tony’s 1247hp 6.0 Powerstroke making the most out of that KDD engine combo!

12/04/2025

12/01/2025

2026 😍

11/26/2025

🔥 Customer Spotlight!
A huge shoutout to one of our awesome customers featured in Engine Builder Magazine! This build is stacked with Kill Devil Diesel performance: our steel piston rotating assembly, KDD camshaft and valvetrain, and ICON Series cylinder heads, all topped with KC Fusion turbos. The result? A monster setup ready to put down 1,000 horsepower, fuel-only, to the tires.

Super cool build from a super cool customer.
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Timothy Brosnan’s 2008 F-250 features a compound-turbo 6.4L Powerstroke built with 6.7L steel pistons, Carrillo rods, Kill Devil Diesel valvetrain, KC Stage 2 Fusion turbos and dual K16 pumps. The street-focused build makes 931 hp and 1,836 lb-ft, with plans to crack four digits on fuel-only.

11/25/2025

$100k on the line!

Diesel News The $100,000 Diesel Race November 24, 2025 The highest payout diesel drag race in history, the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza returns to Terre Haute, and the Hot Shot’s Secret PPL joins forces with IHRA and OTTPA. We knew the Seventy 2 Fast class was going to be a hit, but no one could’v...

11/25/2025

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11/22/2025

🔥 This Week at Kill Devil Diesel — Shop Tour, Cylinder Head Production, New Builds & Sneak Peeks! 🔥

Take a behind-the-scenes walk through Kill Devil Diesel and see what goes into building some of the most trusted Powerstroke, Duramax, and Cummins engines in the industry. This week’s tour highlights the real day-to-day of our shop—from precision machining to final assembly—and gives you an inside look at several exciting projects currently in progress.

🏁 What’s Happening This Week:

• Cylinder Head Production
Follow dozens of cylinder heads as they move through our machining operations, including valve seat cutting, resurfacing, O-ring machining, and final wash. It’s a great look at the craftsmanship, equipment, and process control that set KDD apart.

• Engine Blocks in Machining
Several blocks are wrapping up in machining this week, and we walk through what goes into preparing a foundation you can trust for serious power and long-term reliability.

• Assembly Area Walkthrough
We stop by the assembly stands to talk through some of the builds currently in progress, including:
– The KC Turbos billet block build
– Brian Jellich’s Jellibuilt 7.3 Power Stroke
– A level 2 KDD Duramax build on the stand, wagler rods, callies crank, mahle motorsport pistons
– A freshly completed Level 2 7.3 long block featuring our upgraded Delta Series ported heads, kdd main girdle, o-ringed heads

• Paint & Finishing Area
A look at how we bring everything together with professional finishing, detail work, and final prep before engines go out the door.

🔧 Inside Look at KDD Daily Operations

If you’ve ever wondered what the day-to-day looks like inside Kill Devil Diesel, this tour gives you a genuine look at how our team builds industry-leading diesel engines and components. No fluff—just real work, real craftsmanship, and real results.

👀 Sneak Peek: PRI Prep + Unreleased Products

Keep your eyes open… we included some early glimpses of new parts and projects preparing for PRI. Nothing officially released yet, but sharp-eyed viewers will spot a few upcoming KDD innovations around the shop.

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11/18/2025

11/16/2025

A little insight into the naming of Kill Devil Diesel, located a short drive away from the birthplace of flight!