After hunting down the perfect truck to go drag racing with—a Duramax-powered regular cab 4x4 ’05 Silverado—father and son duo, Paul and Collin Edwards, took their new Chevy straight to the track and proceeded to run 8.0’s right out of the box. There was no turning back at that point…both of them were hooked. They would spend the next year-plus transforming the 417,000-mile Bow Tie into a formidable Outlaw Diesel Super Series contender, working out of a rented 30x30 garage to make it happen. “Collin was interning at a local diesel shop at the time we started tearing into it,” Paul told us.  “So we learned as we went.” He also disclosed that they wrapped up the build the night before Rudy’s Spring Truck Jam back in April, and then showed up in Julian, North Carolina the next morning to compete. By the second round of ODSS action, Outlaw Diesel Revenge in Indianapolis, Collin was already showing tremendous progress behind the wheel.

 

Thanks to some invaluable race day advice from the likes of 5.90 Index driver Buddy Callaway and diesel’s 3-second Pro Mod pilot, Larson Miller, followed by air pressure and track setup tips from our own Johnny Gilbert, Collin turned in his best reaction time to date and made it to the quarter-finals at Lucas Oil Raceway. If it hadn’t been for a TCM gremlin causing him to red-light, Collin might’ve gone all the way to the ET Bracket finals. But we have a feeling this is only the beginning of Collin’s story. In the months ahead, his Silverado will gain a roll cage and he’ll likely bump up to 6.70 Index, followed by his ultimate goal: competing in 5.90.

Believe it or not, for a truck that’s gone low 7’s with very little effort the engine side of Collin and Paul’s Silverado is pretty simple. A stock bottom-end LLY Duramax with 217,000 miles sits under the hood—complete with factory head bolts. For fuel, a 14mm stroker CP3 from Exergy is combined with a set of the company’s 300-percent over injectors. For air, the StainlessDiesel S485 Godfather got the call. Our big 5-blade charger pulls fresh oxygen in through a 5-inch WC Fab intake and gets driven thanks to PPE up-pipes feeding a T-6 exhaust collector and pedestal from ProFab Performance. A J model converter from Goerend that stalls at 2,800-rpm resides inside a DHD-built Allison, and helps bring the Godfather to life while staging.


Currently, Collin’s best pass to date has been a 7.09 on fuel—but he’s been limited due to the truck’s lack of a roll cage. Once the safety side of things is up to snuff, we can’t wait to see what tunes 2-5 and nitrous will do!