‘The Hulk’s just tough to beat, and I’m very competitive… I have a bit of a Bruce Banner personality myself.’ The goal was simultaneously lofty and simple: build one of the nation’s top pullers! “Also, The Hulk’s just tough to beat, and I’m very competitive… I have a bit of a Bruce Banner personality myself.” In fact, Matt was so dedicated to winning, that he actually formed his own shop around the truck specializing in extreme diesel technology: Alter Ego Diesel Motorsports (or AEDM for short). Why The Hulk? “Well, we wanted something that was going to be a kid favorite,” said Matt. Notice that the truck’s data logging system also monitors exhaust gas temperatures for each individual cylinder, rather than just having one probe. On the exhaust side of the near-3,000-hp engine is a Steed Speed exhaust manifold, which has shown to be reliable, and also produce more power. Also up front is a Fluidampr harmonic balancer that helps control 6,000-rpm harmonics, and a 700-gph Waterman lift pump that’s driven off a gear inside the front gear train. Since the engine’s dimensions are different than stock, a custom front cover from Haisley Machine is also used. If you’re looking for the pinnacle of pickup performance, this is it. Cranking out more than 2,700 horsepower (and 3,000 lb-ft of torque) the mechanical monster can spin 6,000 rpm all year without needing a refresh. The 6.4L Cummins-based powerplant in Matt Clemon’s Alter Ego puller is a sight to behold. But that’s exactly what tough competitor (and all around good guy) Matt Clemons did with his Hulk-inspired “Alter Ego” pulling truck. It’s not often you get to see under the body of a competitive Super Stock class truck, and even less often that they’re willing to divulge all (or almost all) of their specifications. So when we heard that 2014’s Second Place finisher in the Lucas Oil PPL points chase wanted to talk to us, we jumped at the chance. Like another fond national pastime that comes to mind, sled pulling is a game of inches. It commands the intersection between the industry’s latest technological innovations and its fiercest competition. Without a doubt, sled pulling is the most advanced form of diesel motorsports.
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