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Diesel Transmissions - Engine Builder Mag

It’s no longer a secret… heck, it’s no longer that special for a diesel engine to make 1,000-plus horsepower. It’s become commonplace, and due to that increased capability, it seems these days, OE manufacturers are rating transmissions at their absolute limits.
Diesel Transmissions - Engine Builder Mag

“It’s a whole new world in transmissions now,” Ethan Patterson says. “Every day, I’ll take some type of a failure and I’ll sit there and study it and try to find out a permanent fix for it. That’s the gist of WP Developments. We test the limits of each part and we design crazy one-off things for the drag racing community, as well build and develop on daily drivers. We’re able to strain our stuff at stupid high horsepower to see what it likes and translate that into something for somebody who has 500 horsepower.” - Ethan Patterson, WP Developments

Find the full article from Enginer Builder Mag here: https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2023/05/diesel-transmissions/

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