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 \nAN UPDATE ON DIESEL  \nWORLD’S NEW EDITORIAL BUILD  \n78  \nTALKIN’ FLEXPLATES WITH GOEREND  \nTHE IN’S AND OUT’S ON A CRUCIAL PART OF YOUR TRANSMISSION  \nFeatures  \n28  \nTHE DAD BOD CUMMINS  \nA FIVE-SECOND STREET TRUCK  \nWITH A FULL INTERIOR  \n44  \nDIESEL, BUT DIFFERENT  \nHOW MATT SANTJER’S 335D  \nCHANGED THE WAY WE LOOK AT DIESEL PERFORMANCE  \n82  \nONE TRUCK, SEVERAL DISCIPLINES  \nEVERY LANE—NO COMPROMISES  \nEvents  \n18 RUDY’S SPRING TRUCK  \nJAM2026  \nLOUD, FAST, AND ABSOLUTELY WORTH THE SUNBURN  \n70  \nRIO HEAT 2026  \nWE HEAD TO THE VALLEY FOR  \nONE OF THE NEWEST SHOWS IN THE INDUSTRY!  \nTech&Howto  \n80  \nFROM BLOWN TO BETTER  \nREPLACING THE LBZ’S FRONT  \nDOOR SPEAKERS  \n92  \nKEEPING THE HEAT IN CHECK  \nINSTALLING THERMO-TEC HEAT WRAP ON A CUMMINS DOWNPIPE  \n4 SEPTEMBER I 2026 • DIESEL WORLD -[www.dieselworldmag.com](www.dieselworldmag.com)  \nVOLUME 21 NUMBER 09  \nDepartments  \n06  \nEDITOR’S NOTE  \nLIVING IN THE “MIGHT AS  \nWELL”MENTALLY  \n08 PARTS RACK  \nHOT PRODUCTS FOR YOUR DIESEL BUILD  \n94  \nEVENTS DIRECTORY  \nDIESEL EVENTS 2026  \nH:EI:B7:G '%'+  \nVOLUME 21, Number 09  \n:9>IDG>6A  \nChris Hamilton Tucker Harris Mike Alexander John Mata Jr.  \nSwarn Deep Bajpai  \nEditor-in-Chief Editor-at-Large Editorial Director Associate Editor Production Coordinator  \n9:H>\u003CC  \nRavinder Matharu Design Lead Pankaj Bharti, Vijay Kumar Designers  \n8DCIG>7JIDGH  \nJonathan Daniels, Dustin Korth, John Mata Jr., Mach1Media, Brett Macadam, Arkhive Media, David Schaefer  \n69K:GI>H>C\u003C  \nNicole Hamilton Gabe Frimmel Chris Crispell Becky Maas Sebastian Tirkey  \nDirector of Marketing Advertising Director  \nSenior Account Representative Account Representative Advertising Traffic Coordinator  \nDE:G6I>DCH  \nManish Kumar Mishra Subscriptions Manager Surajpal Singh Bisht Prepress Manager  \nManzoor Ahmed, Production, Newsstand Deepak Kumar & Circulation Executives  \n:9>IDG>6A! 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