Indiana YouTuber Installs 17 Turbos on Truck for 38,000HP—Ends in Predictable Chaos
Automotive YouTuber Cody Detwiler, better known as WhistlinDiesel, is notorious for pushing mechanical limits in the most outrageous ways. His latest experiment? Bolting 17 turbochargers onto a truck in an attempt to generate an absurd 38,000 horsepower.
The result was as catastrophic as one might expect.
Detwiler, who regularly destroys high-powered vehicles in the name of entertainment, wasn't even present for the build—he was on jury duty. Instead, his fabrication team was left to carry out his wild vision. Their mission: install a maze of 17 turbos on the truck and see just how much power they could squeeze out of it.
The truck initially tested at 397 horsepower, leading the team to anticipate either an astronomical power increase or a complete meltdown. Given Detwiler's history with automotive destruction, the odds favored the latter.
Once completed, the Frankenstein-like creation looked more like an AI-generated rendering than a real vehicle. The towering stack of turbochargers left viewers both stunned and skeptical. One commenter summed it up best: 'I thought this was Photoshopped.'
The build, which was part of Detwiler's quest to achieve "1 trillion horsepower," was doomed from the start. Despite the sheer number of turbos, mechanical failure was inevitable. The truck ultimately succumbed to the absurd modifications, proving once again that just because something can be done, doesn't mean it should be.
For Detwiler, however, the carnage is all part of the entertainment. Whether the truck actually hit 38,000 horsepower remains unknown—but in true WhistlinDiesel fashion, the destruction was more important than the data.
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Fox Sports
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