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Diesel Performance Podcast

Diesel Performance Podcast

Building, Beating, and Burnouts - Catching Up with Cold Front Diesel

Aug 3, 2026 · 42 min · 11 segments

Anthony and Chris have two of our favorite guys on, David and Caden fron Cold Front Diesel. You may remember them breaking records emissions-compliant LML that threw down 706 horsepower and 1,200…

Anthony and Chris have two of our favorite guys on, David and Caden fron Cold Front Diesel. You may remember them breaking records emissions-compliant LML that threw down 706 horsepower and 1,200 FT-LBS of torque. To go completely the other way, the Cold Front boys bought a "winter beater" aka a former plow truck, and these boys are from Northern Michigan, so you do the math. From there the 290,000 mile truck was just too reliable, so they decided to make it a drag and drive truck. This truck was built from many different used parts to the point the boys named it Project Hand Me Down. Our crew talked to them utilizing it for Sick Summer 2026 and the upcoming Sick Michigan coming up this month (August). From breaking the truck doing burnouts to running their diesel shop up north, we talked about it all!

Anthony and Chris have two of our favorite guys on, David and Caden fron Cold Front Diesel. You may remember them breaking records emissions-compliant LML that threw down 706 horsepower and 1,200…

Speakers: DavidGuestChris EhmkeHostCadenGuestAnthony BernankeHost

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Warm-up with Caden & David0:22 – 1:46

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:22

Yeah, we've had these guests on the show once before for other projects that we've been a part of, which is really cool.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:29

But for today, we have Caden and David from Cold Front Diesel.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:34

How are you guys doing? Good.

D

DavidGuest

0:36

Good.

D

DavidGuest

0:37

Doing well, doing well.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:39

Caden, come on, man.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:40

How are you doing? That's it? That's all we get? That's

C

CadenGuest

0:42

like...

C

CadenGuest

0:43

No, I'm doing great, guys.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:45

There we go.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:46

I'm excited to be here with you guys.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:47

I felt that.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:48

Thank you.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:48

I mean, I'm sorry to drag you into an interview at the end of the day, but come on.

A

Anthony BernankeHost

0:52

Sorry we're trying to, you know, get your name out there and talk about cool shit you guys are doing.

A

Anthony BernankeHost

0:56

We know better next time.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:59

David, you said that Caden's wound up on a diag.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

1:02

What kind of diag? What do you guys got going on over there?

D

DavidGuest

1:05

All the nightmares.

C

CadenGuest

1:06

Yeah, all the nightmares.

C

CadenGuest

1:07

The do-it-yourself projects that end up at the shop.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

1:11

Oh,

C

CadenGuest

1:12

yeah.

C

CadenGuest

1:12

The whole story.

C

CadenGuest

1:14

Yeah.

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Warm-up with Caden & David0:22 – 1:46

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:22

Yeah, we've had these guests on the show once before for other projects that we've been a part of, which is really cool.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:29

But for today, we have Caden and David from Cold Front Diesel.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:34

How are you guys doing? Good.

D

DavidGuest

0:36

Good.

D

DavidGuest

0:37

Doing well, doing well.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:39

Caden, come on, man.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:40

How are you doing? That's it? That's all we get? That's

C

CadenGuest

0:42

like...

C

CadenGuest

0:43

No, I'm doing great, guys.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:45

There we go.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:46

I'm excited to be here with you guys.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:47

I felt that.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:48

Thank you.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:48

I mean, I'm sorry to drag you into an interview at the end of the day, but come on.

A

Anthony BernankeHost

0:52

Sorry we're trying to, you know, get your name out there and talk about cool shit you guys are doing.

A

Anthony BernankeHost

0:56

We know better next time.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

0:59

David, you said that Caden's wound up on a diag.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

1:02

What kind of diag? What do you guys got going on over there?

D

DavidGuest

1:05

All the nightmares.

C

CadenGuest

1:06

Yeah, all the nightmares.

C

CadenGuest

1:07

The do-it-yourself projects that end up at the shop.

C

Chris EhmkeHost

1:11

Oh,

C

CadenGuest

1:12

yeah.

C

CadenGuest

1:12

The whole story.

C

CadenGuest

1:14

Yeah.

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