---
title: "Check Out This 1954 Chevy 3100 Truck With a Quad-Turbocharged Duramax"
description: "The more turbochargers the merrier."
date: "2017-11-08"
modified: "2017-11-08"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/15884/check-out-this-1954-chevy-3100-truck-with-a-quad-turbocharged-duramax"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Chevy"
  - "Diesel"
  - "duramax"
  - "Engine Swap"
---

# Check Out This 1954 Chevy 3100 Truck With a Quad-Turbocharged Duramax

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When you look at a [1954 Chevy 3100 truck](<https://www.engineswapdepot.com/?p=19207>), you don't exactly think of speed or power. Instead, you remember the emergence of the work truck and post war era. However, a gentleman named David Pilgrim changed all that when he strapped four turbochargers to his 1954 Chevy 3100.

Originally used as a company truck for a Harley Davidson dealership he worked at, Pilgrim eventually decided to pump more life into the truck. Thanks to a Duramax diesel V8 and four turbochargers, Pilgrim was able to get serious power out of the pickup. The build took place at [Johnson's Hot Rod Shop](<https://www.johnsonshotrodshop.com/>) in Gadsden, Alabama and was tuned by S&S Diesel Motorsports. The truck is configured in such a fashion that the torque does not come on too early and the horsepower can be easily adjusted, allowing it to get a decent start when competing at Bonneville with Pilgrim & Stubbs Land Speed Racing Team. According to Johnson's Hot Rod Shop, the truck is currently running an insane 100+ pounds of boost so we can safely assume 1,000 horsepower is a frequent number they surpass.

In addition to a Duramax Diesel V8 and four Comp turbochargers, the 1954 Chevy 3100 truck has a Liberty Equalizer seven-speed clutchless transmission and a custom [Art Morrison](<https://www.artmorrison.com/homepage2.php>) C7 independent front and 4-bar rear suspension.

https://youtube.com/embed/zQOIXFZT0dI

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## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

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