Hypermax-Built International DT466 Engine

A few years ago, when the diesel drag racing movement was picking up steam, it seemed as though every shop was building some sort of dragster. At one time, we knew of nearly half a dozen rails being put together across the country. However, we never suspected Hypermax Engineering was building one of them. With an extraordinary background in the tractor pulling world, owner Jerry Lagod and his son Max have a knack for making big horsepower and putting their customers in the winner’s circle. But while Hypermax has set a 222-mph land speed record with its Ford Ranger and contributed to one of the quickest quarter-mile Power Strokes in existence, the Hypermax name isn’t synonymous with drag racing.   |   Inline pump with 15mm plunger and barrels, high-lift camshaft, and cast-aluminum housing Ported Hypermax Big Valve cylinder head with titanium intake valves and Inconel exhaust valves Pro Stock cast-aluminum intake manifold Cast-aluminum valve cover with extra support at mounting points Hypermax turbochargers with billet compressor wheels and inducers measuring between 3.2 inches and 4.5 inches Two-speed Lenco Racing transmission with Browell bellhousing Tractor Pulling To Drag Racing
As we’ve seen with other dragsters (and Pro Street trucks), engines built for sled pulling can easily make the cut in a drag race application. So, the minds at Hypermax built this triple-turbocharged International DT466 and installed it in a tube-chassis. Surprisingly, the engine seems to fit perfectly between the framerails and only takes up a little more real estate than a 5.9L Cummins. 3,000hp Recipe
This engine would be legal in multiple-turbo, Super Stock diesel tractor classes, and its parts list reads like the Hypermax catalog. The engine displaces 504 ci (which is actually on the small side for a Super Stock engine) and has a complete Hypermax short-block; Big Valve cylinder head; cast-aluminum valve cover and intake manifold; and a three-piece, cast-iron exhaust manifold. A Hypermax 15mm inline injection pump with a high-lift camshaft supplies a large volume of fuel to each cylinder. Three Hypermax-manufactured turbochargers mounted in a two-into-one compound arrangement feed up to 250 psi of boost through the intake manifold and feature Hypermax’s in-house-machined, billet compressor wheels. The engine can crank out more than 3,000 hp and can be spun to an insane 7,500 rpm. No doubt, getting this much horsepower down the dragstrip would be a handful, but it’s nothing the folks at Hypermax can’t handle. Although no certain date is scheduled to debut the dragster, we’re hopeful it will be completed and hit a track near you someday soon. In the meantime, it’s nice knowing such a powerful vehicle existsand even better to know all the genuine Hypermax parts found on it are available to the general public.