{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Double-Barrel Rail, New Products, and Development | Justin Norris S&S Diesel","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/double-barrel-rail-new-products-and-development-justin-norris-s-s-diesel","audioUrl":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dieselperformancepodcast/Double_Barrel_Rail_New_Products_and_Development__Justin_Norris_SS_Diesel.mp3?dest-id=322060","description":"Anthony is joined by Justin Norris of S&S Diesel Motorsport to discuss all things happening at their new facility! They talk everything from the Double-Barrel Cummins Rail, the upcoming 6.7L Ford Fuel Leak Prevention Kit, and all things fuel based. We appreciate Justin taking his time to sit down and talk on the exciting stuff happening over at S&S!"},"annotations":[{"id":463272,"startTime":137.0,"endTime":142.5,"type":"term","title":"third gear","url":"/glossary/third-gear","quote":"I don't know how many third gear for low sled pull tunes these guys are doing on a weekly basis, but it's probably more than they care.","canonicalId":"term:third-gear","priority":0.65,"confidence":0.55,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Third gear” is a specific gear ratio in a manual or automatic transmission. In diesel performance tuning, referencing a particular gear (like third) usually means the tune is being tested or optimized for how the truck behaves under load at that gear during a pull.","simplifiedExplanation":"A car’s transmission has different gears, and “third gear” is one of them. 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