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what we do
Twisted Diesel
Your affordable diesel truck repair alternative for light and medium duty diesel trucks, specializing in building diesel truck transmissions. We take great pride in building the highest quality Diesel Truck Transmissions for our customers. Every square foot of Twisted Diesel is devoted to providing our highly skilled technicians with the best tools available to meet our exacting standards. We’ve built a reputation on custom performance and integrity. Building affordable light and medium duty diesel transmissions to increase your truck’s performance is our business.
Diesel Transmissions Specialists
We believe when you're shopping for a transmission, the first place to go is a transmission specialist, not a parts store. By focusing our efforts on building and supporting this specialized product, our customers have the confidence of knowing that they can count on Twisted Diesel Transmissions. We keep overhead low and pass the savings onto our customers - locally owned and operated since 2007 in Chesapeake Virginia.
Our history
Rave Brown
Twisted Diesel was created by Rave Brown. Rave was an employee at the Norfolk Assembly division of Ford Motor Company. When Rave learned of the impending closure of the plant, the wheels started turning in his head about what to do next. He had always had a passion for working on diesel pick-up trucks and the only diesel repair and performance shops around were dealerships. So Rave decided to open his own shop and the hunt for a name began. He was hanging with his brother Mark and Mark was drinking a “Twisted Tea”. The light bulb went off and thus the shop had a name. Twisted Diesel started in a 1 bay shop down by the Virginia Beach oceanfront.
Ronny Preston & Tony Brown
Two years later, Ronny Preston and Tony Brown (Rave’s dad) bought into the business. Tony and Ronny were also laid off from the Ford Plant and Rave’s growing business needed partners. Tony had an extensive background in transmissions and truck repair. Ronny brought the skills of organization, accounting, creativity and marketing. The owners started clicking together and decided they had something big so they trademarked the name and started looking for a larger shop. Although the new shop had two bays, it still wasn’t big enough for the business, but they made it work with the help of great employees; some of them working outside when weather permitted.
Continuing To Grow
We keep our overhead low and pass the savings onto our customers. We rely on word of mouth and a new fully responsive website to grow our business. The sign out front says “Your alternative to taking your light or medium duty diesel truck to the high cost dealer” and we constantly check pricing to make sure we are more affordable than the dealers. We specialize in four levels of transmission builds. We support our customers by providing a variety of parts and services ranging from oil and filter changes to motor repair, diagnostic work, performance exhausts and intakes, tuners, brake repair, injectors, turbos and more.
Mission & values
Dedicated to providing the highest quality products & service.
Twisted Diesel is the alternative to taking your light or medium duty diesel truck to a high cost dealer.
- Alternative to overpriced dealerships
- Specializing in diesel transmissions
- Locally owned and operated
- Highest quality transmissions
- Pride, performance, integrity
Twisted Diesel
Rave Brown
Founder Twisted Diesel - Technician & Diesel Transmission Specialist
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Ronny Preston
Partner / Office Manager
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Tony Brown
Partner - Technician & Diesel Transmission Specialist
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Our advantages
Locally Owned & Operated
Locally owned and operated with pride since 2007 in Chesapeake Virginia. Every square foot of Twisted Diesel is devoted to providing our highly skilled technicians with the best tools available to meet our exacting standards.
Alternative to high cost dealers
We keep overhead low and pass the savings onto our customers - Building affordable light and medium duty diesel transmissions to increase your truck’s performance is our business.
Transmission Specialists
We believe when you're shopping for a transmission, the first place to go is a transmission specialist, not a parts store. By focusing our efforts on building and supporting this specialized product, our customers have the confidence of knowing that they can count on Twisted Diesel Transmissions.