Author: Banks Power

Why Add an Exhaust Brake to your Duramax?(and what makes a good exhaust brake?) As the owner of a diesel engine-powered pickup, such as the Duramax, you

Some old ideas about performance are slow to die. The very idea that diesel engines could replace exotic gasoline engines as the top performing powerplants in cars,

Few People Have Ever Experienced Really High Horsepower. Have you ever ridden in a vehicle powered by a properly engineered twin-turbo V8? No, a single-turbo V8, or

When Buying a New Truck, SUV or Motorhome, You’ll Have to Make an Important Choice. Which is better, gas or diesel? It’s a question confronting more and

Speed Costs Money. How Fast Do You Want to Go? The old saying that “speed costs money” has been around for as long as there have been

Gale Banks Engineering Cummins Common Rail Product Evaluation There is no doubt that Cummins has established itself as the benchmark of durability in the diesel pickup truck

Stock torque converters are marginal and can fail prematurely when used with heavy loads. Here’s one that’s diesel tough. Banks Torque Converter   The front cover is

The torque converter is one of the most misunderstood – or, perhaps, non-understood – parts of the powertrain. The torque converter is one of the most misunderstood