January 1, 2009
Gale Banks 866T V8 6.6L Turbo-Diesel Marine Engine
Gale Banks 866T V8 6.6L Turbo-Diesel Marine Engine Banks’ legendary performance reputation was first earned in the ’60s’. It all started with our high-performance marine engine business.
October 7, 2008
Banks Sidewinder Top Diesel Dragster
…The Banks Sidewinder Top Diesel Dragster. Raw Diesel Power! Long, sleek, and blindingly quick, today’s high-horsepower, rear-motored dragsters are the ultimate racing vehicles. They’re designed, and driven
January 1, 2008
January 1, 2008
Banks Sidewinder S10 Diesel Drag Pickup Truck
The Quickest & Fastest: 7.77 E.T. @ 180.00 mph. The Banks Sidewinder S-10 Duramax pickup was entered in the Top Diesel Class at the NHRDA World Finals on September 25-26, 2010 in Topeka, Kansas. Driver Wes Anderson clicked off a 7.77-second pass.
January 1, 2007
January 1, 2007
Completion and Testing Jay Leno’s Tank Car
Only a few little things remain to be completed before we can light this thing off. We hooked up vacuum lines for the power brakes, reworked the
August 8, 2006
Wastegates and Exhaust on Jay Leno’s Tank Car
Our first task on the “hot” side of the Tank Car’s turbo system was to route tubing from the exhaust manifolds to the turbochargers. We started by
August 1, 2006
Fuel System and Plumbing for Jay Leno’s Tank Car
Three pumps, no waiting! On the wet side of the EFI system, Bosch provided us with their 200 liter-per-hour, 5-bar (72 psig) electric fuel pumps. With each
July 23, 2006
Dyno Tuning the S-10
Enthusiasts understand that a dynamometer measures an engine’s output by gauging its torque, taking measurements from the flywheel (in the case of an engine dynamometer) or a
May 30, 2006