HOLDING THE ROAD: WHY LOKJAW RIDES ON NITTO DRAG RADIALS
With a 3.8L Gen-5 Whipple supercharger in the mix, Banks’ L5P Duramax will be one of the most responsive diesels ever built.
September 23, 2021
RUST REPAIR: LOKJAW IS MADE WATER-TIGHT—AND ONE STEP CLOSER TO FINISHED
It wasn’t given the name LokJaw for nothing.
September 18, 2021
DESIGN, FABRICATE, INSTALL, REPEAT: LOKJAW’S ENGINE ACCESS GETS DOWNRIGHT SAVAGE
When you can’t buy aftermarket parts to achieve your goals, you have to engineer your own.
September 13, 2021
FEEDING THE BEAST: LOKJAW’S ONE-OFF, TWIN RAM AIR INTAKE SYSTEM
For a company that pays as much attention to air density as Banks does, did you really think they wouldn’t come up with a wicked intake system for their supercharged and air-to-water intercooled L5P Duramax?
August 25, 2021
SPINDLE HEAVEN: KIBBETECH OFF-ROAD ADDS ITS MAGIC TOUCH TO PROJECT LOKJAW
Kibbetech Off-road is known for building some pretty wild, 8-lug Pre-Runners.
August 21, 2021
THE ULTIMATE FOUNDATION: INSIDE LOKJAW’S CUSTOM ROADSTER SHOP CHASSIS
By Mike McGlothlin Beyond the unique 8-lug, 9-inch rear-end and the heavily reinforced Allison transmission, Banks needed a chassis under Project LokJaw that could hold up to the blown Duramax
August 15, 2021
FIT FOR TORQUE: LOKJAW’S BATTLE-PREPPED ALLISON TRANSMISSION
With plans to squeeze as much as 1,000 hp out of Project LokJaw, the folks at Banks were in need of a transmission that could hold down the fort under such conditions.
August 5, 2021
THE TOUGHEST 9-INCH REAR AXLE EVER INSTALLED IN A PICKUP?: INSIDE LOKJAW’S CUSTOM, 8-LUG REAR AXLE
When your supercharged, air-to-water intercooled Duramax project with an Allison transmission and a Roadster Shop chassis isn’t unique enough, you enlist the help of Strange Engineering for a one-of-a-kind rear axle.
July 29, 2021
AIR-TO-WATER INTERCOOLING: HOW LOKJAW’S BOOSTED INTAKE AIR WILL BE KEPT ON ICE
Forced induction, whether by way of supercharging or turbocharging, is a very fun thing. But it’s the supporting parts and pieces that go along with forced induction
July 23, 2021
THE HEART OF LOKJAW: THE “HOW” AND “WHY” BEHIND BANKS’ DECISION TO SUPERCHARGE THE L5P DURAMAX IN ITS ’66 CHEVY C20
Whether or not you’ve been following Banks’ LokJaw project, the build has made waves all across social media the past few months. For those of you who’ve been
July 16, 2021