HAULING ASS IN STYLE: BANKS’ PLAN TO TREAT LOKJAW TO CUSTOM WHEELS & NITTO TIRES
When there isn’t an aftermarket wheel available for your one-of-a-kind project, you have to improvise.
October 1, 2021
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