Black Line Fever: 283 mph with Gale Banks.
At the Bonneville Salt Flats, there’s a 5-mile-long black line that’s seen Pontiacs from Mickey Thompson’s four-engine Challenger 1 to the hand-down fastest Firebird of all: the
August 24, 2015
Listen to Gale Banks on The Smoking Tire Podcast
Listen to this great podcast where Gale Banks talks about all sorts for great things from his blown Cobra R Coil Over Watts Link Marauder, Kiwis, Twin
August 20, 2015
Banks Sidewinder Blower Test Series
At Banks Power we develop engines for uses ranging from winning wars (military) to winning races. We have done this, including the military part, since 1975. In those 40
August 19, 2015
Ford F-100 Eco Banks
As a life long Hotrodder, engine swaps are a way of life. Huge engines in little cars or trucks, that’s the money! Improvements in social status were
August 12, 2015
Banks Needs Vehicles for Testing New Products at our Azusa, CA facility
Our top Engineers are constantly developing new products for various platforms, but the reality is, we can’t always get a test vehicle in our shop. This is
August 11, 2015
This truck eats Corvettes for breakfast
Hey guys, here’s a video of the Banks Sidewinder Dakota blowing off a C6 Corvette in a street race over in Vegas. There turned out to be
August 10, 2015
Banks TorqueTubes
Banks TorqueTubes Manifold Assemblies fresh off the line. This manifold system removes flow restrictions on the exhaust side of the engine. In addition it helps amp up
August 8, 2015
Worlds Fastest Pickup Truck
I just had a flash, we’ve held Worlds Fastest Diesel Pickup record at 222 mph for almost 15 years. Where’s the competition, the Banks Dakota Sidewinder is
August 8, 2015
Small Block – Big Deal
News Flash! This year is the 60th Anniversary of the Small Block Chevrolet V8! A few months ago Hot Rod Magazine asked me to build an engine
August 7, 2015
Faster Than A Syclone
Around 1990 we set the Worlds Fastest Pickup record at Bonneville with a two-way of 204mph and a best mile of 210 with the Syclone.
August 7, 2015