Category: Engines

Speed Addicts or The Cool Factor

Gale Banks discusses his passion for performance and power, often leading to creative and unconventional projects. He shares anecdotes about modifying a Ford Festiva, a child’s Power Wheels toy, and his own daily driver, a blown car. He highlights the importance of acting on these ideas and the potential for unexpected modifications to escalate.

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No smoke with fire

Smoke free, high efficiency diesel engines are Gale Banks Engineering’s specialty. We look at how the company progressed to become the undisputed leaders in the field.

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Banks Sidewinder S10

Clean Speed

Diesel Power Magazine takes a look inside the world’s quickest and fastest diesel pickup.

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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

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Engine Builder Does It Diesel

Could performance cars like Corvettes and Mustangs and others be powered by diesel engines in the future? They not only could be, but they would be if Gale Banks had his way.

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