Hopping Up the Turbodiesel
Dispelling the smoke about black, sooty smoke—and how to obtain maximum continuous, useable power from a diesel.
June 30, 2005
Air Travel Hell: Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour (Pre-Tour)
4:44 a.m.
Okay, the trip stared off badly when the shuttle van that was supposed to pick me up at 4:00 a.m. hadn’t arrived by 4:30. When I called, they told me, “oh, our driver just now told us he was experiencing vehicle trouble…” Great. What about my ride to the airport?
The shuttle company called a cab for me and my $45 trip to the airport wound up costing $68.30. The shuttle company is going to pay me the difference. Yea – there’s money I won’t be seeing again anytime soon. The only saving grace was Richard, my taxi driver, was also an Armenian philosopher. I got an Armenian history lesson on the drive to the airport. Interesting.
June 4, 2005
Donahoe Racing Baja 1000 Ford Super-Duty Race Truck
Baja 1000 Ford Power Stroke, with Gale driving and Bob Bower navigating, they finish first leg out of Ensenada on schedule but the power kills the drivetrain
January 1, 2005
Banks Sidewinder All-Terrain Trucks
Banks Sidewinder All-Terrain, industry’s first diesel-tuner truck packages Banks Sidewinder All-Terrain packages debuted on Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2005, and Banks’ Power Stroke 6.0L, Duramax and
January 1, 2005
Gale Banks Engineering’s Banks Brake and Transmission SmartLock
Gale Banks Engineering’s Banks Brake and Tra
September 30, 2002
Truckin’ & Trailerin’
Test of Banks Brake & Banks SmartLock trans brake for Ford Power Stroke turbo-diesel trucks. Reader and horseman Hal Denton of Sonora, Calif., tested the Banks Brake
June 30, 2002
Power Stroke Muscle
On-the-road testing for more power, torque and better fuel economy for Ford Power Strokes…
April 1, 2002
Big Red
Banks PowerPack system boosted the engine’s output by more than 100 horsepower on this ’95 F-250…
December 1, 2001