Category: Twin-Turbo

Turbo Lover: Part One

The author’s passion for turbocharged cars began with a Merkur XR4Ti. This experience sparked an interest in turbocharger technology, leading them to work at a turbo rebuilding company. The author gained valuable insights into the different types of turbochargers and their applications, fueling their enthusiasm for turbocharged performance.

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Twin-Turbo Revival: Part 1

The History and Evolution of the Gale Banks Engineering Twin-Turbo Chevrolet V-8s Shown is one of Banks’ original blow-through-design twin-turbo small-block Chevrolet engines. These first-design “production” twin-turbos

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Twin-Turbo Revival: Part 2

Back to the Future: Fast-Forward Firebird Now for the kicker. Gale Banks recently pulled one of his original twin-turbo Firebirds out of mothballs, and it’s about to

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American Roadster Experimental

“The AREX (American Roadster Experimental) is an American car,” designer David Stollery explained, “and I feel Chevrolet has that image … the Heartbeat of America.” He was

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Banks Twin-Turbo V6 DeLorean

World’s Fastest DeLorean Gale Banks Engineering, a firm located in Azusa, CA, makes a habit of taking sports cars and turning them into absolute fire-breathing animals that

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Banks Twin-Turbo Trans Am GTA

World’s Fastest Passenger Car Running on nothing but straight gasoline, this Banks twin-turbocharged Firebird scorches the Salt at 287 mph to become the new World’s Fastest Passenger

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