Gale’s Birthday – 80 Legendary Years!
It’s Gale’s Birthday! Adding to Gale’s massive list of achievements, the godfather of turbocharging recently celebrated his 80th birthday!
August 26, 2022
Ep 3 – Kory Willis and the EPA, Consequences of Poor Tuning, the Real Story of Gale Banks and CARB
Gale Banks welcomes Kory Willis, owner of PPEI. The controversial Louisana-based tuner discusses his fight with the EPA, ownership of a Tesla Plaid, making sizeable horsepower gains
May 10, 2022
Ep 2 – How Not To Drive A 1,400HP Trans-Am, Why Is Gale Laughing So Hard?, Rick Young’s Stories
Gale Banks welcomes Rick Young, Banks’ 12th employee. Gale erupts in infectious laughter as Rick recalls hilarious antics during the company’s early years. From racing exotics in
May 1, 2022
Ep 1 – Speed School Podcast with Gale Banks
Gale Banks welcomes Csaba Csere, former technical director and editor-in-chief of Car and Driver. The two laugh about making history in a 700-hp, 200-mph street-legal Pontiac Trans
April 26, 2022
2010 – Duramax Day at the NHRA Museum
Gale Banks Engineering, in connection with GM Powertrain, hosted a group of media members, educators, technicians, lead users and aftermarket Duramax specialists for a deep dive into
April 23, 2020
NEW Duramax high-performance camshaft!
In the latest UNBOXING video, Gale opens up a box containing a part that could very well put the stock Duramax L5P over 1000 horsepower, a high-performance camshaft.
March 26, 2020
DYNO READY: Building A Monster Truck Engine 11
The Monster Truck engine is dyno ready! We killed the internet last week with the latest episode of Building a Monster Truck Engine 11
March 26, 2020
Gale’s Racing Secret
“It was unreal getting to work with Gale and the Banks team at Diesel Power Challenge,” says Darin Dutton, driver of a 2009 compound-turbo’d Ford 6.4L Power
June 21, 2019
Banks L5P Derringer is flying off the shelf
When we released our Derringer tuner for the 2017-18 L5P Duramax we knew we had a great product on our hands, but what we didn’t know was how far we hit it out of the park in terms of its success.
August 24, 2018
60 Years and going strong!
August 16, 2018, marks the 60th anniversary of Banks Power. In 1958, Gale Banks opened C.P. Auto & Marine in Lynwood, CA to pay for his college
August 16, 2018