FEED THE BEAST: AN INDISPENSABLE INTRODUCTION TO FORCED INDUCTION
Does driving up even the mildest inclines make your truck work overtime?
November 18, 2016
Banks Powered OshKosh JLTV
The Humvee replacement is here, and it’s bad ass! This vehicle is the result of a years long design and test competition involving the biggest names in
October 22, 2016
Four Decades Defending Our Country
This July, Banks Power celebrates 40 years of designing and providing turbocharged gasoline and diesel engines for military water craft and wheeled vehicles. I’m not supposed to
July 5, 2016
Happy Birthday America
Today America is 240 years old. Here’s a collection of Gale’s posts that illustrates just how great our country is. Have a Happy Fourth of July everyone!
July 3, 2016
The 6-71 Jimmy Blower and My Pal Bruce
I’d rather be Blown than Injected, so reads Bruce Geisler’s t-shirt. It’s the early ‘60’s, we’re in the pits at Bonneville wrenching our Studebakers. It’s over 100
June 1, 2016
Heavy Duty, High Performance
Over the years, Rudolf Diesels creation has taken a back seat in the world of race engines to traditional spark ignition motors.
May 29, 2016
Torque Of The Town!
This is real Gear Head Porn…we just reworked our Diesel engine development dynamometer. It had a limit of 4000 rpm and 3000 lbft. We just took that
May 23, 2016
My Friend David is going to the NHRA! Let’s wish him well!
I’m 58 years into my career and I have a circle of friends numbering in the thousands, one of them is this young man. His name is
May 19, 2016
Episode #6: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car
Three pumps, no waiting! On the wet side of the EFI system, Bosch provided us with their 200 liter-per-hour, 5-bar (72 psig) electric fuel pumps. With each pump putting out just under one gallon per minute, it’ll take three of them in parallel to feed this monster.
May 16, 2016
Episode #5: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car
Episode #5: Electronic Fuel Injection
Jay Leno’s Tank Car is just one of several high profile development programs ongoing in the Banks Advanced Prototype Engineering labs.
May 13, 2016