Banks Sidewinder Jetta TDI
When the Robert Bosch Corporation came to Banks and asked if they could inject some excitement into the rather pedestrian Volkswagen Jetta TDi, the answer was “heck
January 1, 2009
The World’s Quickest Diesel Pickup Breaks New Ground
The words “fast” and “diesel” aren’t commonly spoken in the same breath. Diesel trucks, the Clydesdales of the truck world, have always been one-dimensional work trucks, clattering
January 1, 2009
“BANKS POWER – THE FIRST 50 YEARS” OPENS AT WALLY PARKS NHRA MUSEUM – POMONA, CA
Pomona, California – – On Wednesday, December 3, 2008, fifty years of automotive and marine engineering innovation was put on display at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports
December 12, 2008
Gale Banks 866T V8 6.6L Turbo-Diesel Marine Engine
Gale Banks 866T V8 6.6L Turbo-Diesel Marine Engine Banks’ legendary performance reputation was first earned in the ’60s’. It all started with our high-performance marine engine business.
October 7, 2008
Banks Sidewinder Diesel Dragster Arrives
At precisely 8 a.m. the new Banks Sidewinder Duramax-powered diesel dragster stopped being a great idea, a few photos, some artist conceptions, a big stack of PO’s, a bunch of invoices, about a hundred faxes and an equal number of phone calls back and forth to Greenfield, Ind., and actually became a tangible object, a real, honest-to-goodness racing car, all 31.5 feet of it.
June 19, 2008
Rampage Jackson’s ’08 Ford
Mixed martial arts hero, Rampage Jackson, took his ‘08 Ford Super Duty to Banks Engineering and had it fully worked over from head to tail. QUINTON “RAMPAGE”
May 31, 2008
Sidewinder S-10 Drag Truck Update
It’s mid-May 2008, and we are now at a power level with the Banks Sidewinder S-10 that is reminding me of all the nitromethane-burning engines I raced back in the day. We are using up pistons like a good thing. We’re not changing them every run like I did with my nitro-burning rails and drag boats, but we’re changing them too damn often for a diesel. We’ve been doing it for a while, and it’s only gotten more problematic as we’ve made more power and gotten down into the 7.70s. Now we are too close to “running on kill” for my liking.
May 14, 2008
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.
March 31, 2008
One-On-One With Gale Banks
Straight Talk With the Man Largely Identified as the Creator of the Diesel Aftermarket
February 1, 2008
Clean Speed
Diesel Power Magazine takes a look inside the world’s quickest and fastest diesel pickup.
February 1, 2008