King Sting
Jim Denooyer posted top speed on Saturday, everybody said the engines were set on kill and would never last in Sundays marathon and two years in a
January 1, 1984
200 mph Trans Am
A street-legal Pontiac Trans Am with 700-hp and a Banks turbo breaks the 200 mph barrier and becomes a cover story for Car & Driver magazine. The
January 1, 1984
S-1 Express
Key West, Florida — After clinching the ‘Offshore II’ National Championship and setting the APBA Kilo Record at 114.141 mph, Butch Ryan’s ‘Express’ goes on to dominate
February 23, 1982
Peter Minallas’ 1100hp Trans Am sleeper
Custom one-off project 1,100 horsepower Trans Am sleeper! Peter Minallas came from Johannesburg wanting a 240 mph, street sleeper. Banks complied and Minallas set the record at
January 1, 1982
Sundowner Corvette
Banks Twin-Turbo 454 powers ’68 Corvette to 240.738 mph, to become World’s Fastest Passenger Car Banks twin-turbo 454 powers a ‘68 Corvette to 240.738 mph at Bonneville,
January 1, 1981
Reg Benton’s Export Lion
Gale Banks turbocharged engines completely dominated the 1978 edition of the New Zealand Citizen Jet Boat Marathon by powering boats that finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th.
December 13, 1978
“Hanky Panky” Studebaker
Bruce Geisler brought the Studie out of retirement, Banks put in his 300”, 930 hp Twin-Turbo Chevy and Choate legged it to 217, World’s fastest passenger car!
January 2, 1978
Wood-Banks Dekon Monza
1978 Woods – Banks IMSA Monza – First Banks Automotive Twin-Turbo The Woods-Banks Dekon Monza featured the first Banks automotive twin-turbocharged system. The Monza’s engine is based
January 1, 1978
Volvo – future powertrain development program
Commissioned by Volvo of Sweden to design turbocharged engines. Banks develops the world’s first electronically injected oxygen-sensing turbocharged engine for Volvo. Yet another future powertrain development program,
January 1, 1978
NISTA Large Research Safety Vehicle Program
Gale Banks Engineering is contracted by N.I.S.T.A. in the Department of Transportation to develop the power train for its Large Research Safety Vehicle (L.R.S.V.) program. Banks-built powertrain
January 1, 1978