Category: Tech Articles

Understanding Today’s Diesel

An in-depth look at how the modern diesel compares to gasoline engines. Banks Project Sidewinder If you think diesel engines are noisy, smoky, slow and sluggish, then

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Synthetic Diesel Fuel

We can’t make gold from straw, but thanks to the Fischer-Tropsch process, we can make diesel fuel from natural gas, and that may be even better! Much

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The Biodiesel Alternative

An alternative to petroleum-based diesel fuel that can be made from renewable resources. In the search for renewable fuel sources that also are environmentally friendly, biodiesel fuel

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How An Exhaust Brake Works

Why exhaust brakes are so effective on diesel-powered vehicles. Diesel engines control engine speed and power output by throttling the amount of fuel injected into the engine.

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The Banks SmartLock

To get maximum performance from a Banks Brake on a ’94-03 Ford 7.3L Power Stroke turbo-diesel or a ’92-03 Dodge/Cummins 5.9L turbo-diesel with an automatic transmission, the

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How Air Flows

Understanding why air behaves the way it does. This diagram indicates laminar flow through a conduit. The length of the arrows represents the relative speed of the

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Turbo-Diesel Fact & Fiction

Exposing some of the misconceptions and outright lies about today’s diesel engines. MYTH #4Diesel are slow and sluggish. The Banks Project Sidewinder ran 222.139 MPH powered by

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Future Fuel

What will power our vehicles in the days ahead? The gas pump has been a common fixture on the American scene for nearly 100 years. Do not

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Diesel Evolution

What is a “modern” diesel, and is it really that much different? There’s a lot of talk these days about “modern” diesels, and how today’s diesels have

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Why Diesels Make So Much Torque

For those used to gasoline engine torque numbers, diesel torque verges on the unbelievable. Most competitors at Bonneville aren’t street legal, and most arrive on a trailer.

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