Category: Chevy/GMC

Blue Oval Fever

I’m a Ford guy. I can’t explain why, except to say that from the time I was a young kid I have always felt more partial to the Blue Oval brand than others. It could be because my dad owned more Fords than other brands. I was one of 6 kids, so we always had large vehicles. I remember going to church in an early 70’s blue Econoline with a 3-on-the-tree shifter. I never got to drive that one, but I remember logging a lot of miles in it. It was replaced by a 1982 brown Econoline powered by a 289 V-8 with a variable venturi carburetor… not one of Ford’s better ideas. This one I did get to drive.

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Banks Sidewinder GMC Sierra

The World’s First Roadracing Diesel Pickup, Banks GMC Sierra is another in a string of racing vehicles created to display both Banks high engineering standards for the creation of all its products and the innovative nature of the company as a whole.

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Banks Sidewinder All-Terrain Trucks

Banks Sidewinder All-Terrain, industry’s first diesel-tuner truck packages Banks Sidewinder All-Terrain packages debuted on Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2005, and Banks’ Power Stroke 6.0L, Duramax and

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Deep Breath

Truckin’ follows the step-by-step installation of a Banks Stinger system on an ’03 Chevrolet 6.6L Duramax

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Tow Truck Toys

Duramax Upgrades for Power and Braking The Banks Stinger Kit improves engine breathing with a complete 4-inch mandrel-bent stainless steel exhaust, a free-flowing drop=in air filter, and

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Banking on Horsepower

It’s rare to find a collection of bolt-on parts that actually work in harmony and build additional horsepower and torque from an engine, let alone find them all under one manufacturer’s banner.

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