Technical Articles

By removing intake-and-exhaust restrictions that limit an engine’s power potential, Banks Power products liberate horsepower and torque. As this typical motorhome accelerates up a hill, its power

Nitrous oxide has long been a favorite of hot rodders for gasoline engines, but it can work for diesels too. If you’re a hot rodder, you almost

Another way to make power, but is it practical? Systems for injecting propane into turbo-diesels have been around for some time. The people that make and sell

Speed Costs Money. How Fast Do You Want to Go? The old saying that “speed costs money” has been around for as long as there have been

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

Stock torque converters are marginal and can fail prematurely when used with heavy loads. Here’s one that’s diesel tough. Banks Torque Converter   The front cover is

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

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

Banks Power’s latest direct-mount exhaust brake, for ’04.5-07 Dodge Cummins 5.9L diesel trucks, performs better than the competition in terms of brake function, flow, reaction time and