Banks Supercharged Duramax! | BANKS BUILT 8

Gale Banks explains how we’ll shove the massive supercharged 7-liter Duramax L5P diesel engine into LokJaw, our rusty ’66 Chevy 3/4-ton pickup. Get ready to nerd out because Professor Banks is back.

Gale details the Whipple 3.8L Gen-5 supercharger and blower drive, Banks’ marine-inspired liquid-coupled charge-air cooler, Ram-Air intake system, new cast L5P exhaust manifolds, 2020 L5P oil cooler, dry-sump oiling system, and modified Allison transmission.

00:00 Intro
00:49 Gale answers viewer questions
06:47 Banks Supercharged Duramax discussion
07:34 Charge-air cooler (intercooler) discussion
12:00 Intake air path
12:37 Banks Fluidampr
17:24 Dry-sump
19:45 Intake manifold
24:15 Transmission
26:41 Episode 9 preview

He also takes some time to answer questions left by commenters on YouTube. One person asked, “why the fancy Discovery Channel production style for these videos?” Gale responds by telling them at Banks we don’t do anything half-assed. That goes for video production standards too.

Like Gale said, at Banks we do everything with quality in mind. He breaks down all of the engineering that went into the Banks Supercharged Duramax.

Up next, the guys secure the final piece of the 8-lug puzzle; custom front spindles that’ll accommodate our GM 8-lug hubs! As you’ll recall from previous episodes, it’s important that we keep LokJaw, our ’66 Chevy 3/4 ton C20, an 8-lug truck.