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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Banks' Twin-Turbo Sport Truck: It's Alive!
Sport Truck's Joe Pettitt takes some adrenaline-pumping 0-60 blasts in Banks Twin-Turbo test truck
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Guys Talking Cars
Jay Leno talks about the Banks Gearhead Bash
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'99-04 V-10 Super Duty Power Upgrade: More Power, Better Mileage
Ford’s 6.8L gasoline-fueled V-10 Triton is a torquey over-square engine that comes in most F-250 Super Duty pickups as well as several popular motorhome chassis.
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Talking Turbos
ks Returns to the Streets with a new Twin Turbo Kit
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Turbo Terrors
You can huff and puff and blow the competition away! The search for improved automobile engine power has been going on as long as enthusiasts have been tinkering with cars. There are a number of ways to increase an engine's power output, but regardless of the method used, the end result must always be the [...]
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Racing Into the Future
Gale Banks Builds a Road-Racing Diesel Pickup
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Twin-Turbo Revival: Part 2
Back to the Future: Fast-Forward Firebird Now for the kicker. Gale Banks recently pulled one of his original twin-turbo Firebirds out of mothballs, and it's about to receive a Banks Revival twin-turbo small-block Chevrolet engine, and all the modern goodies to go along with it. Now, this isn't just any ol' '84 Firebird—this one shows [...]
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Twin-Turbo Revival: Part 1
The History and Evolution of the Gale Banks Engineering Twin-Turbo Chevrolet V-8s Shown is one of Banks' original blow-through-design twin-turbo small-block Chevrolet engines. These first-design "production" twin-turbos went into Banks' GT Firebirds and Camaros. The engines made 500, 600 or 700 hp, depending on the depth of the customer's pockets. Unless you've been living in [...]
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They Thought Diesels Were All About Fuel Economy...Until I Beat Them by a Mile
How I Taught My Friends a Thing or Two About Diesel Performance When I told my buddies I was buying a diesel pickup, they thought I was out of my mind. Leave it to friends to tell you when they think your doing something stupid. They brought up every negative aspect they ever heard about [...]
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Banks Readies for 2004 Bonneville
The Banks Race Shop makes preparations to break its own diesel truck land speed record at Bonneville
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Power Up Your V-10
We Found More Power and Better Fuel Economy When Testing Banks PowerPack System for the Ford 6.8L
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Power Parts
A Hard Look at 7.3L Diesel Performance with Banks Engineering
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Banks Sidewinder Turbo
This new turbocharger kit offers sizzling power and improved fuel economy for dieselpowered trucks
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Engineering: Banks Runs for the Records
Project Sidewinder's goal is to break the Land Speed Record for any pickup, any class, gas or diesel...
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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 a replacement waste-gate actuator that permits the turbocharger to build more boost. Additional fuel is then added with Banks’ OttoMind inline computer that alters the data flowing in [...]
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Will Dr. Diesel's turn ever come?
Other than big-rig drivers, Americans haven't worked up much affection for the engine that Rudolf Diesel invented in 1897. Read on to see why that's going to change. Other than big-rig drivers, Americans haven't worked up much affection for the engines without spark plugs that Rudolf Diesel invented in 1897. Except for a brief burst [...]
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Banks At Bonneville
The dramatic story behind the creation of the Banks Sidewinder and its record-shattering run at Bonneville
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