FINDING A BALANCE - THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ENGINE BALANCING
Competent motor builders stack the decks in their favor by using every trick in the book to make their power plant last — and one of those "tricks" is balancing the rotating assembly of an engine.
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FORD POWER STROKE 6.0L Part 3: Cylinder Head Install
This month we install the rebuilt heads using ARP studs and a new gasket set, and reinstall or replace valvetrain components as necessary.
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TOTAL TOWING CONTROL
Banks SpeedBrake Uses VGT Technology for Improved Stopping Power (on an LMM-powered Chevy 2500HD). Thanks to the diesel aftermarket, many aspects of our trucks can be improved tenfold to help us tow easier. We can simply plug in a programmer, bolt on an air intake, and install an exhaust system-which all improve acceleration performance. But [...]
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FORD POWER STROKE 6.0L Part 2: Evaluating Injectors and Rebuilding the Cylinder Heads
Part two of the 6.0L Power Stroke re-build project, were we find out what failed and what didn't, and see the opportunities for upgrades.
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Famed Hot Rodder Sees Opportunity in Clean Diesel Tech
From The New York Times: We sat down with Gale Banks and came away with a genuine hot-rodder's perspective on the future of clean diesel engines and fuels.
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FORD POWER STROKE 6.0L Part 1: What Fails and Why
In this 6.0L Power Stroke re-build project, find out what failed and what didn't, and see the opportunities for upgrades.
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Slow Down with SpeedBrake
The Sophisticated Engine Brake for Diesels (on an ‘07 Chevrolet Duramax).
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QUICK STOPPING – QUICKER INSTALL
Diesel technology has continued to evolve.
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Two SpeedBrake reviews
The Banks SpeedBrake is reviewed in Diesel World and in Trailer Life. (on a 2008 Chevy 2500HD then a 2006 Chevy Silverado). click for DIESEL WORLD article click for TRAILER LIFE article Note: The PowerPDA used for this articlehas now been upgraded to the new Banks iQ. DIESEL WORLD By Chris Neprasch Diesel technology has [...]
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Tow Rig Stopping Power
The Banks Brake with CBC-Smartlock makes the job easy (for the ‘04-07 Dodge Ram). We've been toying with this particular Dodge Ram 2500 for about a year, using it as a test mule of sorts for a number of aftermarket products. Overall it has been a good fit as we evaluated the kind of products [...]
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Stopping Power
How to install the new Banks SpeedBrake (on an '08 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD).
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Desert Diesel Nationals
The NHRDA's Season Opener in Phoenix saw the Banks Sidewinder S-10 set a record.
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Late-Breaking News
Diesel World magazine gives an update on the industry, including the NHRDA event where the Banks S-10 had a 7.77 at 180 mph run.
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Banks SpeedBrake
New Electronic Device For GM’s Duramax Uses The Turbocharger To Slow the Vehicle
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Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
"Banks Power: The First 50 Years" is a very thorough exhibit containing memorabilia from the Banks long career and features items ranging from late ‘50s to the record-holding Sidewinder diesel dragster. AS WITH MANY OF the big-name companies in this industry, Gale Banks began his journey in much more humble surroundings than he enjoys now; [...]
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"Banks Power - The first 50 years" Opens at Wally Parks NHRA Museum
50 years of automotive and marine engineering innovation was put on display at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum to honor Gale Banks and his achievements.
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Marine Animal
Going quicker and faster than any other diesel-powered vehicle on the dragstrip is the obvious incentive for building the Sidewinder dragster.
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Gale Banks Receives 2009 Distinguished Service Citation
The Automotive Hall of Fame has selected Gale Banks to receive one of their 2009 Distinguished Service Citations.
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The Banks Brake
THE BANKS BRAKE Upon inspection I found the casting (cast iron) of the brake's elbow was massive, and the surfaces of the elbow were engineered to meet with the turbo on one end and the exhaust down tube on the other end. The butterfly within the elbow was also machined to fit perfectly. All other [...]
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Gale Banks to be honored by Automotive Hall of Fame
Gale Banks set to receive the Automotove Hall of Fame's 2009 Distinguished Service Citation in New Orleans.
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The World's Quickest Diesel Pickup Breaks New Ground
The words "fast" and "diesel" aren't commonly spoken in the same breath. Diesel trucks, the Clydesdales of the truck world, have always been one-dimensional work trucks, clattering engines producing nothing but torque, with lots of black smoke thrown in. Those cliches are fading fast as a new wave of diesel trucks hits the street. The [...]
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