Some old ideas about performance are slow to die. The very idea that diesel engines could replace exotic gasoline engines as the top performing powerplants in cars,

Few People Have Ever Experienced Really High Horsepower. Have you ever ridden in a vehicle powered by a properly engineered twin-turbo V8? No, a single-turbo V8, or

When Buying a New Truck, SUV or Motorhome, You’ll Have to Make an Important Choice. Which is better, gas or diesel? It’s a question confronting more and

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

Gale Banks Engineering Cummins Common Rail Product Evaluation There is no doubt that Cummins has established itself as the benchmark of durability in the diesel pickup truck

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

The torque converter is one of the most misunderstood – or, perhaps, non-understood – parts of the powertrain. The torque converter is one of the most misunderstood

Nobody searches for power, economy, and durability like the big rig trucking industry. They’re in it for the long haul. Sometimes we overlook the most obvious things.

The same techniques that Banks uses to make power also improve fuel economy when you don’t have your foot in it. A number of the articles presented