Jay Leno Garage

Banks Adds Huge Power to Leno’s Tank Car

This week’s Time Machine transports us to 2006 when Jay Leno, a long-time friend of Gale Banks, called Gale to ask him if his coveted Tank Car

October 12, 2016

A Detailed Look At Jay Leno’s Tank Car

By Evan Neiswanger Jay Leno is without a doubt one of the biggest names in both comedy and cars, alongside Jerry Seinfeld. Over the years, his eclectic car

October 12, 2016

Car guy Heaven…That’s where I am!

Once a year at Art Center College of Design In Pasadena California they do something so special that even my pal Jay Leno becomes a spectator! It’s

October 12, 2016

Episode #8: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car

Episode #8: Completion and testing
Jay Leno’s Tank Car is just one of several high profile development programs ongoing in the Banks Advanced Prototype Engineering labs.

June 6, 2016

Episode #7: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car

Episode #7: Wastegates and exhaust
Jay Leno’s Tank Car is just one of several high profile development programs ongoing in the Banks Advanced Prototype Engineering labs.

June 3, 2016

Episode #6: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car

Three pumps, no waiting! On the wet side of the EFI system, Bosch provided us with their 200 liter-per-hour, 5-bar (72 psig) electric fuel pumps. With each pump putting out just under one gallon per minute, it’ll take three of them in parallel to feed this monster.

May 16, 2016

Episode #5: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car

Episode #5: Electronic Fuel Injection
Jay Leno’s Tank Car is just one of several high profile development programs ongoing in the Banks Advanced Prototype Engineering labs.

May 13, 2016

Episode #4: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car

Jay to Gale: Hey, Can You Banks This?
Part Four in a Series. Follow along with us as we take a behind-the-scenes trip through the Banks Advanced Prototype Engineering laboratory to view the magical transformation of a Cold War-era giant into a modern superpower.

May 12, 2016

Episode #3: Turbocharging Jay Leno’s Tank Car

Follow along with us as we take a behind-the-scenes trip through the Banks Advanced Prototype Engineering laboratory to view the magical transformation of a Cold War-era giant into a modern superpower.

May 11, 2016