Look out, here comes Banks!

Look out, here comes Banks!

07-14-2006, 05:10 PM

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KBennett

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Look out, here comes Banks!

Did anybody see the diesel article about the Duramax in Hot Rod magazine this month? I am not here to promote Banks products but I thought it was an interesting article. A lot of talk about making it run like a gasser, lightening the crank, and it has a custom oil pan with a 7-stage oil pump. It almost sounded like Comp461's motor.

They have finished the Type R Dmax and you can see videos here:
Banks Type R
Maybe it's just me but the truck does not look that fast in the videos and according to the article they have already "damaged" the 9-inch rearend in initial testing.

There was also a short blurb about him building a "Type D" drag racer that will rev to 7000 RPM. Comp, are you going to be calling out Banks next?

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