Competition The rumors are true....

[WadePatton]

Blanks has us talking about his stuff. Or lack thereof.



And he'll get a couple of magazine articles, lots of photo ops, blah blah yappa, and sell tons more stuff. That what Blanks does. Sells stuff. No matter how lame the stuff is, he gets the publicity and makes the $.



It's actually quite fun to pounce on the Blanks stickered trucks. Hey--maybe that's a good way to have a "sleeper"--plaster "Blanks" stickers all over it and have real GoFast Parts under the hood. :-laf :-laf :-laf



No, I couldn't sink that low---unless I could get some stickers with b-L-a-n-k-s lettering.

 

[John_P]

Josh:



More "food for thought" that is for sure when it comes down to the drag race teams in DHRA and NHRDA! Time will tell on Banks and his quest to field a drag truck in either of these sanctioning bodies. IMO,... . even if he has Greg Hogue (no disrespect to him) driving the truck, he still better not underestimate some of those teams I have listed! Those guys are ALL very good at what they do and as I have said before they will ALL GET FASTER IN 2007!!



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John_P

 

[COMP461]

thank you John



It seems like people are under the assumption that first, Gale Banks Engineering is in need of help, and second, I left my knowledge behind. The depth of knowledge of the people there is staggering. Their dedication to GBE is with out question. Gale has a hand on every detail, and I mean every detail. Therefore, laugh, joke, poke fun, but next year will be an exciting year for the diesel world. The publicity that diesels will get in the mainstream press, will be staggering, and remember this “a rising tide floats all boats the same”.





On that thought, I have been looking and keeping my eyes open when at GBE campus. The overwhelming attention to detail, and the safe, reliable HP produced there is not to be shunned. I see the work that goes in to something as simple as a air intake, theses guy could better server our nation working at Lockheed, on the next joint strike fighter, and not on diesel performance products . The lengths they go to make every detail the best possible is something incredible. The tools and technology there is unavailable at any, and I mean any diesel shop in the world. When you can take a new twin turbo Powerstroke and use a tool that I’ve never seen anywhere else. Measure ever inch under the hood to a tolerance of + or - . 005 , then let an aerospace main frame design the best possible route for the air ducting, taking in to account the best possible air flow , then let a three dimensional printer print a usable part to test . That is doing it the GBE way, and this will spill over in to the DuraMax Type D program its going to be unreal.



I know this might sound like an infomercial, but I Do wear GBE colors now, and will not stand by and see this horse crap in writing with out responding with a few words of truth.

 

[John_P]

Greg:



You and I have already had a pretty good discussion on this a few weeks back!



As I have already said to you, "Kudos and Good Luck on your Trek to GBE!"

IMO,... ... ... . you are going to need it my friend! I wish no "ill will" personally to you in any way and I think you know that. However, I STILL stand by what I have said to you and in these forums previously,... ... ... . Gale Banks and GBE will have their work cut out for them to take on the drag race teams that I have listed in my posts above! We all know GBE has the money and technology to make and install parts Greg! Give us a little more credit than that! :-laf I sincerely hope for you that your relationship does not end at GBE as it did at "Dr. Performance. "



Maybe you think what I have wrote is "horsecrap" but I can tell you I have said NOTHING in these or any other diesel forums that is not the truth about some of things Gale Banks has done and I think you know that Greg! Other than his LSR truck all I have seen is one hell of alot of "hot air" from him and many of the people that work for him! According to recent reports from several diesel trade magazines it looks like his LSR may be broken now too!

IMO,..... Gale Banks does not "work and play well with others" and I evidence this by some of the things he has personally done to other diesel shop owners and customers and how he and his people like to go after anyone who critcizes his operation and dealings with people. FWIW,... ... Gale Banks has brought alot of this criticism "laughing, joking and poking fun" as you put it on himself by the things HE HAS SAID and DONE! If you or anyone else wants some "examples" on some of what I am talking about, I will list them here as I have done before. You mention all these "great things and attention to detail" you have seen at GBE. I guess my response to you would be "Beauty is Only Skin Deep but UGLY Goes All the Way to the Bone!" :-laf

Looks are deceiving Greg and I will believe Gale Banks is competitive when he fields and lines a diesel drag truck up in the staging lanes against some of the names I have already mentioned and actually races and WINS! Oh,... ... and let's not forget,... ... ... ... ... . Gale Banks and GBE had BETTER DO THAT WITH NO BLACK SMOKE OR SOOT coming out of that truck ANYWHERE!! No disrespect to you, but we all know there will have be one HELL of alot of nitrous to accomplish that! BTW,... ... ... ..... I read the article on your "Project X" truck in the December 2006 Issue of "Diesel Power" and I gotta tell you Greg you are blowing one heck of alot of "locomotive black smoke" from that truck on page #130!!



Anyway,... ... . as you said Greg "next year will be an exciting year for the diesel world. "



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John_P

 

[MKoth]

Boy, with all that technology the Banks dragster should have enough rev gain to break orbit... ...



Money earned by fleecing a ton of diesel owners can buy you a lot of fancy tools and NASA dorks, but it won't make your truck fast if you can't get rid of the gasser trash mentality.

 

[Diesel Power]

i know banks does have a few things up there sleeve, but beyond all the engineering tools and machinery it boils down to one thing----common sence, that is what has made the fastest diesels. i belive that by 2010 maybe sooner we will be running close to or better than 5 seconds. the fuel and tq are there it's just a matter of makeing it happen. the cummins I6 is the best engine ever built.

 

[JasonCzerak]

i know banks does have a few things up there sleeve, but beyond all the engineering tools and machinery it boils down to one thing----common sence, that is what has made the fastest diesels. i belive that by 2010 maybe sooner we will be running close to or better than 5 seconds. the fuel and tq are there it's just a matter of makeing it happen. the cummins I6 is the best engine ever built.

There HAS to be a point where more displacement will need to be found. and 5. 9 liters isn't all that much. But then again, there are cars running at only 5000rpm. Can it be possible to spin a diesel up to 8 or 9,000 and not break? If not, the 5. 9 is close to it's limits with the amount of air and force into it.



And I was poking around bank's website today. Apparently the dirtymax can revgain to 1000hp now. Would that in theory, if it really had 1000hp, and I'm assuming here thats's at the flywheel for marketing sake. So that's 800 in change at the wheels? Hmm wait, that's not all that much. Never mind



I'm going to start going around and claiming I have 600hp now cuz at the flywheel I prolly have close to that

 

[TractorNut]

There HAS to be a point where more displacement will need to be found. and 5. 9 liters isn't all that much.

You're just looking in the wrong diesel sport...

 

[JasonCzerak]

You're just looking in the wrong diesel sport...

I realize that some of those tractors that do super pro stock something or another pulls are making a TON MORE then these 5. 9's are making now. . but then again, are they just a ton bigger in size. When your motor weighs in at 1500#'s in the front of your tube frame truck just to have enough displacement to make 2500hp and 5000foot #'s isn't going to be to effective isit?



how much bigger is the 466 vis the 5. 9 for example?

 

[TractorNut]

I was thinking more along the lines of Diesel truck pullers. . There's some out there over the stock cubes. . and more than just over sized pistons... the tractor pullers experience was bound to spill over...

Yes the tractors are bigger. . but when you start with a 466cid block. . and the class limit is 640... many are right at the limit. . (even a few over. ) The same is going to happen to the diesel trucks. .

You might not want the big long stroker for the strip. . but bigger bore????

 

[LPreston]

... but beyond all the engineering tools and machinery it boils down to one thing----common sence, that is what has made the fastest diesels.

I think that thinking outside the box has more to do with it than common sense... we were told that using stock head bolts would cause us to leave fluids all over the track... . that has yet to occur. :-laf

 

[fest3er]

... we were told that using stock head bolts would cause us to leave fluids all over the track...

And y'all didn't listen? What a ma-roon! Look at all the fun you've missed out on: weekly rebuilds, never knowing if you can drive back to the pits, all that fun stuff.



Of course, your success is probably related to the way you ring the head/block... .

 

[LPreston]

And y'all didn't listen? What a ma-roon! Look at all the fun you've missed out on: weekly rebuilds, never knowing if you can drive back to the pits, all that fun stuff.



Of course, your success is probably related to the way you ring the head/block... .

Sucks when you have to drive the tow vehicle to get a hot dog.

 

[COMP461]

no it sucks not to have hot dogs being cooked for you .

 

[Sled Puller]

I feel bad for you dragracers, with your hot dogs. At the sled pulls, promoters roast the whole pig for us, with all the fixins.

 

[LPreston]

You need your food to "travel" as fast as your car... hence race track dogs. Lately Keating has been eating chili dogs... . guess he is trying to tell me that we are about to go faster. :-laf

 

[COMP461]

Im for the whole pig and a diesel powered golf car

 

[JoshPeters]

Im for the whole pig and a diesel powered golf car

Hey Gene... . You got a Pig Roaster you can tow with that Cart?

 

[KLockliear]

Looks like Steve at TTS is getting into the game too, with his Dmax powered rig. This is the only pic I've been able to find of it though. It was at SEMA, but I have yet to find a bigger/better picture of it. Hmmm



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[fest3er]

Sucks when you have to drive the tow vehicle to get a hot dog.

Yeah. When yer already in the race truck; you should be able to drive it instead.



Say, that gives me an idea. We should require that food vendors have drive-ups, then re-route the return road so that drag racers can pull up and order lunch.



This wouldn't work too well for sled pullers, though; it's kind-of hard to pass a side of beef through those little drive-up windows.