Engine Short Block
The Banks power engine-building philosophy can be summed up pretty succinctly, make sure that it's right the first time. Painstakingly checking and double-checking each component and assembly as it goes together is standard operating procedure.
Every Banks complete engine is built in the special "clean room" (which looks a little like a hospital OR) located within the Banks "ACE" facility. It features all the bench space, hardware, stands, lifts, lights, and special tools that are needed to get the job done.
A slight positive air pressure differential is maintained between the clean room and the "outside world" to keep any wayward dust or dirt out of the engine building process.
Inside the engine shop, there's always a quiet confidence in the air, this is the home base for the Banks engine pros, the place where Gale Banks himself often holds court, or prefers to do an interview.
- GM Duramax 6.6L (402.6-ci) engine block and crankshaft
- Banks-developed CNC ported alloy 4-valve heads
- Crower connecting rods
- Banks-specified COBER tool steel piston pins
- Banks-designed Mahle manufactured 16.5-to-1 forged aluminum pistons
- Banks-designed (and machined on site) billet dry-sump oil pan
- Seven-stage Barnes dry-sump oil system
- Banks-designed front counterweight with twin Fluidamper 8" harmonic balancers
- Banks-designed and built steel flywheel
- ABS*-balanced rotating assembly
- Banks designed intake and exhaust valves
*ABS - Automotive Balancing Service, formerly the longest-operating independent competition components precision balancing service in southern California, was purchased and brought in-house by Banks in 2007. Responsible for balancing all rotating parts in every Banks record-setting vehicle for decades, ABS/Banks services are also available to the general public as well.
