Gale Banks' Diesel combustion system is very innovative! Finer fuel atomization, nitrous oxide injection behind the turbocharged flow, tailored compression, high revving; not just different, but better. He's exploring the potential of Diesel power, and getting impressive results. Kudos!
awesome looking truck. What happened to the 70s, 80s and early 90s design makes me sad.. I have a 93 Ford Explorer and when I saw the new one recently I didnt know if its Ford, Rover, Hyundai or one of the other generic looking manufacturers..
Wow! Two of my favorite car guys in the world appearing together in one video. Banks has been a hero of mine for more than 30 years. I have seen clips of his diesel drag cars, and suspected he was using nitrous to enhance combustion before the turbos spool up. It is interesting how much intercooling effect he's getting from spraying nitrous in right after the compressor. That is what I call elegance in engineering; using one system to solve more than one problem, in this case turbo lag, black acceleration smoke, and intercooling.
Wow, each time I see these videos I am more impressed with Jay’s knowledge of cars and engines. Gale Banks is a true innovator on turbo charging and diesel power. Excited to get some Banks products to improve my vehicle and also my wife’s ranch truck which is the LMM Duramax powered GMC.
I love Gale! When he comes down to visit it’s always a treat. He did the work on my Cummins 12V. I picked up 490HP and 500 torques in a few days with him and my debit card.
Gale is a living legend.started in a small garage and now has a community of buildings.many wins and records later he's still developing.man has made some fast boats,cars and trucks.interesting guy.
Banks was the inventor behind the original S-10 Syclone (the original fastest production pickup on the planet) and the GMC S-15 Typhoon (based on the GMC S-15 "baby Blazer" body) - which was actually FASTER than the Syclone - both were available as RPOs from Chevy and GMC dealers. Banks has a network of dealers that sell these packages for production vehicles (this one is available at three places near me) - you can clone this beastie.
Diesels at this time are getting better and better.No more those slow trucks,semis can go to higher speeds with more loads.transmissions are better.We have to remember old cars with torque converter and stick shift,you had to depress clutch at red lights. I was able to see Chevys and fords pickups climbing the 5fwy to Las Vegas faster than gasoline trucks.V6-53 GM can get almost 4,000 rpm,I used to repair boat engines long time ago. Great video and I loved it!
I think that's about the smokiest burnout we're ever going to see from Jay. This technology has been around for a while now. I remember seeing this truck on the powerblock like five years ago.
I am from Europe. And I'm impressed how your dieseltechnology has caught up. Now you are only 10 years behind Europe. Alu heads on diesel a new thing. LOL
In the US, the Passat gets 34 combined mpg, the Accord 27, this results in an estimated annual fuel cost of $1,800 for the Passat vs $2,000 for the Accord. So the Passat has the advantage there. The Passat TDI is still around $5,000 more expensive than the Accord to start with, is down 45 hp and is still only available as a ULEV.
The efficiency loss is due to NOx emission reduction accomplished by recirculating a significant part of the hot exhaust gas back into the combustion chamber. This reduces efficiency by ~3%, but diesels are still ~20% more efficient than gasoline engines (in terms of conversion of fuel into power, including difference in caloric density of gas and diesel fuel), 40% in MPG terms. New engines using "selective catalytic reduction" have even less efficiency loss than exhaust gas recirculating alone.
thats not the turbo pressure, thats the injector pressure, and the primary reason this car is so efficient, the developing thing in diesel tech is increasing injector pressure to increase power and efficiency, although, it is incredibly high even for injector pressures
I own a 2001 Ram diesel 3500 4WD with a 6-sp manual. Mechanically the truck is basic, reliable and easy to service while having very few emissions devices to effect efficiency and performance. I get 25 mpg while using veggie oil that costs me $1.00/gallon to make. Burning veggie oil, as opposed to fossil fuels, actually improves the truck's mileage by 2-4 MPG. Meanwhile, you could literally suck off of the tailpipe. This is why diesel is a bridge technology.
When you're running nitrous, good fuel economy is easy to understand: The turbo needs to produce less boost, hence less backpressure on the exhaust system. The same engine producing the same amount of power by producing loads of boost alone wouldn't have the same fuel economy, I don't think. Other than that: Diesel FTW! Keep up the good work, Gale!
Also Audi is racing for some years with diesel powered cars in Le Mans. My father owned an Audi A4 3.0tdi with 284hp and quattro, so there it could bring down all his power. Diesel is a very old but very good technology. Newest thing is the new BMW M 550d with 3 Turbos, I would love to drive it.
The reason the engines were moved to the back was for safety due to engines blowing up in front of drivers before the tech we see today to keep engines together. The funny cars are a different class and have to be "shaped" like a car, that's why the rails are so long now, to keep from wheelie standing, and the long front end helps weight transfer to the rear, and they're not limited as to design like the other classes.
If you really want to get technical, the hemi engine was invented in 1901 by the Truscott Launch & Engine Company of St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1903 The Chelsea Manufacturing Company built the first automobile hemi engine. Peugeot didn’t start working with hemi engines until about a decade later, after manufactures like Pipe & Fiat already had years of experience working with hemi engines
The reason I didn't buy a diesel recently is because they come with a price premium. Wanted to get a Jetta TDI, but when I looked I could only get it in the top of the line trim. It was 12,000 over the base model, which is 15,000. So almost double the price from the diesel. Would have been pretty nice though.
we can get the same out of a reasonably well maintained peugeot diesel. and them cummins engines are great. so easy to work on, no wonder landini and massy has always used them
cool burnout,diesels are great,im from europe and yes,diesels are very popular here,mainly because they are much more fuel eficiant,many modern small diesel engines are more eficiant,than hybrid cars
My dad used to have a little Fiesta van (no weight of seats, doors or glass in the back) with an 1800 diesel, that thing WENT... at urban and winding countryside lane speeds, anyway XD. And still got 600-odd miles between fill-ups. That generation of Fiesta (think it was from 1998/9) had great handling too. I ought to find another one, it'll probably cost me almost £150 XD
Each web site i looked at had something a bit different to say on the matter. Diesels are more efficient because diesel fuel is more energy dense than gasoline. with the new ultra low sulphur fuels available in the USA I still believe that diesel is a good alternative to gas. It mainly boils down to personal choice. When I was a kid, big rigs would leave plumes of black smoke as they went down the road. That is no longer the case. My point is that diesels can be clean without over regulation.
The reason why diesel engines are so popular over in europe (especially in germany where I live) is the tax. Diesel fuel is about 15% cheaper than regular 98 octane fuel. And the diesel engine is more efficient as well. On the other side, diesel cars are more expensive to buy, the car tax per year is higher (2x - 3x times) the service costs are higher (turbocharger, particle filter, ..). At the moment the EU thinks about cutting the diesel tax advantage, this could change the situation.
lol the tramsbrake does not lock the torque converter😂it also is impossible to cool torque converter fluid with an icebox because an unsealed torque converter wouldnt work. the trans brake put the trans in reverse and forward both
True, but the cars we have are 4 or 6 cylinder and relatively small displacement. This is a much bigger displacement V8 at 6.6litres. Thats why it cant rev as much as smaller displacement diesels.
Love s10s. Always have owned at leat one. Would love to see a video on the cyclone or typhoon. I know its not your typical Jay Leno ride but theyre rare and fast. I believe that checks 2 of Jays biggest boxes
I love what Gale is doing with diesel. It's a far better fuel then gas, and if burned properly just as clean. We just never put in the tech or research.
