This arrangement marks another in a series of partnerships between Banks and GM spanning four decades. A few of the partnerships with GM include: in 1971, Banks was named OEM supplier of Big Block Chevrolet engines to the world marine market; in 1980, Gale Banks began teaching graduate level engine design at the General Motors Institute; and, Banks is still the first and only aftermarket company to develop a dealer-specified turbo system option for GM’s 6.2L diesel engine beginning in 1988.

Over the past five decades, Gale Banks has set numerous land speed records and achieved many performance engineering milestones leveraging GM Powertrain systems. Past records include: world’s fastest passenger car and world’s fastest pickup – the Banks project Syclone later marketed by GMC as the Syclone pickup. Also, Banks recently completed the world’s first road race twin-turbo Duramax diesel pickup - the Banks Sidewinder D-Max Type-R.

Established in 1958, Gale Banks Engineering of Azusa, California, is the premier designer-manufacturer of power, braking and high performance products for diesel and gasoline-powered trucks, SUVs and motorhomes. For more information or to order a Duramax engine, call Banks at (888) 638-7129, or visit BanksPower.com.