jbarker@bosch
You're gonna do what?!
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Sorry to be the bringer of bad news here guys and gals. But we're not going to be able to make TS after all. The race shop guys beat themselves silly trying but they ran into some issues that simply couldn't be resolved before the TS event. On a somewhat positive note we are going to be posting some pics and video of the test session shortly as well as our some of the time slips. The following is going to be posted on our website later tonight:
RACING NEWS UPDATE
BANKS’ DRAGSTER DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES …
Azusa, Calif. - - May 4, 2009: The country will have to wait a bit longer to see both of the spectacular Banks’ Sidewinder Duramax Diesel Drag machines running at the same event.
Both Banks’ Sidewinder Top Diesel and record-holding Sidewinder S-10 Pick-Up were both scheduled to take part in the TS Performance Outlaw Drags, set for this Saturday, May 9 at Beech Bend Dragstrip in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They’ll need to take a bye on that date.
In early testing of the new Top Diesel Dragster last week problems with the machine’s 5-speed gearbox cropped up that have proved not solvable in time for the team to make the 4-day trip back for the event. Today the Dragster is back in the Banks race shop as opposed to being on the road to Kentucky.
All other parts of the test runs went well, with the Banks crew reporting that chassis adjustments on the long and lithe (276 inch wheelbase) tube chassis had all “dialed-in” very nicely and that driver Wes Anderson becoming quite comfortable with his new driving position up ahead of the engine as opposed to sitting behind a roaring Duramax in the Sidewinder S-10. Despite the car’s transmission woes, two of the Sidewinder’s critical time-to-distance numbers were taken as strong indicators of the machine’s potential with a 1.097 60-foot, and a 4.588 time to the 1/8-mile. (on edit: The best times were 1.08 60ft and a 4.54 1/8th before the trans let go)
The Banks-modified Twin turbo Duramax diesel V-8 engine is very different from gasoline-powered engines. It produces almost equal amounts of torque and horsepower with torque leading the way up the RPM scale. The sort of brute force that Banks is able to pull out of a Duramax is always guaranteed to put maximum stress on every component in the driveline. 1,200+ horsepower is one thing, but an equal dose of torque is something that has always been both a bane and a boon to Banks.
These are very typical new racecar growing pains, and even more prone to Banks-powered machines where power outputs have always called for great care in assuring driveline robustness. In typical Banks fashion, the bumps in the road will be smoothed out and the public will soon be invited to see the outcome.
Plans for the first public runs of this exciting new machine are being formulated and will be available soon.
RACING NEWS UPDATE
BANKS’ DRAGSTER DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES …
Azusa, Calif. - - May 4, 2009: The country will have to wait a bit longer to see both of the spectacular Banks’ Sidewinder Duramax Diesel Drag machines running at the same event.
Both Banks’ Sidewinder Top Diesel and record-holding Sidewinder S-10 Pick-Up were both scheduled to take part in the TS Performance Outlaw Drags, set for this Saturday, May 9 at Beech Bend Dragstrip in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They’ll need to take a bye on that date.
In early testing of the new Top Diesel Dragster last week problems with the machine’s 5-speed gearbox cropped up that have proved not solvable in time for the team to make the 4-day trip back for the event. Today the Dragster is back in the Banks race shop as opposed to being on the road to Kentucky.
All other parts of the test runs went well, with the Banks crew reporting that chassis adjustments on the long and lithe (276 inch wheelbase) tube chassis had all “dialed-in” very nicely and that driver Wes Anderson becoming quite comfortable with his new driving position up ahead of the engine as opposed to sitting behind a roaring Duramax in the Sidewinder S-10. Despite the car’s transmission woes, two of the Sidewinder’s critical time-to-distance numbers were taken as strong indicators of the machine’s potential with a 1.097 60-foot, and a 4.588 time to the 1/8-mile. (on edit: The best times were 1.08 60ft and a 4.54 1/8th before the trans let go)
The Banks-modified Twin turbo Duramax diesel V-8 engine is very different from gasoline-powered engines. It produces almost equal amounts of torque and horsepower with torque leading the way up the RPM scale. The sort of brute force that Banks is able to pull out of a Duramax is always guaranteed to put maximum stress on every component in the driveline. 1,200+ horsepower is one thing, but an equal dose of torque is something that has always been both a bane and a boon to Banks.
These are very typical new racecar growing pains, and even more prone to Banks-powered machines where power outputs have always called for great care in assuring driveline robustness. In typical Banks fashion, the bumps in the road will be smoothed out and the public will soon be invited to see the outcome.
Plans for the first public runs of this exciting new machine are being formulated and will be available soon.
). Is the s-10 still gonna be there?
