Banks S-10 sets NADM record: Famoso

Three runs, including 8.06, 162.66 NADM world record, at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield on February 23, 2008.

(Update: We ran 7.77 sec @ 180 mph on March 7,2009 at the NHRDA Nationals.)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Gale
• Banks
• Sidewinder
• S-10
• diesel
• drag
• truck
• racing
• Famoso

[Drperformancepower]

dr.performance has a cummins and it runs way faster!

[bankspowerinsider]

The Dr. Performance truck does use a Cummins but it's almost a full second SLOWER.

Dr. Performance: 8.43

Banks Sidewinder : 7.77

[memekthecat]

the sound grrrr

[kladivous]

Stupid announcer. "Sounds like and internal combution engine to me". Could be because diesel engines ARE internal combustion engines.

[PURELOVECREW]

His third run he sat about 1 sec before launching. In other words that truck can run low 7s

[MrTsuperchallenge]

that boy likes to get them tires hot!!

[JesseDanielHimself]

@JesseDanielHimself That way the most amount of air possible is combusted, but without the icky-looking smoke.

[JesseDanielHimself]

@kladivous @kladivous Not quite, diesels usually make enough exhaust gas to spool the turbo, without the need for Nitrous. Thing is, for a given amount of air at a high enough rpm, if a diesel uses too much fuel to that air, that's when the smoke starts. So modern diesels purposely don't burn as much of the air in the cylinder, but that leaves oxygen that's not being burnt, so the best thing is to inject nitrous as something to burn that "extra" air with.

[chevy490]

@Drperformancepower. no the duramax is faster and dosnt smoke.

[jimbodepot]

because unlike everyone else he burns all of his fuel. black smoke out of a diesel is unburnt fuel & way too rich of a mixture in the combustion chanbers

[goattke]

it may be a diesel, but it's still an iron block, 90 degree v8 engine, being a duramax. even a diesel v8 will sound like that with just straight pipes like fully built dragster use

[lacrossegoalie7]

why is there no black smoke from the desil exhaust?

[kladivous]

It is a fuel cutout. Also, it doesn't have electronic ignition because diesel engines do not have ignitions systems. They only have injection. Things like glow plugs or heater blocks are only for starting the engine. Once the engine is hot the fuel combusts as it is injected. As I understand this truck gets a little shot of nitrous to burn all the fuel before the turbos spool. once it is boosting the nitrous phases out.

[Hawk6DM]

Does it run standard diesel fuel or a bio blend or propane injection?