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Jay Leno's tank car gets Banks turbos

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Uploaded by on May 22, 2007

Here's Jay Leno's infamous "tank car" in the race shop at Gale Banks Engineering. The Korean-War-era M47 Patton tank engine had 810 hp when it came to Banks -- it left with 1600 hp (and according to Jay, the fuel economy is even better). See bankspower.com for the full story.

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  • When the pop off valves blow does the car go backwards through time?

  • the engine is the size of a honda!

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  • The guy that walked over to talk to the person in the car in front of the rear tire while it was spinning on the dyno pulled an idiot move. A little closer would have dragged him under the wheel.

  • must have the turning radius of a bus :D

  • hey..this shop is like my shop...you could eat off of the floor...the only difference is eating off of my floor would probably kill you

  • he should use bigger air  filters

  • One thing that can be said for Jay, he doesn't act a complete dick in these overpowered vehicles. Anyone else who'd get in this would try and floor it to see how fast it accelerates.

  • NOW THATS A ENGINE !!!

  • It´s funny that this was done to reduce fuel consumption. The "negative" side is that the car went form 900HP to more than 1200HP.

  • incredible fantastic hard job...the engine is a continental fitted on M47 patton...?with turbo add..

  • @wacey2002 probably about 3 miles to the gallon with the turbos added to it.

  • Jesus Christ this is freaking crazy - I LOVE IT..

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