FIRST FIRE! | Building A Monster Truck Engine Pt 5

After months of planning, Gale and the Banks Engineering team fires up the supercharged Duramax engine. Watch as they discover an issue that will force them to make an addition to the engine.
Part 1: • Data Logging | Buildin...
Part 2: • Monster Mutt Data | Bu...
Part 3: • Methanol Dyno Testing ...
Part 4: • Behind the Scenes | Bu...
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[@jrobmccoy]

The sheer level of knowledge that comes out of that Gentleman is unfathomable. We need more Gale Banks in the world! (that truck was insane BTW! 2000+ hp and barely a puff of smoke)

[@cucvfarmer]

I seen that truck up close when I on vacation in Colorado. I believe it was the first year the truck ran up Pikes Peak.

[@christopherbenfield7848]

If only the EPA would certify that thing...

[@craigroth8710]

Listen to the blower whine!!!

[@GreatLakesLogger]

So the blower was feeding the compound setup apparently...? I've always seen it the other way around.

[@Crackrocksteady]

​@@cucvfarmer😂

[@truckguyjoe]

Banks Dyno Cell #1 is cleaner than most hospital’s operating rooms.

[@nealelliott]

well he does have the precision of a heart surgeon when creating/describing these beautiful powerful machines.

[@as-lr8mb]

@@nealelliott ive HAD open heart surgery, and no, i would not trust gale banks with that job

[@codejunki567]

​@as-lr8mb I know your comment is 4 years old but holy shit you are really bad at understanding analogies, also you probably had your surgery somewhere in north America or Europe, news for you buddy most OR rooms aren't that clean in the rest of the world.

[@craigroth8710]

I loved Galea comment, " Roasting the fuel and spitting out mini briquettes"!!! Too funny, but absolutely correct!!

[@Towing417]

Gale: "We'll talk about that next time" wife: "why are you crying?"

[@TripAMD]

I hear that man...i let out an involuntary, soft "noooo" lol

[@corvuslaeus9540]

The feel is real

[@mjarchambeau]

Such a great explanation of how things work. I listen so carefully just to make sure I understand the points being made. Gale is not only a great engineer, but a great teacher. What a rare gift he has.

[@joeymccullough2716]

I have been following you & been amazed by your mind, for years. You, sir, are one helluva engineer!

[@wesgates5632]

GB has forgotten more about engines than I'll ever know.

[@VeggiePower303]

I don't think he forgot anything. So what does that leave you?

[@smithjones1906]

I love the intellectual horsepower Mr. Banks and his entire team demonstrate.

[@nellyfarnsworth7381]

I met Vic Elebrock, once. You remind me of Vic. Because if you're a engineer, shop owner, drag racer, you where equals.

[@johnsiebert7023]

I think it's wonderful you are doing these experiments and sharing the data. 170 year old technology vs 80 year old tech. Compound super-turbo systems were around on the big radials engines of WWII. Not to detract from this awesomeness. The simple fact is, even though wheel has been round for millenia, that doesn't make it obsolete. And just cause the blowers are old ideas, doesn't mean they can't be refined. I'm glad you're out there grinding it out Gale!

[@bigredracer7848]

Mr. power thanks for taking us along with you we all love what you done for us

[@alfee9411]

Yes this is a privilege to be watching the master

[@grey3977]

Banks engine building should be a college major.

[@Iahusha777Iahuah]

Ya instead of feminazi womens studies and queer theory at the propaganda mill monopolized elite overpriced schools

[@bmstylee]

@@Iahusha777Iahuah the truth is you can make more as a skilled tradesman than a majority of college degrees could ever dream of. I am college educated but I bet I would have a lot more money in my pocket if I went to trade school and became a welder 20 years ago.

[@cucvfarmer]

Gale Banks should be a college professor. He knows how to make clean horsepower efficiently!!!

[@SnifferSock]

@@bmstylee You'd probably have more health problems too unfortunately.

[@kentbullard6917]

You can really tell how much Gale loves what he does. If you could see the smile on my face right now, you would see how much I love it too. 😀😀

[@fabyanjim1]

Pure genius you are Mr. Banks

[@ihatejoze]

Mr. Banks’ videos are the best. So much information and high performance engine theory, plus cool history behind the tech with so many legendary names!

[@idriwzrd]

Gale Banks is the mad scientist of extracting power from internal combustion.

[@blakehussey]

Mr. Banks is killing the game! Good work on the informative videos.

[@moparsatnv]

Mr. Banks is such a treasure to the Hot Rod industry, thank you sir and please keep the information coming!

[@ADJUDlCATOR]

Gale is the GOAT!

[@Michael_Michaels]

11:00 I just love Mr. Banks concern about smoke! Not because of the environment but "wasted horsepower"!!! 👌 If I lived in America, he would be my no. 1 tuner!

[@bearfoot100]

Best engine series I've seen in a long time.

[@cyclonicleo]

I am constantly amazed and in awe of the knowledge Gale brings with these videos. I'm learning every single time I watch these; thanks so much!

[@sneakymikels1]

Wow. Mr. Banks is a genius. Thank you for all the info and insight!

[@gearjammergamer8560]

Could the dyno guy look less bored. He was a maniac

[@Flowman82]

The comments are so awesome,and this man is the Einstein of motors!

[@christopherbenfield7848]

All hail the Lord Of Power and Air Density Knowledge!!! This is the stuff that separates the pretenders from the contenders!!

[@HAMlLTON]

I underestimated how satisfying the rotors are as they turn.

[@briandonovan5434]

Gale Banks, you are the man!!

[@freshlysquosen]

I can't take my eyes off that Banks diff cover. ;)

[@KRRZ350]

I know

[@justanotherguy9664]

Yeah, but I would bet that 90% of viewers wouldn't have even seen it siting there. You've always got to scan the background, espec with Banks.... lol

[@jasongoodwin9951]

I truly enjoy watching you share you knowledge, the science of what is happening, illustrated with graphs to show the data. It is amazing to see how it all actually works together

[@skookumbuilds3282]

Dang that's nuts. Also,Gale is the coolest

[@ryanj4423]

Invaluable information about supercharging. Thanks Gale!

[@jpfaff777]

Great video, great content! Thank you Gale. 👍🏻

[@justint5625]

Gale needs his own movie on how he virtually invented turbocharging instead of supercharging in the automotive industry 🤙

[@tomuchfunwithgas846]

But Gale a 10-71 LOOKS so COOL, and SOUNDS so bad ass.

[@scythelord]

And they power the fastest accelerating vehicles on the planet.

[@tristangillis7365]

Yeah. Turbo might make great numbers, but they bore the ever-loving hell out of me. NA > Supercharger > Turbocharger.

[@ryanmalin]

So that's why 400hp supercharged engines are so common. Thanks for teaching us Gale

[@wobblysauce]

But the toque is missing on the graphs

[@christopherbenfield7848]

@@wobblysauce torque doesn't matter it your melting pistons and pissing away power to do it.

[@wobblysauce]

@@christopherbenfield7848 True, but it is what some want to feel... the thrust in their seat.

[@pullingworld]

Because as soon as you open the butterflies - they GO - and in those applications they are used, the first half of a second is pretty essential.

[@Ugrasrava]

@@christopherbenfield7848 That doesn't happen if you build the motor around what the blower does well and doesn't do well, just like you have to do with any other power adder.

[@crazyryan2689]

Your experimentation is so interesting. I'm always on the edge of my seat waiting to see what outcomes happen and to see more reasons why some things work and some dont. I'm really learning about how reactions are happening at a molecular level and all about density. Thank you for your wisdom.

[@wastelander89]

Thank you for your time teaching us about all of this. I learn alot watching the videos 👍 im fascinated by how power adders work. Blowers are so cool.

[@chadbroom6975]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for teaching us.

[@460FORDMAV]

I would like to thank you guys for this vídeo with a ton of info. THANKS SO MUCH!!!

[@mrfordman9999]

Man that is so cool! It makes perfect sense. I see where you're going with this and I'm super excited to see how you implement it!

[@CatDaddyTuning]

Actual, intelligent, detailed video!

[@manitoublack]

It's so good to have this out there in such clear terms. ;) If only was in Metric units. Keep it up Gale and team. Cant wait for the next instalment

[@mattward330]

I always hate when your videos end Gale.

[@timdowns4629]

Love this channel! Thanks for all the great info.

[@charlesdefrancisco5056]

Gale...very well done...I throughly enjoyed your explanation....I do remember many yrs ago that I believe Ed pink made a blower Dino to qualify the super chargers used on top fuel to understand the inconsistency in changing blowers....between rounds and the inability to duplicate results Your tutorial is a lot better..thanks

[@marcstlaurent3719]

Excellent job sir , I look forward to your future episodes

[@powderriver2424]

Gosh, again just love the knowledge Gale has. I can attest to the roots blower creating heat and lots of air I hauled bulk pneumatic products, cement, fly ash etc. blowing powder . A roots blower was on my tractor I liked it tremendously over other styles of blowers and it created lots of heat.

[@nickmeeks4475]

Wow the difference in the amount of smoke coming out of that semi after Mr banks got ahold of it amazing compared to before with it just rolling coal and wasting power of the turns

[@kirkgordon4469]

Thank you mr Banks ! Cool that blower down and fire that badass duramax up 👍 can't wait to see next video on this and killing a duramax !! I have a 01 lb7 that's just a couple hundred miles short of 400k miles on it ! Been a awesome motor !

[@scottpace8794]

Awesome cant wait till next episode !!

[@lazygamerz]

Bloody brilliant information. He should write some books! Or just upload a thousand video logs to youtube, chatting about anything engine-related that comes to mind. I bet you he has a lot of useful information stowed away there that he couldn't even list if he tried. I never knew how much I knew after ten years of studying until I wrote a book and it just started flowing out as I went from concept to concept. And this guy has over half a century of experience.

[@poogan1239]

The dyno engineer looks super pumped to be there.....

[@turbotj99]

Thanks for posting such a great video! Very interesting

[@BearFulmer]

Excellent information, I just ordered a few air density sensors to add to my logger I built to help get the most out of my next project, im going to try to use them on an N/A engine too, to see if that works.

[@VeggiePower303]

I have figured out the same thing about blowers and the screw type 30 years ago, when I was looking for blowers for my rotary engine inventions. The Whipple is way better because of the built in compression ratio. And therefore much less pulsation. That is why they are more efficient. Also the Whipple / Turbo configuration is the best of all worlds.

[@supercharged6771]

I agree with the other comments, why did it take so long for any one to produce this kind of video, Gale Banks is now more famous... thanks Gale

[@TheUnseenSoldier]

Can we nominate Gale Banks for president???

[@jaydunbar7538]

Sure could, just wright him in.

[@kenhurley4441]

He'd have to take a pay cut for that!

[@hendrahendra]

His tagline would be 'Pounds of air per square inch'

[@bigrockk2980]

He is way to intelligent for that :)

[@bowtie-man]

👍👍 sounds good to me, though I don't see him getting along with the epa.😂😂😂😂

[@EnigmaMachine7.62]

Genius...I’ve always dreamed of a twin charged setup like this ever since the group b rally lancia delta s4

[@rummer08]

Love the content, please never stop!

[@jaybird57]

I like this guy, knows what hes saying.

[@danielcarrillo1067]

Gale you sir are the man!!! I love your videos. Thank for shareing this with us !!! Let's fire this mother!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@demonic477]

I'm one of the old guys that love the look and sound of a blown engine there is nothing else like the whine of a blown small block on the street or big block at the track. but unless you feed them alcohol or methanol your wasting your time and money they are massive heaters without a inter-cooler on gas or alcohol fuel. that's why we all run turbos now and still feed the engines alcohol in the form of E85

[@dieseldummy4250]

A truly brilliant man.

[@sethcawthern3278]

Is that a banks diff cover back there??? Sure would like to see the end of that series

[@pablo3735]

Seth Cawthern yeah what’s the hold up

[@AnttiBrax]

@@pablo3735 The first prototype was shown last November. Probably a few more protos with a lot of testing on each. Gale isn't going to release a half baked product after all that smack talk. :D

[@stevenhands695]

Love all the information. New sub

[@Josh-sw6ol]

we are in the presence of a legend! amazing!

[@johnnymissfire8464]

Good stuff gale.

[@Jsant2020]

This man is so technical 👌🏽

[@mattdavis9335]

This guy man...what a f n legend

[@Mrlegodj]

This man knows his stuff

[@40calDeathPunch]

Great video. What about using a cooler on the blower? Also I would like to see use a twin screw super charger. They produce way less heat compared to the roots.

[@kenmcguigan6805]

Would also like to see same test with a cooler underblower or meth injection

[@ZedTee77]

@@kenmcguigan6805 I have a feeling what he referred to at the end was methanol injection to help cool everything down. will have to keep an eye out for Part 6! I Can't wait!

[@maartenbouwkamp3114]

his oneliners killing me hahaha ¨that will heat up your oatmeal in the morning´ hahaha

[@Hambric2024]

What an education on blowers Thank You

[@brianmeattey4151]

Very interesting I rather enjoyed this video it was very informative cant wait till the next ....so till next time godbless

[@karensamoy6232]

Fantastic👌

[@generobben7290]

To say that Mr. Banks is amazing is a gross understatement. I suspect he can walk on water.

[@Wesleycooks]

Amazing you are a very smart man

[@cowsauce9099]

This was the best piece of content on youtube. He talks quite slow though (x1.75 was perfect for me).

[@bjrnhjjakobsen2174]

Fantastic

[@mikestrucks]

Man ! what Beast of Truck Running up pikes peak 😲 😈💨💨💨

[@marooncats215]

This takes me back to late Saturday morning,,, when the G.I. Joe forces were about to be destroyed by Cobra, A time when the Brown Hornet was captured and there was "no way out", Skelator finally had He-Man in his clutches and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, See you next week for another exciting episode!!!! Your killing me Gale!!!!! Thank you sir and God bless!

[@zuestoots5176]

Dr. Horsepower is the legend.

[@andyharman3022]

15:40 Gale is talking about boost pressure of GMC-type Roots blowers on 2-stroke diesels. I downloaded an SAE tech paper on the EMD 567 engine from 1951, authored by E. W. Kettering. It did have a graph of boost pressure vs rpm. On the EMD 567, blower pressure maxed out at about 8 psi and 900 rpm. I assume that Detroit Diesels operate similarly, since they were born concurrently with the EMD engine at GM Research in the 1930's.

[@williamtipene1995]

Thanks Gale banks family

[@Highpsi24]

''lets bark this mother '' 😂😂 tell em Gale

[@technologicalsingularity1788]

This is gold

[@Jsant2020]

Props for the person editing the semi had me dying

[@WS-gw5ms]

Crazy Carl has been running a blower on a 5.9 cummins for over a decade, he's a great guy.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Yes, you are making the extra power (except for where the density is dinged by this heat problem), but some of it is going back to the blower.

[@kontrolledkhaos4853]

Science the shit out of it ! nuff said awesome video

[@Michael_Michaels]

I completely agree with Mr. Banks! Forget about the parasitic blowers!!

[@JimmyZ408]

I think you might have the best job on the planet!!

[@drtracernum20]

you should try a compressor unit from a kaeser screw compressor @Banks Power. we has 3, a 15hp, 40hp, and a 250hp enormous mofo . they produce 125 psi in our application

[@Iahusha777Iahuah]

Wow

[@doktorjonsson3860]

14:22 A hundered years ago, when I was a kid... LMAO

[@MrRippinonyou]

Mr banks u are the diesel king

[@Greenketch1]

I just have to note. I follow a few channels. Only Banks seems to get 29 comments in less than 1 hour. Only this man seems to draw such intense following. All of his projects are worth following a lot like my shop there are several bits to keep me from being bored.

[@jaydunbar7538]

Wow you must really only follow a few small channels, lots of channels have thousands of comments in the first hour.

[@hopsgarage5513]

Best teacher ever

[@bryanbourgeois3470]

At 650 is that a banks diff cover I see on the bench?

[@duzwhat]

sure looks like it?

[@Z71GALLA]

One could only hope. I loved that test series. What he found out with some aftermarket covers was pretty terrifying

[@cucvfarmer]

Diesel power Magazine came yesterday and one of the trucks has a rear Banks diff cover on it.

[@husq2100]

Did he ever update and give all the data he said he was going to get and show? I watched all those videos when it came out and they were a touch bias imo

[@veleriphon]

And THAT is why Bank's parts are expensive. This man would be terrifying to be facing down at an older F1 season.