Gale's Love affair with the '53 Studebaker | Speed School Podcast Ep 8

Matt Gamble, Banks Engine Program Manager, joins Gale Banks to discuss the company's forthcoming turn-key diesel engines. Gale recalls his first engine build, a 31 Ford Model A, explains his love affair with racing '53 Studebakers on dry lake beds, and answers your tech questions.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Introducing Matt Gamble
03:18 Gale hotrods a Ford Model A
08:27 Falling in love with the '53 Studebaker
11:25 Gale is attracted to dry lake racing
13:11 NHRA needs electronic clutch control
19:05 Gale's first Studebaker racer
39:55 Street racing
46:23 Why Gale is fuel agnostic
50:40 Gale's supercharging history
53:11 Supercharging a Duramax
59:52 Listener Q&A

[@pai1238]

Lo que uno puede aprender de escuchar a este señor no tiene parangón. Es un privilegio!

[@dondotterer24]

Thanks for what you do for the Military

[@justinvanburen8259]

I love all this information on BANKS LIFE!!

[@jessegregoryCREEKSQUAD]

Love the content and learned alot, would love to see one with HP academy here in new Zealand 🇳🇿 they do podcasts aswell

[@sam2902]

Awesome guys!!

[@dondotterer24]

I think it was crazy back in the late 20s what Silver Areos did back then.i think that if I remember maxed out there dyno back then. If course Gemany before WW2 .

[@dondotterer24]

Back in the Day one of the oldest machine shops is Harts Automotive in Cecil Ohio . They had a Flat head ford and Reinhart Chevrolet had the 292. They ran Circle track and I heard that it was very exciting.

[@acurarl9929]

Any thoughts on rough vrs smooth ports? If rough is the way. Any thoughts on sandblaster to get the roughness. Mainly tlkn carburetor 2strokes

[@kevinjohnson8758]

Very nice. Building shit is just so rewarding.

[@dondotterer24]

My Dad ran the Isky 550 Lagara with gear to gear.magneto Hilborn injected 337. 55 Chevy gasser. Had a hard time tuning it.

[@dondotterer24]

I thought it was cool on the Detroit Diesel with the turbo above the Super Charger. Interesting. Can you explain?

[@dondotterer24]

Guys from all over the country would have work done. I talked to a guy that used to drive form New York with Harley parts strapped to his bike. Of course this was probably 65 years ago on all of this

[@bill2178]

can we hear about timing a diesel youve answered all my other questions already

[@koryholt4807]

We need killing a duramax to come back.

[@ZEPRATGERNODT]

Especially after watching that 3336hp dyno run by Zeigler Performance on 1320video

[@deezelfairy]

Definitely, fair enough they got it to a 1000hp with stock internals but in the first episode Gale said they wanted to keep going until they put the crank on the floor - we wanna see it! 😂

[@mikeskidmore6754]

I wanted to see the Studibaker..

[@jerrydlaughrin2880]

Yeah talking about Studebaker‘s takes me back a long ways my childhood my granddad used to sell them in Brawley California it’s a Studebaker dealership I believe the place is called Ballard‘s maybe not a long time ago my mom used to have a 59 golden hawk that’s a nice car anyway like your podcast interesting to listen to I have a question you wouldn’t happen to have any old parts laying around for the old Chevrolet 6.5 P 400 series engine I bought a new engine back in 2017 from the factory in Franklin Ohio to put in my 1997C 3500 pick up four-door long bed I would like to put an intercooler on it because you know Chevrolet did not put one on those trucks and I’m tired of looking at 200+ degree temperature going into the intake Plenum I’d like to cool it down need your help in the P 400 is not your normal 6.5L as you know I have the big exhaust from the turbo all the way out the back and a cold air system S&B just need a little help you’re the man that knows it all also curious my uncle John Hass used to be a highway patrolman up in that area used to live in Downey years ago moved to Whittier used to have a machine shop in his garage as well built parts for steam locomotives scale models the big stuff your dad might nine anyway I like what you’re doing I’m kind of a speed freak myself I like going fast I have a Zo6 Corvette 2008 myself as well as well as a 1960 Oldsmobile 98 holiday special that car runs fantastic hope to hear from you bye for now

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

Is this a new “KAD” episode?

[@mikeskidmore6754]

Hudson had a Stright 8 they merged with Nash ..