Whether or not youâve been following Banksâ LokJaw project, the build has made waves all across social media the past few months. For those of you whoâve been asleep at the wheel, the folks at Banks Power purchased a 1966 Chevrolet C20 for $1 (a buck) and unveiled the rusty old ¾-ton Fleetside to the world back in January with the promise of doing something wild with it. Among a long list of plans, they decided it would be powered by a late-model L5P Duramax dieselâand supercharged rather than turbocharged. Howâs that for out-of-the-box?
In the article below, weâre honing in on âwhyâ they decided to go with a supercharger, as well as âhowâ they plan to make it all work. That means weâll be touching on some of the supporting components that will be vital in making the blown Duramax arrangement happy on the street.
2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Does 8s Quarter-Mile, the Race Is On 17 Feb 2021, 9:06 UTC ·
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With the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 having landed on the market in the fall of 2019, we ve seen our fair share of custom examples. And while seeing its supercharged 5.2L Predator V8 taken into four-digit muscle territory is nothing new, we can now talk about the first example that completed the quarter-mile task in the 8s range. 4 photos
To be more precise, an S550 GT500 that had been massaged by Pennsylvania-based Evolution Performance recently visited the Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, where it pulled an 8.97s run, with a generous trap speed of 154 mph (248 kph).