The Banks Sidewinder S-10 drag race team achieved another milestone in diesel performance when it ran well into the 7.70s with a 7.72 best at 179.21 mph during the 2008 Super Chevy Show at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana. The world’s quickest and fastest diesel drag truck backed up the 7.72 with a 7.78, 179.23 later in the day, making it one of the quickest and fastest vehicles on the grounds — period.
The two stickers on the back say “Tire smoke only!” I love it! No fuel wasted here!
technology makes things cheaper. that is why stock cars are so damn pricey. primitive technology,
Nascar motors can definitely run high than 85k and I’ll bet that diesel motor doesn’t get rebuilt half a often as a stock car motor. O yeah nad it makes more power.
you know…I’ve noticed there aren’t any comments from the Cummins boys on any of Banks’ videos…lol
nooo, mira las vueltas q levantó el motor!!!
lo vas a fundirr!!
pobre auto! el 206 gti no es turbo y menos el tuyo que es un xs, el del video le inestalaron turbo y ovbio todo lo demas, pero ni el xs ni el gti son turbos de fabrica asi que no busques el turbo jeje…saludos c’è tanta gente che non ne capisce un clacson di macchine…..
this doesnt have nothing on DR.PERFORMANCE!
Dr. Performance is nearly a second slower in the quarter than this truck.
Fastest Dr. Performance: 8.43
Fastest Banks Sidewinder: 7.77
True, but some black smoke is still always nice 😛 Despite the loss of fuel
What are the specs on the engine? Its nice to see one with incredible power and run such a low time with out the black smoke. Great job Banks!!!
I’m impressed by the performance, of course, but a diesel without the plume of black smoke? It’s just not right.
what the fuck are you talking about banks is a genius
What are YOU talking about? I made no statement regarding Banks’ intellect.
Actually, it is right. All the yahoos with black smoke billowing out of the tail pipe haven’t spent the money/time on a perfect tune.
@thumpetto007 : All you young fellers and yer newfangled ideas. Ya ain’t got no respect fer tradition. Black smoke sez, “Hah! I got so much power, I don’t even need all this, I kin just toss it out mah stack!” Now, if’n you’ll excuse me, I got to chase some kids off mah lawn. 😉
lol!!!
black smoke is wasted power
@Speedy2222 I am well aware of the chemistry and physics involved, here, thank you. In truth ANY emissions of ANY kind are wasted energy. Even a single intact atom is wasted energy. A single subatomic particle that remains in motion is wasted energy. That was never my point. In fact, I was never trying to make a point, I was merely making a facetious comment. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to sit on my porch and shake my fist and rant at random passersby.
my point was directed not at you butler
@Speedy2222 What? I wasted a good rant? Well….hrumph…(metaphorical tail twitching like a disgruntled cat, leans shotgun back against the wall, opens cooler of ice-cold beer and ‘Dew, offers Speedy his choice. Speedy and Butlerproman both spend remainder of afternoon yelling and shaking fists at random passersby.)
As Speedy2222 said, black smoke is wasted power, or, more precisely, wasted, unburned fuel. If you think that’s cool, you need to spend more time listening to Mr. Banks, because you’re obviously a moron.
Yeah, a NoX spewing, acid rain creating engine is REALLY cool.
lol oh no acid rain and global warming were all guna die!
@ExUSSailor, Take all the nasty dirty diesel drag trucks in the world, multiply their lifetime emissions x 100,000 and you still have less than 1/1000th of a seconds worth of particulate matter or greenhouse gas emission from your average erupting volcano. I’m about as green as they get but your slam on diesel drag trucks is wasted- there’s not enough of them in the world to make a difference. Besides, the new diesel technology is cleaner than ever and more efficient than gasoline engines.
it is and now i know another person is pissed when i roll coal……..muahahahahaha
holy shit he was movin.