This may be a repost, but Jay Leno got Banks to turbo his v12 chrysler hemi engine (ex military tank engine) There is another link within the article that gives a better rightup....

http://blogs.motortrend.com/6213230/...wer/index.html

 

This guy is fricking nuts. He has one of the nicest garages i've ever layed eyes on.

He has some realy cool old steam cars.

 

My wife works for a man in Newport Beach who has a warehouse full of classic and custom cars. He has 3 full time mechanics who work to restore and customize them.

http://www.pacificnewport.com/classics.html


Edwin

 

http://bankspower.com/Leno-tankCar1.cfm

 

Quote from the banks site:

Why would they ship it in a container filled with nitrogen? Just curious why/what for.

 

My guess would be that they do that to prevent corrosion. ??????

 

Correct, nitrogen is used for corrosion prevent. Nitrogen is used because of its abundance (78% of the atmosphere is nitrogen), and it does not chemically react with most metals.

 

If the container is a typical military steel engine container, then not only is it filled with nitrogen, but the container is slightly pressurized to ensure that no outside air contaminates the nitrogen. Regular checks are done to verify that the pressure does not bleed down.
Other things are also done to the engine to ensure no corrosion, such as special rust inhibiting and very sticky oil worked thru the engine and all the spark plugs removed and replaced with special silica gel filled plugs. All holes such as the exhaust will be sealed.