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 Monday July 31, 2006

Jay Leno's Tank Car Gets Twin Turbos
f you're a fan of Jay Leno's Garage, you probably remember his tank car, a King Kong sized, 9500-lb. hot rod built around a 1792 cid V-12 Continental-designed, Chrysler-built, tank engine. With 810 hp and 1560 lb.-ft of torque, you'd think that might be enough oomph for Leno right? Wrong.

Hot rodding turbo legend Gale Banks has been a friend of Leno's for years.

"There's two things Jay wants in a car, a loud horn and huge power," says Banks. So about two years ago, Leno approached Banks with the idea of twin turbocharging the tank car's massive air-cooled engine. And it's just now coming together in time for the August unveiling at the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit.

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