Sema - new Banks Exhaust Manifolds
- Thread starter Mikey
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So was I.
Its a good thing theres no port. If you want one, drill and tap it. The hole idea here is flow, and a plugged hole will cause turbulance.
I saw them in person also, they do look nice. We will be doing testing against our new billet manifolds, hopefully can prove better flow!
I didn't see any ports in the banks manifolds
I didn't see any ports in the banks manifolds
IMO, manifolds are for anything under 500hp.
After that things get too turbulent and choked up. The cylinders should have longer runners to a collector and take that damn 90 out near the rear cylinder. Now we're talking.
Banks infomercial anyone?
Why dont they compare theirs to RickLance's?
Pretty silly not to include a port for an EGT probe.
Why dont they compare theirs to RickLance's?
Pretty silly not to include a port for an EGT probe.
Why is that silly? If the whole idea behind these things is strictly for smooth sailing flow, and area! All that does is create turbulence.
Its silly b/c when/if someone decides to install a gauge (and they will...), they'll have to drill into these to install the probe, just like stockers. Why should a person have to do that with an aftermarket manifold...ESPECIALLY at the prices that Banks will charge for these things, not to mention the guaranteed warranty voidance.
How else are you going to monitor exhaust temps? ESP?
If a person is worried about "turbulance" caused by a simple EGT probe, then they've probably got other issues somewhere else in their build that are causing more of a problem. JMO.
I'm just sayin if your marketing for max flow numbers why put something in it that will hurt that. It's an aftermarket part, you don't got to drill it out on the truck. Put it on the drill press and tap it out before you install it if you want. You got the option that way. Plus if it had a plug in it it might fall out from being loose, I think I've heard of someone doing that before lol