Banks Six-Gun, Yes or No?

[DBurkhard]

Re: Banks & slip detection

Originally posted by djbobo

Am I to understand that the slip detection built into the Banks box moniters engine rpms vrs. drive shaft rpms & then de-fuels if 'slippage' is detected?



Interesting... ... . but makes me wonder how in the world would it know the difference between the trannie actually slipping or a transmission in a normal non-lockup situation --- or --- maybe it doesn't care --- which might be a good thing as it would slightly de-fuel intill full lock up accurs thus easier on the trans. .



dj

The Banks box connects to the transmission in order to monitor whether or not the TC is locked. If so, the box will defuel once it detects slippage.

 

[djbobo]

Got it - makes good sence to protect the auto.



Now if I were only an electrician wait a minute I be one of those lectricians I guess i'm in



dj

 

[MartinBlair]

Originally posted by Flores

2. 5 hour install?It took me under 2 hours and 20 minutes of that was waiting on hold to find out what pin to connect to on the trans solenoid. Those orange clips could be a pain I suppose.



The speed loader pushes the psi to almost 27000 or so Im told. Probably close to what the ez pushes on level six.

 

[DLeno]

one other item for transmission protection: the Banks connects to the CAN bus and knows the onset of TC lockup. It the de-fuels during the lock-up event itself to avoid a very hard lockup.



any of you guys have dyno data for a 305 HP engine? Banks will not release their test data

 

[MMotschman]

Well,

after reading many posts and then waiting for my head to stop spinning over all the different opinions i decided to go with the banks box. should get it in a few days. I'm gonna hunt down a dyno and find out just how much it added on a completely stock truck with out the "airflow" improvements"

 

[MMotschman]

I got the Banks box put in gona put the speedloader on here in the next day or so. So far so good I am quite pleased I can kill a BMW now (325) in the upper ranges well at least keep up with him. I'm taking it to the drag strip this weekend and I'll see what numbers she runs.

 

[Don-T]

I have the Six Gun and Speed Loader on my truck now. It pulls good from about 2k rpm up, but is poor below 2k rpm. I have a TST box on order. I will install it in place of the Banks Box and try it. I will keep the one that works better for me and sell the other. I am not interested in the dyno numbers; I just care about its road manners. Most of my driving is empty and on flat roads at sea level. Several times a year we go to Colorado and tow a heavy trailer so I need something that will work at the extremes.

 

[hotram03]

your gonna like that torque 0-9 setting on the TST, set power to 1 which is timming on only still a gain somewhere around 19 hp to more depending on how truck is modified, I pull some ball hitch trailers up to 10,000 and run around on 1/3 very nice for my set up. I have one of the lastest TST boxes 3 wks no codes ususally keep TTPM on 4. hope this helps

 

[JThiessen]

More info....please

Don T: What do you mean by "poor under 2K"..... is this in reference to stock (ie. , worse than stock power uner 2K?).



BTW: Just got my new 4Wheel Parts Magazine and saw an ad for the Six-Gun. They have a new digital Control Pad that mounts in a guage cup. It gives digital read out of EGT, boost, etc. But the ad only stated that it was for the 97-03 Fords. Not sure, but I'd think a control pad/dislplay ought to be appicable to all vehicles, regardless of the make????

 

[Fred Swanson]

Banks is known for not bringing on too much power below 2K. They bring it in very gradual, so as not to stress components.

 

[Don-T]

What I mean by "poor" is that I don't think it has any more power than stock until it gets close to 2k rpm. From there on I am happy with the power.