5 Minutes with Gale Banks
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5 Minutes with Gale Banks
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An article with Gale Banks comments on the Cummins, Powerstroke and Duramax.
An article with Gale Banks comments on the Cummins, Powerstroke and Duramax.
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12-07-2010, 10:11 PM
Originally Posted by Gale Banks
"[This new Power Stroke] doesn’t live up to its 400 horsepower and 800 pounds-feet of torque promise. Wide open throttle torque and horsepower curves should tell the whole story, but there are other factors at play, too. You have to look at gearing, rolling tire diameter, transmission ratios and the slip allowed inside the transmission at the output shaft and inside the torque converter. With all that said, everything you need to know is likely in the zero-to-30 mph time. ... As a hot-rodder, when I open the hood and can’t squeeze a finger anywhere, I wouldn’t want to mess with it."
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12-07-2010, 10:18 PM
Banks has always been brand biased and I am not surprised by the less then intelligent "as a hot-rodder" statement both of the other brands had nice full write articles with details not Ford so take it with a grain of salt. But Banks needs to also remember he launched his Diesel Power empire from the 6.9IDI diesel of yesteryear!!The last 10 years we have seen a lot of negative remarks about Ford from Banks and this won't be the end of it.
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