LOOKING TO INSTALL THE FULL BANKS SYSTEM ON MY 2003 7.3.
4 INCH EXHAUST, NEW INTERCOOLER, MODIFIED TURBO. ANY ONE HAVE THIS SYSTEM

 

Welcome to FTE.

 

Welcome to FTE.
All I have to say is that Banks is a good product but for the price you can get a helll of a lot more stuff done to the rig.
Why would you want install an intercooler our are known to hold 50 psi with no problem.
Before any mods make sure your truck is 100%
First in the list are gauges
Most important of them all EGT. Trans if auto.
Intake Ford AIS, 6637, or S&B the stock system sucks.
The exhaust is more than capable for supporting minor mods
A good custom tune will wake your truck.

 

welcome to FTE.
i agree with Adam. banks makes good products, but in my opinion they are way overpriced.
MBRP will get you the same thing for less money that can then be spent on other upgrades.

 

Many are those who agree that Banks manufactures top quality products. Few are those who are willing to pay for that quality.

Quality doesn't come cheap. And quality is often more than what meets the eye.

I once had a chance to see a few of those details that don't meet the eye on Banks exhaust systems. I was working on another project at Banks R&D facility, when Gale pulled me aside to look inside a muffler that was being developed for flow bench testing. At the entrance to this muffler was a toroidal collar, that by all appearances looked like a big donut hole constriction to exhaust gasses entering the muffler.

But appearances are deceiving. Flow bench testing unequivocally proved that the toroidal collar "restriction" inside the mouth of the muffler actually ACCELERATED exhaust gas flow into the muffler, where gasses flow following the venturi effect. As gas flow constricted into the smooth radius toroid, they immediately accelerated and expanded outward into the larger diameter of the muffler chamber. This rapid and radially redirected accelerated flow change is measurably faster than a "straight through" muffler.

On the outside, the Banks muffler looks like almost any straight thru muffler, but on the inside, the principles of physics are researched, flow bench tested, and leveraged to the max to not only reduce restriction, but eliminate annoying noise and drone. It costs money in materials and manufacturing time to weld in a torodial ring inside every muffler.

You get what you pay for.

 

If I were to do this, I'd put on his air intake and not modify the turbo but put on a 38R. Much better over all. The intake is important, that's why he sells them. And he really now recomends the 38R. What kit are you getting? A friend has his kit and it's nice. But like said above you can talk to Clay @ Riffraff and get a much better set up for less. Let us know what you do and how you like it.

 

I HAD A TRANNY REBUILT (AUTO) AFTER ABUSED IT HAULING. A PIPE GOT CRACKED WHEN THEY WORKED ON IT AND THEY WANTED 1200 TO FIX IT.

BANKS HAD A SPECIAL FOR THE WHOLE PACKAGE 3800 PLUS FREE SHIPPING. THATS WHY I ENDED UP BANKS. ITS BEEN SITTING IN MY WAREHOUSE FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND I NEED TO GET IT ON.

I KNOW IT IS THE FULL PACKAGE YOU COULD BUY AT THE TIME.

I HAD A 6 GUN MODUAL ON BUT SWITCHED TO THE BANKS PROGRAMER WHEN IT WENT BAD LAST YEAR. SHE DOES ROLL SOME COAL.

Y2KW57 I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT QUAILITY AND THEY WERE HELPFUL NOT DEMEANING ON PHONE.

I LIKE TO DO MY OWN WORK AND THE CRACK IN PIPE ISNT THAT BAD !

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE ADVICE ON TURBO.

I REALISE AT MY AGE I NEED TO PRIORITZE MY PROJECT. AND I LOVE THAT OLD TRUCK. PEOPLE TOLD TO BUY THE 6.0 IN 2003 ... I SAID NO THE 7.3 IS THE BEST MOTOR OUT THERE. ANY ONE AGREE

 

I TRADED IN A 2000 7.3 TO GET THE LAST YEAR 2003 7.3 WAS AVAILABLE. 7.3 APPEARS TO HAVE A CULT FOLLOWING NOW.

 

I believe the 7.3 is the most reliable motor. The 6.0L can make a lot more power but needs a lot of up graded to be reliable for sure. Put that kit on if you've had it for 2 years. Look on there site to find out what kit you have. They make at lease three different power levels I think. But you will need a new intake to help keep the coal from running. The 38R will help to with the intake.

 

Does it matter if we agree? It's the motor you've got! Run what you brung!

Like you, I had a chance to trade for a 6.0 in mid 2003 for not much money in the exchange. Instead, I doubled down and ordered another 7.3L chassis cab in early 2003 before production closed. I wouldn't say that the 7.3L is "the best motor out there", but with 20 years of hindsight and counting, it has proven to be the most reliable, longest lasting, lowest operational, repair, replacement, and maintenance cost diesel motor that Ford has installed in a heavy duty light truck.

No other diesel motor in a Ford light truck can claim 1.5 million mile service life. No other diesel motor regularly and routinely renders odometers clocking 600K, 700K, 800K, 900K, and a million miles.

Certainly the 6.7L has fared better than Ford's versions of the 6.0L and 6.4L, but the 6.7L has not been without significant and very costly repairs... including dropped valves, disintegrated ceramic bearing turbos, jackhammering regens, non warrantable fuel system replacements exceeding $10,000.00, cab off head replacements, and other reported ills that lead people to trade out of them before the 100K warranty expires. But at $70K for a new truck, the 6.7L is largely irrelevant to me.

Which brings us back to your 7.3L and the Power Pack that you already own. Go ahead. Install it. Need ratification that the Banks Power Pack is a good kit? Yes. It IS a good collection of quality hardware. I've got the Banks Power Pack in my truck. But I pulled the chip and the Transcommand. I've left the original Ford factory program in place, and just enjoy the higher quality Banks hardware (cast aluminum smooth radius header tank high flow Technicooler, mandrel bent CAC ducting, full diameter down pipe, 1.0 A/R QuickTurbo exhaust turbine housing, whatever Banks calls his compressor wheel, Big Head waste gate actuator, Monster exhaust).

 

Twistr, your caps lock seem to be stuck on? I am getting a headache from being shouted at!

 

Rikster-7700


Sorry

 

It's ok, I appreciate it!