hi ya'll i'm looking at a banks powerpack twin ram. this would go on a 98 12v. does anybody have any experiance with these? also what makes the needle on a fuel preesure guage bounce? thank you

 

I have the twin ram intake. I can't really compare it to the stock intake horn because the truck came with it. But IMO, other than looks the stock intake horn is just fine for however much hp u want. In fact I think u can get to the fuel plate and afc etc with the stock intake horn on. The banks one has to be taken off everytime u want to adjust somthing in the afc. It does look cool, and 'might' help egts, but i'd save ur money and paint the stock intake horn red and be good to go, lol.

 

I use a Twin Ram on my 12v...
It will even out your egt temps between the front and rear three cylinders and make the motor a tad more efficient.I did not notice a big gain on the dyno with it at all,nor did I see a huge increase in fuel mileage with it.What I did see was it lower the rear 3 cylinders exhaust temps by about a 100 degrees.My truck when driving it had the front 3 about 100-150 degrees cooler than the rear 3.The difference since the install of the Twin ram is about 50 front to rear.

As for you fuel pressure gauge question...
I oscillates bad due to the pulse from both the lift pump and the need of the p-pump.If you add a restricter to the line going to the gauge,like a small needle valve,and slowly close it until the vibration slows or stops you should be OK.

Below is a shot of my 12v with the Twin Ram on it.......Andy

 

Hammer, that is one nice looking engine bay...

 

thank you for the advice,ditto that is a sharp looking motor.

 

Thank You...
Its my daily driver and is not garage kept as it will not fit.I try and keep it clean and shiney all around but it gets a tad difficult at times,LOL.Those who have seen it in person can attest to how nice I keep it......Andy

 

When using this Intake what happens with the stock grid heater element?

 

Instead of the two grid elements being stacked on top of each other they are separated into the two new intakes. The Twin Ram is much more than just the air horn, install is quite involved.

I was going to buy one of these when they first came out but a Banks salesman himself talked me out of it. He said no power increase or egt reduction but that it might increase engine longevity.
They do look good though.

 

They only look cool, that's the reason I have one, they don't make a difference in performance...none.

I can remove the AFC and plate on my truck and my boss's truck easily without taking the Twin Rams off, no problem. Yes it's a little tighter sqeeze but not not bad at all.

On my truck I never bothered putting the heater grids back in, completely hollow. I have no problems starting at 12* wether.

 

Agreed ~

 

I see I'm not the only one who's removed the embarrasing Banks lettering!

 

I noticed in your picture you have the 3 piece exhaust manifold. What's your impression on it? I am going to buy one from ATS soon.

 

That's the first benefit I've heard of the twin ram. I always thought it was just for show. How do you know it's actually lowering the egt for the rear 3 cylinders? What if it's actually increasing the temp on the front 3?

Stupid Banks, I'd get one if it weren't for the $600 price tag.

 

I run one for a couple of reasons. First being the more equal airflow/intake temps and the other is it made it nice for the second nozzle on my water/meth.

 

I run two Snow .625 nozzles looking at one another at the inlet of the horn.

I've seen many folks say they can't run two nozzles of such size in the standard intake horn wide open as the W/M quantity tends to bog the engine.

I put mine at the inlet thinking it would better distribute the fog.

With yours at the individual manifold inlets, are you able to put the W/M to it wide open without bog?

With my two .625's being fed by a turned-up 220psig pump, I can't make it bog what so ever. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just that many suggest add more W/M till it just begins to bog, and back off a little.


It in itself doesn't offer much such as the Banks TwinRam. Combined with a completely thought out system (air in / air out) it lends itself quite well. One of the main selling points of the three-piece exhaust manifold is it's inherent ability to deal with the exaggerated expansion and contraction of the manifold with increased fuel input (see Bombing). From the performance aspect, it makes it a lot easier to port the manifold if one sees fit.


I couldn't care less if somebody's Momma made it and painted it pink. Geez, grow up.

If you'll look, I painted everything black as it's the better color for emanating heat.

Hope I'm not hijacking the thread.