I agree.


I'd love to have that Banks intake, but I be worried that a machine shop could do it right.

 

Brutal, hate the money for you though!!!

 

So do you think the failure was over Torque on the stud or over Boost?

 

I think over torqued the stud , cracking it and when the boost came up it pulled it away from the stud and into the motor

 

now you have me wanting to check mine. how long was it installed before this happened?

 

I was installing my water nozzles into the heater delete spacer sunday morning got everything back in place and left for home it let go going down thru town on my way home after a few wot passes to set the controller so I say about 1 hr.

 

Bad luck!

Sounds like excessive mounting torque, unless you remember how tight you made them - in which case it's likely a casting flaw exacerbated by multiple installation cycles.

Also, any strain on the cfm+ flange (i.e. from CAC boot misalignment)?