Originally Posted by bignutz

Originally Posted by Hdmax

I know it's Banks, and I dislike them as much as the next guy. But reading this thread just makes me laugh. Most of you guys sound as if you are fighting back tears that a DURAMAX has beaten the mighty Cummins.
You come up with every excuse in the book.

When someone in the Cummins camp beats another Cummins powered truck, and someone complains, you say spend more money, or quit whinning, now Banks beats the Cummins, and you say things like, It just shows how deep his pockets are, or It's not a real truck.

I have yet to see an 8, or 9 second truck with all the original frame and body parts. So get over yourself already.

Originally Posted by Crimedog

WOW... I sure wish I could just have an "ordinary rig."

Can you folks not see that even though Banks has a large budget, that this is still a great accomplishment? Seriously... it ran that fast producing NO smoke. Now I like smoke just as much as the next guy, but you have to realize that he's not just talking out of his rearend when he says that smoke is just power out the tailpipe. Yes, a lot of the Banks stuff seems overpriced, and I also choose to get my power elsewhere, but you have to remember that engineering comes at a price. Banks stuff is actually engineered, not just slapping things together and putting a large price tag on it. Now before you get all excited, I'm not saying that every company out there does that, but from an engineering standpoint, Banks does their research. They put a lot of R&D into this truck, and it is a very large success. Why can't people just put jealousy behind them and accept the fact that this guy is at least trying to improve diesel performance, and succeeding at it!