Banks cold air intake

timmac wrote:

timmac wrote:
Anyone tell me the stock V-10 exhaust manifold is just as good as the Banks header system, check out this pic and than tell me

Why haven't the naysayers have anything to say about this pic, what is better, stock or Banks ??


:B

Well, that depends on what you mean by "better." If you mean low cost reliable, durable, low maintenance, emission compliant exhaust system, clearly it WOULDN'T be the Banks system. Ford/Chevrolet doesn't think so either otherwise the vehicle would come that way from the factory.

Currently, OE's have to certify that their vehicle emissions systems will comply with EPA/CARB standards under the regulations that they certified it would. That means it must meet new vehicle emissions standards for 8 years and/or 80,000 miles, which ever comes first. If it doesn't, then they are on the hook to fix it (on their time/dime) until it does. (times however many units are in the field)

With the Banks system, the distance and the exposed surface area between the exhaust ports and the catalytic converter (the headers) is exponentially greater that the stock system. Think back to your college level classes on fluid dynamics, physics, heat transfer, chemistry, thermal expansion, strength of materials, combustion theory etc. (Oh that's right, I forgot, you never took those classes, . . . what a surprise) In your race car example above, that means that, under some operating conditions, the catalytic converter may drop below its light off temperature and it may not operate efficiently when below its required operating temperature range so that the vehicle may not comply with it's emissions limits. For you, that's not an issue. For OE's it is. Google "Volkswagen emissions scandal" if you don't think so.

I don't care if you want to tack all that race car stuff on your vehicle. That's up to you. Take a look in the pits at any race. What do you see? Hint: People working on their vehicles. That could be you!

Clearly, you prefer to get your engineering degree from the school of hard knocks with a minor in marketing and advertising.

That's where you take the test first, gain experience second, and learn your lesson last.

Me, I took the traditional route where I learned the lessons first, gained experience next, then took the test last.

Chum lee