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Banks and the L5P Duramax

FishOnOne
Nomad
Nomad
This new L5P looks like a nice piece. It'll be interesting to see what Banks will squeeze out of it and what will be the weak link along with teaching some of the other tuner community.

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N-Trouble
Explorer
Explorer
FishOnOne wrote:
N-Trouble wrote:
There are a lot of capable/respected Dmax tuners that dont hold their breath for what Gale turns out.

As pointed out L5P tunes wont be for the masses unless they can get the $$ way down from where it is.


And I'm sure Gale feels the same about them as well. He stated years ago about the dirty tunes that will kill their industry and he was spot on. Just ask H&S and now Bully Dog and their parent company how it turned out for them.


Old news... Those were the old โ€œcannedโ€ tuners that put out the dirty tunes. All the reputable EFI live tuners are turning out clean tunes these days, along with many offering emissions intact tunes.
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ShinerBock
Explorer
Explorer
H&S and Bully Dog's down fall was due to there own success which put them on the EPA's radar. Although Bully Dog is more of a canned tune and H&S was a semi caned tune that was known to pop head gaskets due to the limited parameters they had access to which caused timing spikes.

They were not going to last long anyways once EFI live and EZLYNK finally became available for more brands besides GM. These tuning platforms were leaps and bounds ahead in the amount of parameters and tables that can be adjusted which allowed tuners to increase power to levels that would break stuff with an H&S. Most of the EFI or EZLYNK tuners are small compared to companies like H&S or Bully dog, and it would take the EPA a lot longer to go after all of them.

Gales recent tunes have always been on the very mild side since he does not alter any emissions equipment on modern diesels. He is too big of a company and I am sure the EPA would jump on him like a chicken on a June bug the second he did. He cannot afford to alter anything.

Tunes like those from Calibrated Power Solutions say they are "emissions intact", but that does not mean they don't alter emission controls to achieve their power numbers. For one, they turn off the EGR and put reducing NOx solely on the SCR.
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FishOnOne
Nomad
Nomad
N-Trouble wrote:
There are a lot of capable/respected Dmax tuners that dont hold their breath for what Gale turns out.

As pointed out L5P tunes wont be for the masses unless they can get the $$ way down from where it is.


And I'm sure Gale feels the same about them as well. He stated years ago about the dirty tunes that will kill their industry and he was spot on. Just ask H&S and now Bully Dog and their parent company how it turned out for them.
'12 Ford Super Duty FX4 ELD CC 6.7 PSD 400HP 800ft/lbs "270k Miles"
'16 Sprinter 319MKS "Wide Body"

N-Trouble
Explorer
Explorer
There are a lot of capable/respected Dmax tuners that dont hold their breath for what Gale turns out.

As pointed out L5P tunes wont be for the masses unless they can get the $$ way down from where it is.
2015 Attitude 28SAG w/slide
2012 GMC 2500HD SLT Duramax
B&W Turnover w/Andersen Ultimate 5er hitch

ShinerBock
Explorer
Explorer
Calibrated Power Solutions(Duramaxtuner) already has a tune package available for the L5P up to 550 rwhp. Only downside it that the tunes start at $5k because of all that is involved due to ECM and TCM locks.

Duramax tuner L5P tuning

It only costs a Cummins owner about $1500 to get the same amount of horsepower.
2014 Ram 2500 6.7L CTD
2016 BMW 2.0L diesel (work and back car)
2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 3.0L Ecodiesel

Highland Ridge Silverstar 378RBS