Any get a chance to see the Banks Power upgrades that they brought to SEMA? Wow!! Interesting videos as well regarding how the LP5 block and heads were designed.
Some crazy but, perhaps not setup
Some crazy but, perhaps not setup
Speaking of poverty
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Moved to Smoke Signals. Its Banks....IMO, none of that will ever actually help the Duramax community in general.
We know the history of banks, my man. Sadly, the way he turned against some diesel leaders/innovators because he "thought" he knew what was going on, really turned alot of people off. He makes alot of claims, some are backed up, some are just fluff
Don't get me wrong, I do like quite a few of the Banks products, but I do feel like he is just blowing some smoke. I do wonder if what he's asking them to impliment is in his line of engines that are used for military/crate customers and not the engines slated for GM's production line since the engines are made at DMax LTD then shipped to GM.
There is no real need or benefit to GM by changing the cam/springs/pushrods over what they already have as it isn't a failure point. I do certainly agree that there is room for improvement (this can be said for any platform) but I just don't see us seeing reasonable gains this way (unless his cam is somehow made from diamonds and makes miles more average power/torque). Gale mainly works on military/crate-style engines and does not need to be bothered with the emissions lifespan or warranty concerns that may arise over 100k miles.
Gale also gets to spend all of his time on an engine dyno where he makes bold claims. Has his L5P they're working on made impressive HP? Sure, but at one set RPM by slowly adding load which we all know is 100% not realistic. There will be RPM swings from shifts, RPM swings from simply running through that specific gear while increasing vehicle speed (IE running from the bottom of 4th to the top of 4th). What's more impressive are the guys out there beating the shit out of them in trucks day-in-day-out.
Just like his diff cover videos. All his testing over numerous videos just to turn around and try to sell you a $400 diff cover....
In one of Gale's videos (more recent), he talks about the various cams he designed with Comp for L5P, pushrods they had Trend do, and valve springs (I believe Comp did them as well?). Gale also stated he is trying to get them onto the production line. If he means into GM's vehicle plant or just on the Dmax LTD line for his engines I do not know.
His diff covers work unlike the other after market covers that send the fluid to the wrong place.
I think this one. He's talking about getting the engines headed to Banks assembled with his parts at the factory so they would have to do less when they supercharge them.
They did change it for the L5P https://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/threads/l5p-lifter-failure.87885/
Correct, I'm saying it's not a widespread failure. I know they're not the same as 01-16. Adding more spring pressure and a different cam profile isn't going to magically solve the issue.