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Old 07-13-2005, 03:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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05 Plastic Intercooer goes south!
Took a short vacation from So Cal to Ratone N. M. over the 4th of July weekend. Truck and trailer weigh 23,000 lbs. I had the Quadzilla box set to the middle position and while traveling from Kingman Az to Flagstaff Az was impressed at how well the truck ran....Speed Limit is 75 on this stretch of road and I ran at the speed limit or a little faster at times......30 miles north of Albuquerque N M , while pulling a grade on I25 heard a loud pop and the sound of air rushing out......Exhaust temps went to the moon and power was down to nothing.......Limped back to Albuquerque to a dealer and within 3 hours was back on the road again with another intercooler.....sad to say another plastic tank.....turned off the Quad box the rest of the trip.....Even stock the boost still gets up to 37 lbs......
I ordered a aftermarket intercooler from Banks today and it should be here in a couple of days........Banks claims much more efficient and more torque and hp along with better fuel mileage......sounds too good to be true.....I think I will be happy with just a intercoller that does not blow apart.....Will post results of Banks first time I get to pull a load with it.

UPDATE.....07/14/2005
I ordered the Banks intercoller kit on Tuesday morning and it arrived at my home via UPS on Wednsday about 6pm.....Started the install right away worked until 11pm and finished up Thursday morning by 8 am ....Mine took a little extra work as I have a Pac Brake with the compressor mounted on the intake manifold......had to move and fabricate a new mount ....
Very nice kit.....came with new larger intake tubes from the Turbo to the intercoller and new larger tubes exiting the intercoller.....Kit and product is first rate....The Banks unit is much larger in size and thickness.....The "High Ram" looks good and seames to work well......Temperature today here was about 100.....pulled the boat 5500 lbs plus truck 8800 lbs up to Silverwood today and seam to have much lower egt....will know more when I pull the Toy Hauler......
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