banks power kit

[harlemriverman]

i just put a banks power kit into my ford f350 6.0 litre turbo diesel. good description of the system at http://www.bankspower.com/ and i'm highly satisfied with the result.

does anyone know of comparable retrofit for diesl engines in boats? have not talked with banks about this yet but i don't see anything on the site for boats per se.

[StianM]

The only difference should be the headers witch nead to be water cooled.
This would reduce the amount of power the turbo could extract from the exhaust gas.

[FAST FRED]

In a truck or RV the ability to use gross amounts of power is limited to the sixe of the hill, and the vehicle load.

On a vessel the ability to accept high HP is constant , and the service life of the engine may be hugely shortened.

Think of an engine as a defuller , take 5gph (100hp)from a large tank and it will take a long time to run thru 10,000G.

Take 50 gph and the engine is scrap in less than 1/10 the time , if its strong enough to survive at 50gph..

FF

[harlemriverman]

Originally Posted by FAST FRED

In a truck or RV the ability to use gross amounts of power is limited to the sixe of the hill, and the vehicle load.

On a vessel the ability to accept high HP is constant , and the service life of the engine may be hugely shortened.

Think of an engine as a defuller , take 5gph (100hp)from a large tank and it will take a long time to run thru 10,000G.

Take 50 gph and the engine is scrap in less than 1/10 the time , if its strong enough to survive at 50gph..

FF

excellent comment, i get it and thanks!

turned the banks up to level six last night to see what she'd do under stress. gunned it straight up a very steep hill. about half-way up the turbo decompressed rapidly. thought it blew the thermostat out the manifold, i tapped it only 3-1/2 turns which i thought might be light but turns out it throug the air intake right off the turbo. that's a lot of pressure. tightened her down this morning and all appears well again, and in context with your comments i don't know what i was thinking with that kind of power on a screw. burning fuel making bubbles. jet maybe, who knows, but excellent point. thanks again.