Banks Power intercooler (charge air cooler) testing

[Banks Power]

To properly evaluate an airflow components, in this case a charge air cooler, every component in the system is instrumented with pressure and temperature sensors, as well as a turbo speed sensor. The only variable is the new component. This tells us precisely where the gains and losses are occurring pre and post engine. In the case of Tacoma intercooler testing, Banks and all competitors are drilled and tapped for sensors. An AirMouse Ambient Condition Sensor is mounted in the grill and anemometer is mounted just in front of the intercooler core.

Listed on the first photo are the external sensors feeding the Banks iDash Data Pro mounted to the A-pillar int he cab via an iDash Stealth Pod. The iDash marries the external sensor data with all available OBD data and records at 25 samples per second. Hundreds of hours of data can be recorded to the microSD card. The .csv file cane be opened with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or any datalog viewer including our free datalogviewer.com. Guesswork is eliminated. The iDash can be installed in your Tacoma in just minutes. It displays dozens of data points your dashboard does not or cannot display. As the the battery of OE-level intercooler tests continues, we'll update this post.

We're thrilled to be part of the Tacoma community and encourage questions.

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[portalhunter]

Exciting! Cant wait to see it in person.

 

[Andrace]

I'd love to know what difference you're seeing in turbo shaft speed with your various components.
I ordered the boost tubes the day the CARB Auth was announced.

 

[HarryDaHamster]

Haven't used Banks yet but your products look very well developed. Please provide data comparing to the other brands

 

[JuanitoBonito]

Very excited for this intercooler. I was gonna go with Mishimoto but am now rethinking it.

 

[Will721]

This is awesome, can't wait to see the video on it. But I'm still waiting on an Banks exhaust and trans cooler soo....

Get back to work!

 

[stuckinsocal]

To properly evaluate an airflow components, in this case a charge air cooler, every component in the system is instrumented with pressure and temperature sensors, as well as a turbo speed sensor. The only variable is the new component. This tells us precisely where the gains and losses are occurring pre and post engine. In the case of Tacoma intercooler testing, Banks and all competitors are drilled and tapped for sensors. An AirMouse Ambient Condition Sensor is mounted in the grill and anemometer is mounted just in front of the intercooler core.

Listed on the first photo are the external sensors feeding the Banks iDash Data Pro mounted to the A-pillar int he cab via an iDash Stealth Pod. The iDash marries the external sensor data with all available OBD data and records at 25 samples per second. Hundreds of hours of data can be recorded to the microSD card. The .csv file cane be opened with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or any datalog viewer including our free datalogviewer.com. Guesswork is eliminated. The iDash can be installed in your Tacoma in just minutes. It displays dozens of data points your dashboard does not or cannot display. As the the battery of OE-level intercooler tests continues, we'll update this post.

We're thrilled to be part of the Tacoma community and encourage questions.

I'm waiting to see how the exhaust you guys teased sounds. I wanted to just swap to the trailhunter high clearance exhuast tip, but I'm waiting to see how the Banks one sounds.

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