Banks Power intercooler (charge air cooler) testing

[Andrace]

Both turbo inlet and throttle body inlet are in development. I cannot share details about them at this time because our competitors are also also in development. We don't want to give them any ideas.

Totally fair, and thanks, I think word of the throttle eblow development is new news.
If Banks did full aluminium radiators, I'd wait for one of those as well.

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[gmalkmus]

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.

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Any updates on this? Really wanting to get the turbo inlet and intercooler for my truck, but your website says the parts are still in development.

Not sure if it's worth it to go back to the SXTH ecosystem at this point, but the grass does look pretty green over there - they've got intercoolers, turbo inlets, and loud intakes shipping out the door. I must say I am a little bit disappointed in my Banks intake after selling my SXTH for it - it's just so dang quiet, and after that recent intake dyno shootout, it worries me that the fuel trims were so off.