Banks is no stranger to the diesel power realm, and at this point, it is basically a household name. We have done a few installation articles with the company's products and have received great power numbers. One of the pieces to the puzzle we have never looked into is the Banks Six-Gun Advanced Tuner with PowerPDA. This system incorporates the proven Banks Six-Gun Tuner but adds the ease and connective ability of a Palm Tungsten E2. The Palm acts as a fully useful PDA system as it was designed. When the Banks download is placed in the PDA, you have complete control over all the tuning options of the Six-Gun Tuner with added dimensions, such as gauges, power-on-the-fly adjustment, data logging, scan and clear codes, the intense Speed-Loader power level, on-screen alerts, and easy tuner updates as new software is released. Under the ever-watchful eye of our camera, Orange County Diesel placed all of the necessary components of the Banks kit into an '05 Ford F-250 Super Duty with a 6.0L diesel under the hood. Follow along as O.C. Diesel technician, Reuben, shows us the ease of the parts installation.
A simple package, the Banks...
A simple package, the Banks pieces we'll be installing are the Banks Ram-Air Intake system, Six-Gun Advanced Tuner, and PDA.
After removing the stock hardware,...
After removing the stock hardware, which held the factory air intake in place, Reuben simply popped it free from the engine bay.
On the core support, Banks...
On the core support, Banks supplies this 1/4-inch bolt to replace the dual-sided stud that is normally found there. The factory hardware will not clear the new, larger Banks Ram-Air Intake box.
The Banks airbox merely slid...
The Banks airbox merely slid in place of the stock counterpart.
Reuben pulled the MAF sensor...
Reuben pulled the MAF sensor free from the OE intake and placed it into the Banks intake tube using the new Banks-supplied hardware.
That was followed up with...
That was followed up with the grommet from the filter-life sensor.
Stainless hardware from the...
Stainless hardware from the Banks packaging was used to bolt the air tube into the airbox.
Before we went too far along,...
Before we went too far along, the electrical harness for the MAF sensor was clipped back onto the MAF.
Reuben next mounted the new...
Reuben next mounted the new washable, highs flow air-filter into the Ram airbox