IROCKZE

Hey all,
Thinking of the Banks cat back system, has anyone had any experience with this? They claim something like 30 percent more rear wheel power. Kind of hard to belive.

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85 IROC,tpi,t-tops,fully loaded,black with red l/s "camaro" interior,91 Bose system, Fastchip,TES,AFPR,K&Ns,92 police 700r4

"The devil drives a Camaro"

Bob R

I've had a Banks cat back system on my 89 IROC L98 for over three years. It's works real good for me and also has an Awesome sound ! You should look into also getting their Y pipe that will go from your stock manifolds to the cat. Now that really helps. The stock Y pipes are a joke ! The only thing is both tailpipes will be on the left side like a SLP setup. Some guys don't like it. I have no problem with it for the performance I get out of it.





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Bob R
(ROCN-Z)
89 IROC L98

P J Moran

I've had one on my car since '87! I love it! It fits perfectly and sounds better than anything I've heard since. It's holding up great. I suspect it will last as long as the car does.

Problem is, they don't make 'em any more. On "the boards", no one ever mentioned their system (it's always Hooker, Flowmaster, Dynomax, etc.), and I wondered why. So, out of curiosity, I called 'em a couple of weeks ago to ask. They told me they sold all of their F body stuff "years ago". They're primarily into trucks and RV's nowadays. Go figure.

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'87 IROC 5.7l TPI - original owner!

calroc

I had a Banks Power Pack system. The performance and sound was great, but not 30 percent power increase like they used to advertise. The only thing I didn't like was the muffler used glass for sound dampening. After a while (years) it got too loud. I now use a Mufflex 3 1/2" with a SpinTech muffler.

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85 calif. iroc
383/A4
9" rear

IROCKZE

Thanks for the advice guys. I ordered the Stinger (cat back only) from TPIS yesterday. They are closing them out for $250.00 plus shipping. I asked them about the Y pipe and they don't have them. I have the Edelbrock TES headers but am waiting to Jet Hot them before I install, so that should help with the Y pipe.

By the way did anyone have any milage gains?

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85 IROC,tpi,t-tops,fully loaded,black with red l/s "camaro" interior,91 Bose system, Fastchip,TES,AFPR,K&Ns,92 police 700r4

"The devil drives a Camaro"

paul_huryk

I had the Banks exhaust on my Camaro for 10 years now, but it rusted through and replaced it with a Mufflex 3-1/2" exhaust. I also have one on my daily driver IROC, sounds good.

I have to say that Bank's claim is for the LG4 motored cars, where it gives and honest 35-45hp gain when using a 3" cat. TPI guys will be lucky to get 20hp. I'm refering to the y-pipe and cat-back here.

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Paul Huryk, billionare in training.
Monkey Guy Racing
Almost part of the moderately infamous NJ in-your-face all goomba crew

Do it right the first time.

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1985 IROC LG4 POS Best: 15.20s at 92.1mph
1984 Camaro 350 LG4 Best: 12.21s at 121.7mph

The smart person pays for something today so that more is received tomorrow.
The ignorant person gets something today and hopes to have enough money to pay for it tomorrow.

Brad

I'm curious as to why they (Gale Banks) told you they sold ALL of their F-Body stuff years ago...I had a partial system which was missing the 3" intermediate pipe piece that went from the cat to the axle pipe. So I called them about 3 or 4 months ago and they sent me the replacement piece for 60 dollars. It DID seem that they had to really search for it, but they found it . I haven't gotten around to installing it yet, since I'm waiting to get a 3" cat. But the thing looks killer, especially the muffler. You can hold it up and look straight through it with NO restrictions anywhere!

Bob R

Hey Brad,
you are going to like it big time .......



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Bob R
(ROCN-Z)
89 IROC L98

IROCKZE

I should have mine by the end of the week...can't wait to put in on!!

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85 IROC,tpi,t-tops,fully loaded,black with red l/s "camaro" interior,91 Bose system, Fastchip,TES,AFPR,K&Ns,92 police 700r4

"The devil drives a Camaro"

P J Moran

As I recall, Banks' Y-pipe was responsible for most of the gains of their system. I wouldn't recommend buying a "cat-back" system that didn't include a good Y-pipe. Their just isn't much to be gained without it. Now, if you're running headers that include a Y-pipe, that's a different story. In that case, cat-back only would be just what you want.

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'87 IROC 5.7l TPI - original owner!