I have heard both and they sound almost the same.

 

Now ya had to go and say that! Now I am torn again!

 

Does this help i vote banks .

 

Me toooooo!!

 

Me three:hail: ...you CAN see the tips very well on the car when looking at it both near and far..no problems there!

 

Well, you guys have me sold - I just ordered my Banks exhaust for my 88 Iroc Convertible. I got the 4th gen rear - so hopefully it won't be too hard to mod to fit on the vert! Anyone ever put one on a vert before?

Now of course, I have to wait 3 weeks before it comes in : p

 

Hey gchu make sure to let me know how it goes and how ya like it!

 

I should be getting mine any day now. I ordered it roughly 4 (Aug 6) weeks ago...also for an 88 vert (no 4th gen rear). As of today, (i just called) engine tech doesnt even have the system in from banks yet!

 

Has anyone actually recieved their system recently? How long did it take? I had ordered mine a couple of weeks ago, but am getting worried about how long it's going to take - I failed my inspection because of a rusted out muffler but really did not want my car off the road for a month waiting on a muffler.

 

I am still waiting...going on week 6! I have spoken with richard at entech several times and the hold up is with banks and not entech. he assures me that banks will ship tomorrow (9/14). But I am getting pretty impatient with this.

 

subzero can you send me the banks exaust sound clip?

 

Hi guys:
I'm interested in the Banks Cat back, too. Can I please get someone to email me a sound clip? I love the way it looks, and I think I'm in love with 1gta2c's little running girl icon.

 

how did you hear what it sounds like?

 

those who want the clip PM me..

 

There is another sound clip by nova ss in the Borla vs banks thread if anyone is interested.

 

=[ someone post the soundclip. or email it to me @ airpak@gmail.com and i'll post it up.

 

I guess it must have been my order that got them going - they probably have a minimum economic order quantity (EOQ) set on their MRP system - very old school manufacturing philosophy/systems - don't let me get started on that..........

But I digressed - I got my call from Entech that Banks shipped my system on 9/15 (ordered around 9/1). I can't wait to get it installed - I also picked up a set of used 1 5/8 SLP headers.

Rubyred88 - let me know if you actually got your set - I'm curious how long transit is suppose to be.

I'll post a pic once everything is installed!

 

Richard from engine tech left me a message yesterday saying that banks shipped it wednesday (9/15). They (engine tech) send in orders to Banks with a minimum of 5 systems. He told me they are trying to get more and than just stock them, to avoid the long delivery delay. Banks makes these to order and does not stock them..."just in time inventory" at its finest!

 

I got it today!

 

You got me all excited - I thought mine would be waiting for me when I got home, but it wasn't : (

Maybe it will be there today.

How does your's look? Any problems?

 

It is a work of art! I called banks directly to get a ups tracking number . Cant wait to put it on. my factory system is welded on so i have to take it to the shop to get them swapped out. Hopefully next week.

 

enjoy

 

Mine arrived yesterday!

You were right - it is a work of art (I got the 4th gen tips for my 88 Iroc)! I took it and my car right to my garage - hopefully they will be able to install it before this weekend!

It took about 3 weeks but right now it looks like it is worth the wait. Can't wait to hear what it sounds like!

 

I picked up my car today from the shop installing my Banks system.

It sounds GREAT!!!!!!!

I really like the look of the 4th gen tips on my 88 Iroc Convertible. I would recommend it without hesitation!

The only downside was the bill - the shop charged my $180 for the install since there was "extensive fitting and welding to ensure proper fit of the system". Not sure if I got picked off or what, but from my calculations, that works out to about 2.5 labor ours. Which i guess is a reasonable amount of time to install a cat back, right?

Let me know how much your placed charged to install yours.

I'll post pics later!

George

 

glad you like it!..the banks kit rocks:hail: Seems a bit high on the install price though!..i installed mine myself and did the rear hanger mod in about 1 hour total and DID NOT WELD ANYTHING...don't know what your installer is talking about there?..Do you have modified cats on our car or somthing that would cause the I-pipe not to match up correctly?....

Oh well, enjoy the banks!

 

I am going to do mine myself this week. Help me understand...Rear hanger mod?

 

If you had gotten the 4th gen rear, the rear hanger apparently needs to be changed to line up on a 3rd gen.

I couldn't tell you what's involved as I had paid someone to install it for me.

If I recall, you had gotten the 3rd gen rear, so the mod should not be an issue for you.

 

I got my system a week ago and had it put on.. it was definitly different than the flowmaster i had that was broken up. I wanted to wait a bit before i made a real judgement on it.. Right now (a week later) Its incredibly raspy... not sure if that has to do with the tuneing of the car, the fact i have no cat on it.. or if that is the way its suppose to sound. I am getting the car re-tuned soon.. then i am going to see what it sounds like.

 

How much did you get charged for the installation? I had gotten charged $180 (which works out to about 2.5 hours of labor) and want to know if I got over charged. There is some other work I need to get done and need to figure out if I want to do business with them again.

Thanks,

George

 

There is a guy i have taken the car to several times.. he installed it for $80.

 

Does anyone know what the difference between the 3rd gen kits are?

For example, there is one for a 88-92 L03 TBI (my engine).


Is there another one for a TPI 350 engine that's better, but will work on my car.


Is this a full 3" cat back exhaust system?

I need to know what to get!

 

anyone have any advice on what kind of a hanger to use ona a 2 on the left system to keep the left side hanger form constantly breakinging

 

I am planning on ordering the banks kit this week, but I have a question about the tips. The third gen kit has two tips on the left side and the fourth gen has one on each side, is this corrcet?

 

yes that is correct the third gen kits have 2 on the left tips and the 4th gen tips are a set of oval tips one on each side

 

is there any way to get a 3rd gen kit with a tip on each side? i'm not too fond of two tips on the same side..

 

Yes, just call engine tech (their number and website is in one of the earlier posts) and they can set you up. I got the tip on each side setup for my 88 Iroc (it is also known as the 4th gen rear) and I love the way it looks and sounds. Total cost shipped to Philladelphia was $351.00