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While on the hunt for a pre-DEF diesel (like everyone else it would appear) for our next full-blown project truck, I’ve had my share of challenges. Project trucks are the foundation of our magazine and we’ve had some really good ones over the years so there’s a little pressure on me to find a good one and not mess it up. Of course those who have been with us a few years might recall our obnoxious yellow, two-wheel drive dually Dodge Cummins we called the Honey Badger. That sorry excuse for a project truck might go down as the worst magazine build of all time–just say’n.
Banks Power only makes products that will actually increase vehicle performance while beating the competition. When it comes to differential covers, Banks knew they could produce a product that would blow the competition away.
The Banks Differential cover is the first of its kind. Its unique Ram Air design cools five times better than any flat-back style diff cover by forcing air up and into massive heat radiation fins, providing the fastest cooling on the market and creating cold high velocity air overcoming the “dead air zone” behind the differential cover, and is also engineered to break away if it becomes snagged on an obstacle. Internal heat absorption fins transfer heat through the cover to the external fins.
Servicing your diff could not be easier with this cover from Banks. No need to remove the diff cover to change the fluid, thanks to the magnetic drain plug, magnetic fill port plug, and a stainless steel sight glass with a contrast screen and viton seal. (www.bankspower.com)
His dad used to teach high performance automotive engine rebuilding at a college, basically race car engine building, so he got into cars and trucks at an early age. And when asked how he got into diesel trucks in particular, he said he got his first 3/4 ton gas truck and it just didn’t cut it, so he upgraded to a diesel 2017 F350 and it was a complete game changer. He could pull anything with ease, and the stability and comfort of the power and control sold him.
By Gus Surdu
“Your money does no good for you when you’re dead,” he explained, “so have something fun to spend it on.”
Your accountant friend might have a thing or two to say about that logic, but when it comes to building diesel pickups, we’re on board.
Jacobi puts his money into a truck he could never sell, a truck that hates Wyoming and loves Utah. A truck he calls The Ranch Truck From Hell. It’s his black, 2017 RAM Laramie 3500 with an aluminum flatbed.
“Honestly, sometimes when I want to have some power and quit messing around, that’s why I have a diesel. Gas is fun. Gas is reliable. But there’s just something about driving that diesel that puts the power to the steering wheel for me,” Kara said.
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