Boost Tube Upgrade Kit

Love them

I recently did the boost tube upgrade kit from Banks and at the same time a downpipe upgrade. I am really impressed. Much better turbo spin up and upped my mpg too! Now I wish I could afford Banks Intercooler upgrade! Maybe in a year or two…

Installation woes

Recently purchased the boost tube kit for my 2012 GMC Sierra 2500HD Duramax. I reviewed the installation instructions on line and thought about printing it out. However, since it came with printed instructions, I made the conclusion that those instructions would be the most accurate. Wrong. The instructions supplied with the parts instructed to put the new driver side tube in the same location as the original. The original tube came out the top. Per instructions. The new tube could only be inserted from the top in the wrong orientation. Trying to install it (in what I finally determined was the right orientation) was impossible. The hood was in the way. The instructions did not specify to install from top or bottom. Just the same opening. So after several hours removing and rerouting various wires and components, battery , ecm, bending power steering lines, etc. I finally tried from the bottom. Of course with the wrong orientation, it would not fit either. Finally flipping it to the correct orientation it fit easily. From the bottom. Which the online version of the instructions said to do. But not the printed one. Several hours lost trying to install it with the wrong orientation, dismantling items that didn’t need to be, I finally finished the install. Yes, I could immediately feel the difference, I’m happy with the performance. However if the correct instructions been supplied with the product (various silicone tube part numbers didn’t match the instructions as well), and a simple sticker on the driver’s side tube indicating which end connected to the turbo, which end to the inter cooler, would have saved me several hours of frustration. So happy. Not happy.

Solid product

Definitely way bigger than stock tubes, a lot cleaner looking and paired with there ram air intake its mad a huge difference in how my truck responds