Diesel Smoke
 

is more smoke more power?

the smoke is unburnt fuel that is not being ultilized.
wouldn't i make more power if my truck didn't smoke?

To me...more smoke means you need more turbo.

I would like to be totally clean.

so why does alot of people want smoke??
i'm confused.... what new right LOL

I dunno. I do think people making lots of smoke is what is driving the trend to crack down on diesel emmissions.

my understanding is that racers and pullers emit the amount of smoke they do is because they have to have enough fuel in all rpm ranges so they tend to run a little heavy in some areas to compensate for others.

i also heard at one time that it's necessary to do it this way because the amount of unburned fuel controls temps to an extent. i have no idea if this is true and it seems like an odd thing to me.

but for daily driving, it's not necessary and will hurt our hobby in the future, IMHO.

does the banks sidewinder smoke?

email them and ask. seriously. that would be interesting to see their response. i don't know if it does but i'd guess probably not.

i don't think it does, it's on you tube

I think Banks is in California....so they are probably a little more careful than the other performance companies

smoke is relative to vehicle load too. if he's just easing into the throttle with an unloaded vehicle you probably won't get much smoke. i wonder what would happen to that truck if you put a sled behind it or retuned it for the 1/4 mile with the go pedal jambed through the floor board. i'll give banks credit in that he does make an honest attempt to run a "clean" truck but it's all relative too.