Adding Exhaust Brake

[steve49]

A friend has an 06 5.9 CTD and we got into a discussion regarding how nice my 19 exhaust brake was when towing in mountainous areas. What is a good aftermarket exhaust brake that could be added to his 06?

 

[AH64ID]

I ran the Jacobs and the PacBrake PRXB. The PRXBis the better brake, and what I would recommend.

 

[Nick]

I ran a Banks on my 06 it worked great ! It was about $1200 at the time . Put in on in 20010

 

[Brutal_HO]

I had a Banks on my 04.5 HO and if I had to do it again, I would get the Pacbrake.

I think the 06 might already have an EB ready TCM.

 

[AH64ID]

I had a Banks on my 04.5 HO and if I had to do it again, I would get the Pacbrake.

I think the 06 might already have an EB ready TCM.

The Banks and Jacobs are very similar, if not the same.

I will add that with the mods I did to my motor the Jacobs had more braking power at high rpm’s, ~2500+, but on a stock truck they will peak the same but the PRXB has much better low rpm performance.

I had a cam and 103# valve springs on the 05. With the fixed orifice of the Jacobs I could get over 75# of retarding pressure but it took some rpms to do so. The PRXB was regulated at 60#. I had planned to adjust the PRXB but sold the truck before I got around to it.

 

[Nick]

no Brake until 07 to my knowledge .

 

[AH64ID]

no Brake until 07 to my knowledge .

Auto’s got ECM controls and a EB ready transmission starting in 2006.

Manuals had ECM controls starting sometime with the VP44 trucks.

 

[Brutal_HO]

The Banks and Jacobs are very similar, if not the same.

I will add that with the mods I did to my motor the Jacobs had more braking power at high rpm’s, ~2500+, but on a stock truck they will peak the same but the PRXB has much better low rpm performance.

I had a cam and 103# valve springs on the 05. With the fixed orifice of the Jacobs I could get over 75# of retarding pressure but it took some rpms to do so. The PRXB was regulated at 60#. I had planned to adjust the PRXB but sold the truck before I got around to it.

The Banks is vacuum. The Pacbrake is air pressure. If you say the Jacobs is the same as the Bank, then it would be vacuum.

I had to install a vacuum pump on my 04 and the controller on it (Banks) never got along with the Edge (yea, yea, I know) so in a pinch I was pushed into getting a Banks tuner. The brake worked good, but I just wasn't ever really happy with the setup and the Banks tuner controller had software issues and would freeze/reboot all the time even after reloading it several times. I'm sure I could have worked it all out by throwing money at it, but with all the other mods the truck needed to pull my new setup, I just said F it and upgraded.

 

[CaptainMike]

PacBrake on my 04 1/2 and it worked great.

 

[AH64ID]

The Banks is vacuum. The Pacbrake is air pressure. If you say the Jacobs is the same as the Bank, then it would be vacuum.

I had to install a vacuum pump on my 04 and the controller on it (Banks) never got along with the Edge (yea, yea, I know) so in a pinch I was pushed into getting a Banks tuner. The brake worked good, but I just wasn't ever really happy with the setup and the Banks tuner controller had software issues and would freeze/reboot all the time even after reloading it several times. I'm sure I could have worked it all out by throwing money at it, but with all the other mods the truck needed to pull my new setup, I just said F it and upgraded.

Yes the Jacobs is a vacuum pump. The kits look identical, but Banks claims no relation

My dads 06 had a vac pump fail and we put a HD pump on it. I put the same HD pump on my 05 as a preventative measure.

I already had OBA so the switch to the PXRB was easy.


Was your 04 an auto?

 

[Brutal_HO]

Yes the Jacobs is a vacuum pump. The kits look identical, but Banks claims no relation

My dads 06 had a vac pump fail and we put a HD pump on it. I put the same HD pump on my 05 as a preventative measure.

I already had OBA so the switch to the PXRB was easy.


Was your 04 an auto?

Yes. It was a bit of an odd duck for sure. 04.5 factory HO but had the 04 APPS on the engine so Banks charged me extra for that. Gotta love leftover parts usage.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

I had the banks tuner and eb on my 05 it was wonderful