2025 RAM 6.7 Intake: 3D Scanning & Development
While we can’t reveal precisely what we’re up to with the 2025 RAM 6.7L, we can say that performance parts are indeed coming for the latest generation. Stay tuned for Gale’s video about the history of the Cummins Side-Draft Intake Manifold. You may be stunned to learn the design was pioneered by Banks more than 20 years ago.
Digital polygon mesh capturing the intake port geometry and packaging constraints on the 2025 6.7L Cummins.Our initial 3D scan of the 2025 RAM 6.7L intake sets the foundation for a performance system built on decades of Cummins airflow innovation. The side‑draft intake, pioneered by Banks over 20 years ago, is being revisited with modern scanning tools and calibration techniques. This ensures a perfect fit, engineered airflow, and emissions compatibility from the start.
Expect new parts tailored for the next-gen truck that offer real gains in throttle, spool, and sustainability. The upcoming release will honor legacy engineering decisions while embracing new materials and calibration. Stay tuned—this journey bridges Banks’ foundational intake science with future engine performance.
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From Side-Draft Pioneer to Next-Gen Cummins Metrology
Gale Banks pioneered the Cummins side-draft intake manifold design over twenty years ago during the development of record-setting land-speed competition trucks, including the world-famous Banks Sidewinder Dakota. Recognizing that the factory inline-six top-entry air plenum forced boost air into an immediate, turbulent crash barrier, Banks redesigned the induction system to enter horizontally across the cylinder head. This proprietary geometry drastically equalized cylinder-to-cylinder airflow distribution, ensuring cylinders 1 and 6 received the same dense air charge as cylinders 3 and 4.
Today, that foundational aerodynamic science is elevated with sub-millimeter 3D optical scanning and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). For the redesigned 2025 RAM 6.7L Cummins platform, Banks metrology engineers map every underhood contour—including high-pressure common-rail lines, wiring harnesses, brake master cylinders, and thermal clearances. This digital twin allows the engineering team to model organic, sweeping internal radii that eliminate boundary-layer separation and boost pressure drop before physical prototypes are ever machined.
Beyond maximizing mass air flow and sharpening turbocharger spool, this rigorous digitizing process guarantees exact OEM-level fitment and 50-state emissions legality. By designing around factory sensors and emissions equipment from the earliest CAD phase, Banks continues to bridge legendary racing heritage with cutting-edge, production-ready diesel performance.
Related Cummins Airflow & Engineering Articles
- Cummins Grid Heater Bolt Fix: Banks Monster-Ram — Explore the comprehensive engineering guide explaining how the Monster-Ram system permanently fixes factory intake hazards.
- Smoother Path. Less Fight. Better Drive. — Discover how the Monster-Ram’s no-dent geometry and fuel line reroute eliminate intake pumping losses.
- See How Grid Heater Failure Really Happens — Watch Gale Banks break down the physical signs of grid-heater electrical arcing and mechanical failure.
- Monster-Ram intake manifold for ’07-Current RAM 6.7L Cummins passes emissions testing! — Learn how Banks engineered 50-state emissions-compliant performance on earlier 6.7L Cummins platforms.