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Old 01-01-2015, 01:48 AM
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I did a search and didn't really find what I was looking for. My bike is a 2007 Dyna Super Glide with the stock intake with a k&n filter, screamin eagle II mufflers, xieds and a Vance and Hines fuelpak. I was thinking about putting a stage 1 screamin eagle intake on to replace the stock intake. Will I see that much of an increase in power by doing that?
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I went from stock to V&H pipes, a SE Heavy Breather intake and SE Super Tuner. But I really didn't feel any difference. I'm not saying there wasn't any, I just couldn't tell. The visual difference was what I was mostly interested in, as silly as that might sound to some.

I'm sure some will say they had an increase but I'd have to see mine on paper to know it was there.
 
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The S.E. air cleaner will flow more air at high RPM. In order to find any gains you will have to recalibrate your fuel pack AND be the kind of rider that runs over 5000 RPM constantly.
Most of us Harley guys rarley ring our engine out that high so if you are like most of us you won't notice any gains. You're really talking about a few hundreds of a second on a drag strip.
If the bike runs good ride it and enjoy it, if you really feel you want more power bolt on some bigger jugs. That's the kind of power gain you will feel in the real (street) world.
 
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Is your filter high flo? If so it won't make a difference anyways. The intake will only allow in so much air. I don't think you would notice the difference.
 
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Uhm,
Why are you running Xieds and the V&H fuelpak ?
I mean what is the advantage of running two controllers ?
Anyone explain this,,,?
 
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No.. you wont see or feel much diff...
 
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Originally Posted by JohnMn
Uhm,
Why are you running Xieds and the V&H fuelpak ?
I mean what is the advantage of running two controllers ?
Anyone explain this,,,?
From what I understood, the Xieds richen the fuel settings in the closed loop of your EFI fuel management; the FuelPak makes adjustments in the open loop areas, such as acceleration, climbing hills, passing, etc. There's lots of info here: http://tuneyourharley.com/biketech/
 
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Thanks for the link;
But it's pretty much a sales pitch for the closed loop Xeid/Veid controller, Doesn't say anything about needing or using another controller in tangent with the Xeids
(shrug)
 
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From what everyones said, it looks like unless you put on a bigger throttle body and high flow heads, you won't benefit from a free flowing intake. I guess I will save the money for other mods
 
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Its minimal. You wont be able to tell.
Wish I hadnt done it, have to run a fuel management system now.
 


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