Fuelpak??
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Fuelpak??
I am looking for feed back on the V&H fuelpak. I bought a set of V&H Sideshots for my 2007 Dyna WG and have a forcewinder that I plan on installing along with the pipes. I was all set to buy the Fuelpak but after talking to the local dealer I was told that they have some issues with hesitation and popping. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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The SE racetuner is a great unit. My thought was to install a unit that would not change the baseline programming of the ECU. It is an impending doom that we will soon have to have our bikes smog inspected to licenses them. I was looking for a unit that I could simply bolt back on the factory exhaust and swap the plugs on the unit and ECU to pass any inspection. Also the SE racetuner will link to the ECU and only work on that bike, the other units simply unplug and install on a new bike or sale them if I go beyond stage 1. I am only looking to go stage1 so I just want a unit that will allow me to run my pipes and AC and will also adjust my fuel mix away from the overly lean EPA settings.
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I installed a fuel-pac two weeks ago. I did the K&N filter kit, V&H BSS. I have no hesitation and very little pop on decell. My SB runs way better, way more responce. I did the fuel-pac becouse you can just unplug itand go back to stock. You just never know what is going to happed in Calf. with the smog SH*T.
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Dirtrace95 wrote: The PCIII is the way to go, easy to tune and also fix's rev limiter.
I've never understood why a normal street rider would want to increase the rev limiter. The torque falls off well before you hit the limiter. And it seems like you'd have to do more frequent maintenance and probably be looking at a rebuild sooner if you often run above the stock rev limit. Maybe a racer. But why a street rider?
I've never understood why a normal street rider would want to increase the rev limiter. The torque falls off well before you hit the limiter. And it seems like you'd have to do more frequent maintenance and probably be looking at a rebuild sooner if you often run above the stock rev limit. Maybe a racer. But why a street rider?
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I just installed a Cobra Fi2000r with O2 and a K&N air kit on my 07 Street Bob. I used the standard settings they shipped the unit with. My bike runs great with no hesitation or popping
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At some point in time even a normal street rider because of some traffic condtion will be very glad he moved the rev limiter up. Its very distracting and even upsets the bike when you hit the limiter in a compromising condition in traffic trying get out of the way of something or trying to blend in traffic in a short distance.Just because you move the limiter up doesnt mean you have to use it all the time. But you no you have it if you need it.
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I tried the fuelpak on my 07 WG and I wasn't thrilled with it. I didn't notice any improvement and the pshchology of not knowing really got to me. By that I mean I just wasn't comfortable plugging numbers in a box and never really knowing what was happening with the bike. I've used the PCIII on other bikes and it's really the same kind of deal. If you don't take the bike to a dyno and get some diagnostics done on it you'll never know what's really happening.
After using the fuelpak for a month or so I took it off and sold it. I've since replaced the stock ECU with a Thundermax unit with auto-tune. I'm still tweaking on it after 3 weeks but at least I can plug my computer up to it and see what's happening. The other advantage of the Tmax is that I can make changes in the future and I won't have to go back to the dyno. I can just download the best fit map and let the auto-tune do the rest. Also, if I ever need to go for an emissions test the Tmax will allow me to overide all A/F ratio settings with whatever setting I want. In other words, I can just lean the hell out of it for the test and then click a box to go back to my normal settings.
I wouldn't say the fuelpak is a bad product but I will say I'm much happier, though also much poorer, with the Tmax.
After using the fuelpak for a month or so I took it off and sold it. I've since replaced the stock ECU with a Thundermax unit with auto-tune. I'm still tweaking on it after 3 weeks but at least I can plug my computer up to it and see what's happening. The other advantage of the Tmax is that I can make changes in the future and I won't have to go back to the dyno. I can just download the best fit map and let the auto-tune do the rest. Also, if I ever need to go for an emissions test the Tmax will allow me to overide all A/F ratio settings with whatever setting I want. In other words, I can just lean the hell out of it for the test and then click a box to go back to my normal settings.
I wouldn't say the fuelpak is a bad product but I will say I'm much happier, though also much poorer, with the Tmax.