Swapping out PCV for TTS
Swapping out PCV for TTS
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TTS is certainly better, tuners like the extra programming control and predictability, but by a lot over a dyno tuned PCV... I dunno.... unless one or two MPG, HP, or ftlb torque is a lot to you.
It will be an interesting seat of the pants comparison, however.
It will be an interesting seat of the pants comparison, however.
Last edited by ColdCase; May 13, 2010 at 07:35 AM.
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From: Bowling Green, KY
What kinda power is it making now? Whats the price difference between the TTS and PCV? I've got a PCV and very happy with it. If it only make a little difference is it really worth the money?
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The tts is not a piggyback system. it overwrites to the ecm directly. You can tune it yourself.
(yes, I've been doing oodles of research and the more I read, the more I want one.)
I just read a story on hotbike.web where they used a tts on a custom build. They then used the vtune software to tune it. Afterwards they put the bike on the dyno for further tuning. They were only able to get +1hp out of it which means the vtune software worked perfectly as it should have.
(yes, I've been doing oodles of research and the more I read, the more I want one.)
I just read a story on hotbike.web where they used a tts on a custom build. They then used the vtune software to tune it. Afterwards they put the bike on the dyno for further tuning. They were only able to get +1hp out of it which means the vtune software worked perfectly as it should have.
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Vic -
You should also take a look at ThunderMax with Auto Tune ... does pretty much the same thing ... not sure how they compare price-wise ....
Got a pretty good deal on my T-Max from a forum member who was taking it off to install TTS, though ... so, maybe that says something .... (So I'm pretty sure I paid less than TTS costs ....)
(He said the tuner he is using doesn't know how to tune T-Max, but can tune a TTS ....)
R/
'Chop
You should also take a look at ThunderMax with Auto Tune ... does pretty much the same thing ... not sure how they compare price-wise ....
Got a pretty good deal on my T-Max from a forum member who was taking it off to install TTS, though ... so, maybe that says something .... (So I'm pretty sure I paid less than TTS costs ....)
(He said the tuner he is using doesn't know how to tune T-Max, but can tune a TTS ....)
R/
'Chop
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Vic -
You should also take a look at ThunderMax with Auto Tune ... does pretty much the same thing ... not sure how they compare price-wise ....
Got a pretty good deal on my T-Max from a forum member who was taking it off to install TTS, though ... so, maybe that says something .... (So I'm pretty sure I paid less than TTS costs ....)
(He said the tuner he is using doesn't know how to tune T-Max, but can tune a TTS ....)
R/
'Chop
You should also take a look at ThunderMax with Auto Tune ... does pretty much the same thing ... not sure how they compare price-wise ....
Got a pretty good deal on my T-Max from a forum member who was taking it off to install TTS, though ... so, maybe that says something .... (So I'm pretty sure I paid less than TTS costs ....)
(He said the tuner he is using doesn't know how to tune T-Max, but can tune a TTS ....)
R/
'Chop
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I don't think the value of Dyno tuning with the TTS is necessarily hp & tq. I gained a little in that area, but not enough to warrant the $500 price tag. What I did gain is a great hp & tq curve, no pinging, just smooth steady power all the way. As long as I am above say 2700 rpm I can just pin the throttle and the bike does what it is supposed to do.
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I mean what if we transfer that idea onto an auto-mechanic who prefers to work on mercedes but you own a chevy. Does that mean you have to sell the chevy and buy a mercedes?s