PC-V Installed
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Cruiser
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PC-V Installed
I installed the PC-V today on the WG...took about 10 minutes...pretty easy. Took it for an hour+ ride before coming here to work. I'll have to say...I can't see any difference between it and the stock setup with the HD download done to it. I guess I'll have to run it some more to get a feel for the heat being produced and performance response. That and when I get home in the morning I'll hook up the computer and watch it run....I don't know though....we'll see...just thought I'd vent a little bit...
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You ran the stage 1 download with that air cleaner and those pipes?
If these mods were done when new, did you receive a SERT with the bike?
Just curious if they dialed it in on a dyno with your picured bolt on goodies, or just threw the stage 1 down load at it and your observations are based on that?
I have modified stock exhaust, the SE air cleaner, and she sucks air to beat hell but is just a tad flat. I read somewhere the stage 1 download bumped up the rev limiter, and added some ignition advance under lots of throttle which would help wake it up. I am setting on the fence and need to pick a direction here quickly with the weather breaking.
I don't think anyone expecting huge power or torque gains will be happy with just exhaust and an air cleaner (and download or tuner) versus hard parts, but, I can feel alot less restriction with the above 2 mentioned and if the stage 1 download extracted the last little bit of potential I would be happy.
I get the impression the stage 1 does nothing for heat, as that is a by product of the mixture targets in the ecm, and you need one of the many tuners to address that.
If these mods were done when new, did you receive a SERT with the bike?
Just curious if they dialed it in on a dyno with your picured bolt on goodies, or just threw the stage 1 down load at it and your observations are based on that?
I have modified stock exhaust, the SE air cleaner, and she sucks air to beat hell but is just a tad flat. I read somewhere the stage 1 download bumped up the rev limiter, and added some ignition advance under lots of throttle which would help wake it up. I am setting on the fence and need to pick a direction here quickly with the weather breaking.
I don't think anyone expecting huge power or torque gains will be happy with just exhaust and an air cleaner (and download or tuner) versus hard parts, but, I can feel alot less restriction with the above 2 mentioned and if the stage 1 download extracted the last little bit of potential I would be happy.
I get the impression the stage 1 does nothing for heat, as that is a by product of the mixture targets in the ecm, and you need one of the many tuners to address that.
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Let me refrain what my setup was prior to the install of the PC-V. I bought it in January with the VH Big Radius 2-2's, a HD Screamin Eagle Intake, and the HD rev limiter/ignition timing download. I rode it like that for it's first 500 miles. Last week, I took off the SE Intake and installed the S&S Tuned Induction. When I did that, I noticed an immediate increase across the board. It pretty much blew be away with how noticeable it was. Last night before work, I installed the PC-V. On the hour+ ride I took before reporting to work, I didn't really notice a difference. Like I said...I'm gonna look closer at it when I get home this morning.
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The PCV adjusts off the MAP installed in the bike. If you get PCV for a stock MAP and are running a stage one download it may not run right.
With that amount of $$ in performance mods in the bike, I'd think you'd be spending some $$ on a dyno tune of that PCV to get the most out of them.
With that amount of $$ in performance mods in the bike, I'd think you'd be spending some $$ on a dyno tune of that PCV to get the most out of them.
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Yeah...I figured that after I parked it last night. I emailed Jamie @ Fuelmoto b/c I remembered when I ordered the PCV, I failed to mention I already had the stage 1 download done to it. Hopefully he can get back to me with a new MAP for me to upload. I'm not going to do the dyno tune to it until I upgrade the cams next winter.
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Let me refrain what my setup was prior to the install of the PC-V. I bought it in January with the VH Big Radius 2-2's, a SE Screamin Eagle Intake, and the HD rev limiter/ignition timing download. I rode it like that for it's first 500 miles. Last week, I took off the SE Intake and installed the S&S Tuned Induction. When I did that, I noticed an immediate increase across the board. It pretty much blew be away with how noticeable it was. Last night before work, I installed the PC-V. On the hour+ ride I took before reporting to work, I didn't really notice a difference. Like I said...I'm gonna look closer at it when I get home this morning.
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