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What is the little plug behind the factory intake that is capped off.

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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 09:23 AM
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Default What is the little plug behind the factory intake that is capped off.

I put on my Fuelmoto intake on yesterday and took off the factory intake backing plate. There is a capped off plug. I just zipped tied it to the back of the new backing plate.

What is that plug for?
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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i believe its for california emissions. not needed.
 
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i believe its for california emissions. not needed.
Thanks pontiac69! I figured something along those lines!
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:28 AM
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Its definitely not required. However, I thought it was for some European crap.

Regardless, I just ziptied it out of the way.
 
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It's the Framiss. It's used to measure the number of times the fuel injectors squirt per millisecond on European specification Harleys. Just zip-tie it out of the way for U.S. specification Harleys.
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 04:35 PM
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oh sweet. I was wondering what that was. Never got around to looking it up since I changed out the stock A/C.
 
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Originally Posted by rdondes
It's the Framiss. It's used to measure the number of times the fuel injectors squirt per millisecond on European specification Harleys. Just zip-tie it out of the way for U.S. specification Harleys.
Err, that's not what it is.

Its the Active Intake Control connector. This is a gizmo fitted to the international model's air cleaner. Its a servo that restricts the air intake at low revs to reduce noise and emissions. It also reduces power and so a lot of us unplug it, stick an eliminator plug in the socket and fit a different air cleaner.
 
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i was wondering about that thing as well, thanks for the info, now i will just tuck it out of the way somewhere
 
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Originally Posted by Foxster
Err, that's not what it is.

Its the Active Intake Control connector. This is a gizmo fitted to the international model's air cleaner. Its a servo that restricts the air intake at low revs to reduce noise and emissions. It also reduces power and so a lot of us unplug it, stick an eliminator plug in the socket and fit a different air cleaner.
Exactly, just zip tie it out of the way. The stock backing plate had a mount for it.
 
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