Upgrading ignition
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: land of misery
i went with a dyna 2000 on my 97 flstf, because crane was unavailable at time , and have not looked back. the performance was very good and install fairly simple . about same price as crane or maybe less cant remember, been over a year and not one problem.
Road Master
Joined: May 2008
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From: Collegeville, PA
I'm not going to call it an upgrade, but I did replace the ignition module on my 99 FXR2. I was having problems with the bike dying off intermittently and ruled everything else out but the module. Went with a Dyna 2000 single fire unit that included the coil. It has 4 advance settings and they recommended #3 for starts. I got a lot of pinging at low rpm at that setting and backed it off to the #2 curve. I still get a little pinging if I lug the motor at very low rpms. Never got that with the stock ignition. Can't really say I feel any improvement with the single fire either. So, from my personal perspective, unless your stock unit is giving you trouble, there are better places to spend money on "upgrades"
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From: North Atlanta Area, GA
There is another current thread on this same subject that i just posted to tonight!
I bought a Daytona Twin-Tec ignition kit for about $330 or so from any of the internet outfits. It comes with the excellent Twin Tec ignition module, a new single fire coil, and good plug wires. You have to make up the wires from the kit though. I bagged those, and went out and bought a set of pre-made SE wires at the dealer for all of $13, and a set of SE platinum plugs - $27 total.
The Twin Tec ignition kit comes in 7-pin and 8-pin configurations - you'd need the 7-pin version for your bike, I think. You can also get just the ignition module and not the coil - but I got both and I am very pleased with the Twin Tec components.
if you want to use the single fire option, you will need to run another wire from the module up under your fuel tank to the coil, following their wiring instructions (a blue one with weatherproof fittings is provided in the kit ). Only takes about an hour or so to install the new coil and wire.
If you do this, be sure to cut the tach wire and connect it directly to the brown tach output from the Twin Tec module, using their weatherproof connector, and make sure that the ONLY tach wire goes from the brown lead on the Twin Tec all the way to the tach. I had to fish out the tach wire at the rear of the tank on Bertha, cut it, and connect it to the brown lead on the Twin Tec. On a stock coil, the tach wire is connected to the coil, and you must NOT do this using the Twin Tec.
I bought a Daytona Twin-Tec ignition kit for about $330 or so from any of the internet outfits. It comes with the excellent Twin Tec ignition module, a new single fire coil, and good plug wires. You have to make up the wires from the kit though. I bagged those, and went out and bought a set of pre-made SE wires at the dealer for all of $13, and a set of SE platinum plugs - $27 total.
The Twin Tec ignition kit comes in 7-pin and 8-pin configurations - you'd need the 7-pin version for your bike, I think. You can also get just the ignition module and not the coil - but I got both and I am very pleased with the Twin Tec components.
if you want to use the single fire option, you will need to run another wire from the module up under your fuel tank to the coil, following their wiring instructions (a blue one with weatherproof fittings is provided in the kit ). Only takes about an hour or so to install the new coil and wire.
If you do this, be sure to cut the tach wire and connect it directly to the brown tach output from the Twin Tec module, using their weatherproof connector, and make sure that the ONLY tach wire goes from the brown lead on the Twin Tec all the way to the tach. I had to fish out the tach wire at the rear of the tank on Bertha, cut it, and connect it to the brown lead on the Twin Tec. On a stock coil, the tach wire is connected to the coil, and you must NOT do this using the Twin Tec.
Cruiser
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Just put in a Twin Tec 1005 in my '86 FLHTC. Rode 220 miles today and there was a marked improvement from my aging and dying stock system.
Smoother idle, better pulling and I noticed an improvement in power. i run a 6 speed and usually can only use it on a level section. Any rising grade would require a down shift. Not so today, pulled a lot better without pinging (after I selected the correct mode and curve.)
Smoother idle, better pulling and I noticed an improvement in power. i run a 6 speed and usually can only use it on a level section. Any rising grade would require a down shift. Not so today, pulled a lot better without pinging (after I selected the correct mode and curve.)
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