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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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I put a forcewinder air intake on my 2002 wide glide...Carbed..... anyways when I GET ON it in first gear, the motor starts to sound like it Misses or crackles, is the way I describe it..the kit has 2 bolts that go into the heads then has aq hose off each side going into a little filter..

any ideas???thanks..
 
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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Did you remap your ECM?? Sounds like you may be running real lean which could be very very bad. By the way...make sure you run a water proof pre filter on that force winder...When it rains you will injest water...you cant compress a liquid and you will have an unholy event inside your motor.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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I am about to install my Forcewinder. what's the waterproof pre filter? the sock?
 
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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Did you remap your ECM?? Sounds like you may be running real lean which could be very very bad. By the way...make sure you run a water proof pre filter on that force winder...When it rains you will injest water...you cant compress a liquid and you will have an unholy event inside your motor.
1-You can't remap the ECM on a Carbed bike.
2-There is no way you will get enough water ingested thru the air filter to do any damage to the engine.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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I just found some threads on here about turning up the mixture screw... sounds like what I need... they say that the carbs are set lean from the factory due to EPA guidlines..

there are directions on how to do it, I guess you take off the carb and drill out the plug covering the screw.....
 
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