How do these temperatures sound?
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From: Virginia
For what it's worth, I've kept an eye on my engine temps and at 90F ambient +/- have found the following. Heads at the plug run about 250F, front of primary runs about 170F-180F, rear of primary runs about 140F-150F, front of engine around oil filter runs around 200F, behind barrels runs around 180F and gearbox runs around 170F-180. Can't read on chrome so I'm not really sure what the oil temp is. But I don't have FI and it's measured with an IR thermometer. I take readings when I pull into the garage so it's been moving before I take the readings.
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From: Ponchatoula, LA
Xied
I had the XIED installed hoping it would cool the bike down. With the new exhaust I got decel popping. I checked with Nightrider and V & H and they both said that running them both would not cause a problem. I will probably have the XIED removed when I take the bike to the shop. FP3 stopped the decel popping, BTW,
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260-265* at 70 mph? My 07 ultra is at 305...PV1 tells me that.......why are my temps so much higher than all the others I'm hearing about?
Bike runs well....no decel pop.......could get better highway mph(37-40)...ran some auto tunes with a map from fuelmoto....what gives with the temp?
And that is with the fcs running!!!!
Bike runs well....no decel pop.......could get better highway mph(37-40)...ran some auto tunes with a map from fuelmoto....what gives with the temp?
And that is with the fcs running!!!!
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From: Florida
Hmm, I've not seen temps over 250* ,Thats idling in stop n go beach traffic that doesn't get over 30 mph, in 90*+ temp weather,when moving temps come down to 235* . That has been average since installing Wards FCS. Measured with Power Vision gauges logging data almost every time I go for a ride. The digital dipstick reads oil temps up to 270*. No oil cooler 96 ci. 40 mpg city. My cruising zone AFR is just under 14.3 or .970 lambda.
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Ive hit some pretty high head temps with my bike.
The highest I've seen was 360*f
My cruising down the highway temps run about 240-250, they were at a steady 266 when I had my 255 cams.
The highest I've seen was 360*f
My cruising down the highway temps run about 240-250, they were at a steady 266 when I had my 255 cams.
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From: Ponchatoula, LA
New data
So, instead of letting it idle for 15 minutes (never again), today I just rode the bike normally in stop and go traffic, then on the Interstate. The engine temp got to 280 F in the traffic. It cooled down to 265 F on the interstate. When I arrived home taking some country roads at 40 mph, the engine temp was 271 F. Al temps are using the Vance & Hines FP3 module,
After parking the bike in the garage, I placed a candy thermometer in the oil filler tube and confirmed that the bulb was submerged. I covered the opening with a towel and let the thermometer sit for 5 minutes. The oil temperature was 185 F.
This seems pretty good to me.
A little bit of decel popping has returned, but not too much. I will see if the adaptive learning of the ECM changes running temp and the decel popping with time. If not, I may flash a new map with "competition" rather than "standard" baffles as the choice. Another option will be to use the Autotune feature, but I may wait until the XIEDs are removed.
This is too much fun for a retired scientist to have!!!
Wayne
After parking the bike in the garage, I placed a candy thermometer in the oil filler tube and confirmed that the bulb was submerged. I covered the opening with a towel and let the thermometer sit for 5 minutes. The oil temperature was 185 F.
This seems pretty good to me.
A little bit of decel popping has returned, but not too much. I will see if the adaptive learning of the ECM changes running temp and the decel popping with time. If not, I may flash a new map with "competition" rather than "standard" baffles as the choice. Another option will be to use the Autotune feature, but I may wait until the XIEDs are removed.
This is too much fun for a retired scientist to have!!!
Wayne
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I run XIEDs as well and notice that it does a pretty darn good job at correcting AF ratio. I get some decel popping at times, but no more than when I had OEM exhaust. The thing about a muffler is that you can't hear the popping.
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185 is very low. you have a Softail, I guess the filler tube is on the oil tank under the saddle? maybe the softail/B motor have cooler oil as the reservoir is outside the engine unlike A motors and this gives a chance to the oil to cool down a bit while it is being pumped back and forth from tank to engine.... I guess