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Old Nov 29, 2023 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by 60Gunner
T​​​​​​hats fine. I could care less. But you can't say it works til you can say it works. I call bs. Prove me wrong. Until you can...you cant.
There's an FP3 sitting in the circular file here if you want it. The 98 build sitting here isn't going out without a good tuner. It's not just power that gets left on the table.
That's the problem, the early V&H tuners weren't made for everything that we do today. And actually, neither are the new ones. In my conversations with V&H, after getting my Fatboy running as great as it was, suggested that my next step was a Dynojet Powervision because we had taken the FP3 to it's limits.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2023 | 09:16 AM
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10+% of 120/130hp is more than a hp or 2.
So V&H is recommending the PV for a real build? That should tell you not to waste your money on an fp3/fp4 in the first place.
Get a TTS and have it tuned on a dyno by a competent tuner. It's foolish to spend thousands of dollars on a build and skipping the most important part of making it all work...a good tune.
This was a given til the m8 mentality reared it's ugly head. It's like a pandemic... It won't go away. It's the greatest thing to hit the world of harleys, walks on water, and defies the laws of physics. Back pressure in exhaust is now a good thing and running base maps/ tune by email beats a dynotune.
Rather comical pissing in their oatmeal at a red light tho.
 

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