ditching EFI..
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ditching EFI..
Hey all..
im new to this site but know my way around an EVO.. about 8 months ago i purchased an 08 crossbones and i'm not really thrilled about the EFI.. i built a custom hardtail w/ jockey shift, from a wrecked fatboy pre-2k that had a super-e on it and although it was touchy.. i could still make it home no matter what.. now im having stalling problems while throttling up and all sorts of electronic mods, 300$ here.. 500$ there problems just to put pipes on it??!.. i dont want to have a laptop anywhere near my bike and I'm thinking of ripping the EFI out and just going back to a super-g... any suggestions??
im new to this site but know my way around an EVO.. about 8 months ago i purchased an 08 crossbones and i'm not really thrilled about the EFI.. i built a custom hardtail w/ jockey shift, from a wrecked fatboy pre-2k that had a super-e on it and although it was touchy.. i could still make it home no matter what.. now im having stalling problems while throttling up and all sorts of electronic mods, 300$ here.. 500$ there problems just to put pipes on it??!.. i dont want to have a laptop anywhere near my bike and I'm thinking of ripping the EFI out and just going back to a super-g... any suggestions??
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+1 on EFI. I tune it myself... but I got to get my laptop close enough to plug it into the bike. 
I've beleive I have come across similar threads here in the forums but I think these are for the guys who have the MM ECMs. Where are you at in your modification? What information are you looking for?
I've beleive I have come across similar threads here in the forums but I think these are for the guys who have the MM ECMs. Where are you at in your modification? What information are you looking for?
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basically, right now im in the beginning of the transformation.. im in the planning stages and want to get it right before i start buying a bunch of un-necessary crap.. so first of all i need to know if a twin cam 96 intake manifold is the same and/or would an evo manifold fit..?
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no man.. putting pipes on was the easy part.. getting it to run right is the problem.. i took the stock exhaust off and put vance and hines short shots on it.. got the fuel pak for it and programmed that correctly.. checked and re-checked and re-checked and re-checked and re-checked.. and it still backfires if i lay into it... the idle is too high.. and i get stalls in the middle of a throttle up in 2nd.. u are right.. it shouldn't be this hard.. and that's why im gonna tear it outta there and put a carb back on it!! haha
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no man.. putting pipes on was the easy part.. getting it to run right is the problem.. i took the stock exhaust off and put vance and hines short shots on it.. got the fuel pak for it and programmed that correctly.. checked and re-checked and re-checked and re-checked and re-checked.. and it still backfires if i lay into it... the idle is too high.. and i get stalls in the middle of a throttle up in 2nd.. u are right.. it shouldn't be this hard.. and that's why im gonna tear it outta there and put a carb back on it!! haha
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ya, like i said.. im new to the site so im picking things up as i go along.. but as far as im concerned.. a conversion back to a carb i think will be cheaper in the long run than having to take my laptop w/ me on long hauls.. call me old fashioned but taking a screwdriver instead of a laptop w/ me is where im at right now..
i've got a freind w/ an 07 fatboy and he has the same problem... i may be sweating the details a bit.. but i don't want my bike popping especially if im gettin into the throttle.. when im used to adjusting a carb to get rid of that problem ya know??
i've got a freind w/ an 07 fatboy and he has the same problem... i may be sweating the details a bit.. but i don't want my bike popping especially if im gettin into the throttle.. when im used to adjusting a carb to get rid of that problem ya know??
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no man.. putting pipes on was the easy part.. getting it to run right is the problem.. i took the stock exhaust off and put vance and hines short shots on it.. got the fuel pak for it and programmed that correctly.. checked and re-checked and re-checked and re-checked and re-checked.. and it still backfires if i lay into it... the idle is too high.. and i get stalls in the middle of a throttle up in 2nd.. u are right.. it shouldn't be this hard.. and that's why im gonna tear it outta there and put a carb back on it!! haha
How does it run without the Fuel Pak at all? Do you have an Air Cleaner too or just pipes?>