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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 05:42 PM
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Default Zippers Thundermax with Autotune... start up popping

Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to the site and have been trying to read through the forums. Man, there is a lot of great info here! Anyway, my first technical post...

I have a 2010 Dyna Wideglide that I put on a V&H Propipe, Zippers high flow air filter, Zippers Thundermax with Autotune, and Andrews 37 cams and adjustable pushrods. I did the cams after I had the other stuff done for a few months. The bike seemed to run and perform awesome before I did the cams. I had no issues and was very impressed with the t-max autotune. After I installed the cams, the bike still runs good after I let it warm up, but when I start it up at first, it has some poping or sneezing at an idle until it warms up a bit. I have to blip the throttle a few times to get it cleared up. Usually after I head down the street, it clears up. What do I need to do to adjust or tune this out? I'm a little intimidated to just go into the sections of tuning the module without having some advice first.

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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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Not sure if you did this according to the above, but did you write a new map to the module that matches the cam? I think the TMax will auto tune only so far, will need to be updated with a new map.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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Yes, I forgot to mention that... sorry. I did re-map it after the cams were installed. I've been searching around online this evening and I found this link showing to alter the timing right around idle and timing at the low levels of the TPS


I just tried this with my map, and installed it in the module. I'm going to see how this does when I leave for work in the morning when it is cool out (when the popping happens).
 
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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Ok, I will have to wait till in the morning when it is cool out to see if the popping/sneezing out of the throttle body has stopped, but I just went for a ride around the city. It seems a lot more responsive off idle and pulls harder under acceleration. Seems like a nice difference in how it was running. I'll know more tomorrow morning when I head to work. Will post an update.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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Just an update if anyone is interested... the bike ran great and no popping today. Hopefully it stays that way.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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Glad to hear.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 07:31 AM
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That's wicked, I need to check that website you stated to see about how rich my bike is running.
 
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