POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
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RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
Fuel Pack is great if you have V&H pipes. PCIII is great no matter what pipes you have. Also, if you do decide to Dyno it (I did) any good dyno shop has a connection for the PCIII that automatically sets every cell in your fuel map (basically its just a spreadsheet with + or - values at RPM/gear/speed ratios to keep your a/f mixture correct). Oh yeah, one more thing, you don't need any downloads from the stealer if you fit the PCIII, no matter what they try and tell you, because it sits between your bike and the ECM and feeds it the values as if they are coming from the bike sensors.
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RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
i am going with the fuelpak... probably will get it from fuel moto or maybe local dyno $hop... in a related question: do i now also have to change my air cleaner? this pipe swap is getting expensive!
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RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
CAREFULL if your softy has a "B" motor don't adjuust your rev limiter above 6200 RPM.
The counter balancer bearing overloads will result in a very spendy repair
The counter balancer bearing overloads will result in a very spendy repair
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RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
ORIGINAL: rockerhead
CAREFULL if your softy has a "B" motor don't adjuust your rev limiter above 6200 RPM.
The counter balancer bearing overloads will result in a very spendy repair
CAREFULL if your softy has a "B" motor don't adjuust your rev limiter above 6200 RPM.
The counter balancer bearing overloads will result in a very spendy repair
+1 on that...
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RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
If you are just looking to kick it up a notch and just cruise then save the money and go with the Fuel Pak. If you are a POWER freak then the Power Commander III is the way to go. Maps are easy and if you want to you can hook it up to a 9volt battery and program it right at your PC. If you have a laptop even better. But you have much more versatility with PCIII. As your pipes break in youmay need to tweek. If you ride like I do when you reach certain elevation you might want to tweek again (economy vs power). Bottom line is even if you are not a tweek maniac like some, once you set it you can forget it. It maps the sensors through a much wider RPM range then the Fuel Pak or stock HD uploads. I research the heck out of these and although the Fuel Pak is a great buy for the money and I have one on my Road King, my vote still goes to Dynojet and the Power Commander III for versatility and Dyno buffs.
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RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
Yea, definetely go with the Dynojet PCIII. You can do more with it...... The mapping that comes with it (if ordered through Fuelmoto) is good, along with the other free downloads. You can also take it to an authorized Dyno Tuner to tune it to your bike even more and raise the RPM if you would like. You could do it yourself, however if you don't know what your doing, you may screw it up......
I would suggest highly the Ness stage I air intake/breather to go with the pipes and PCIIII
I would suggest highly the Ness stage I air intake/breather to go with the pipes and PCIIII
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From: new england, worcester county, mass
RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
finally ordered power commander and big sucker from fuel moto today... hopefully i'll get it all together by the weekend... thanks for all the input. i'll let you know how i make out...
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RE: POWER COMMANDER VS V&H FUELPAK?
Hey Joshh,
Did you have Fuel Moto aka Jamie pre-install the map into the PCIIIfor your setup??? He did for mine, I took the bike to HD for a Dyno tune and it only took just over 2 hours as opposed to 4 hours which they told it would probably take...KUDOS to JAMIE !!!
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Did you have Fuel Moto aka Jamie pre-install the map into the PCIIIfor your setup??? He did for mine, I took the bike to HD for a Dyno tune and it only took just over 2 hours as opposed to 4 hours which they told it would probably take...KUDOS to JAMIE !!!
Bone