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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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Spawned from my fun with rejetting, I'm curious what you all think about the Dynojet Thunderslide. I know many people advocate saving their money and just doing the jets and shimming the needle; I spent $9 for my own rejet "kit". So I completely understand the rationale behind saving the money you would be spending on a box of jets you won't use.

For those of you who like the jet kits..........What about the Thunderslide kit? Worth the extra $?
 
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 01:59 AM
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I don't know the answer to this but I have often pondered the same question. I was considering a Thunderslide but since I wasn't planning on going too radical with my engine mods and much of what I read about benefiting from a Thunderslide was related to having a Stage 2 upgrade, I decided to go with the basic Dynojet kit.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 02:11 AM
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i have read somewere that the thunderslide kit is not very good on the sportster as it rises 2 quick and causes a rich spot that you cant tune out
 
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 09:46 AM
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Tech at shop said he'd done many and everyone raved, although only 2 of them were sportsters. Hadn't heard about the flat spot.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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I have the kehin and i paid 35$ for the kit and it works great for the price difference in the dynojet.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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You can get very good results just rejetting without all the fancy things that are wasted in those kits. You need usually just a larger low jet to get it running right.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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I just finished a Stage 1 on my 05 1200C with the TS kit. Works great.

BTW, the instructions with the kit were from '03, and said to set the needle clip on #4. It should be on #6, per new instructions from Dynojet website.
 
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