883 Performance Enhancement?
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Cruiser
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883 Performance Enhancement?
What are some things one can do to increase the overall perfromance of an 883 without actually bumping it up to a 1000+cc???
Pipes and intake must help a bit, a power tuner maybe, cams???
883 owners what have you done to add some power to your bike while still keeping it an 883?
Thanks
Pipes and intake must help a bit, a power tuner maybe, cams???
883 owners what have you done to add some power to your bike while still keeping it an 883?
Thanks
Road Captain
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From: Virginia
There's no replacement for displacement.
Engines are engines - and all performance improvements center on more efficiently combusting more fuel to produce more power per combustion event.
Unless you've got some personal need to keep it an 883, after stage 1, the displacement bump is the best bang for the buck.
Engines are engines - and all performance improvements center on more efficiently combusting more fuel to produce more power per combustion event.
Unless you've got some personal need to keep it an 883, after stage 1, the displacement bump is the best bang for the buck.
Pipes, instakes and a good tuning device will help the engine for sure. For real power = +1200cc is needed.
I have a stage 1 on my 883 (pipes, A/C and flash download from the dealer) and it definitely woke up the engine and it has not been tuned. It breathes...especially on the highway.
I have a stage 1 on my 883 (pipes, A/C and flash download from the dealer) and it definitely woke up the engine and it has not been tuned. It breathes...especially on the highway.
Road Master
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From: New Hampshire
Cams are not going to get you much without having your heads worked. the best improvement is by far 1250 conversion. you can gain a few ponies on stock motor by doing exhaust(2 into 1), air cleaner upgrade and a device to flash or replace your stock ecm and allow you to raise the rev limiter and run richer. it won't get you a much though. another mod i thought made a big difference was adding a tach so i knew i was using all the power i had in each gear. do you have a tach?
if you do the 1250 conversion you can send your heads to Hammer and have mild, moderate or wild headwork done. very good mod. after that it would then be time to add your cams as now they will gain you more and can be matched to the headwork you decided on.
there are many choices you can make and most are influenced by how much money you want to invest. for starters i would say get a good 2 into 1 exhaust, a/c and either a powervision or thundermax. you will want all 3 of these to go to the next steps up unless you are only interested in going to a 1200-1250 with nothing else. then you would only need a tuner of some sort. you need to decide if you only want to have it dynoed or want to be able to control your own tuning.
please ask any other questions you have.
if you do the 1250 conversion you can send your heads to Hammer and have mild, moderate or wild headwork done. very good mod. after that it would then be time to add your cams as now they will gain you more and can be matched to the headwork you decided on.
there are many choices you can make and most are influenced by how much money you want to invest. for starters i would say get a good 2 into 1 exhaust, a/c and either a powervision or thundermax. you will want all 3 of these to go to the next steps up unless you are only interested in going to a 1200-1250 with nothing else. then you would only need a tuner of some sort. you need to decide if you only want to have it dynoed or want to be able to control your own tuning.
please ask any other questions you have.
Last edited by IRON1250; May 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM.
I'd like to add that NOT A LOT of people spends time modding and tunning the 883 so it is more rare to see a 70hp 883. There's a couple of 883 dyno sheets that came up on xl forums if you wanna have a look.
Road Master
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that's because it would be cheaper to get the 1250 kit.
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How much difference are we talking ?
A) A 883 with pipes, A/C and let's say a mild cam + dyno tuning.
or
B) A 1250 conversion, pipes, A/C + dyno tuning.
I know, in the end, the 1250 will make more power. Just trying to figuring out the total cost difference between the two....and pointing out that some people would actually be happy with a mild built 883 and aren't really looking for +80hp.
A) A 883 with pipes, A/C and let's say a mild cam + dyno tuning.
or
B) A 1250 conversion, pipes, A/C + dyno tuning.
I know, in the end, the 1250 will make more power. Just trying to figuring out the total cost difference between the two....and pointing out that some people would actually be happy with a mild built 883 and aren't really looking for +80hp.
Last edited by Rockabillphil; May 20, 2013 at 01:42 PM.
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Road Master
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From: New Hampshire
well you know the parts you want so you can better price them than i can. cams are gonna be about half the price of 1250 kit however they will not gain you half the power you would get with the 1250. ball park you would save $400 with choice a. if all other parts were the same and you turn the wrenches. in all honesty i wouldn't buy the cams for what you will gain. that is just my opinion however. the above statement was made toward tuning an 883 for 70 hp which would take some headwork or a new set of heads along with cams and would be more than the 1250 kit. if you can live with the small cylinder fins i think hammer has those kits for like $540 which isn't a lot more than cams. in fact the kit and cams would be only a little more than the large fin kit depending on the cam you select. impact .560 is $325 + $540 =$865. pretty good deal.
Last edited by IRON1250; May 21, 2013 at 01:03 PM.
Tourer
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Just get a 1200 kit and built that. I noticed you've posted at least 3 threads in the past day that pertain to 883 performance. Are you looking for cheap power or is money not an issue? Either way, I wouldn't put a ton of money in an 883, when you consider that everything you can do to an 883, you can do to a 1200. If your looking for a cheap boost, just do a stage 1. Or at least add-on's that can be transferred to a 1200 when you do upgrade.