LAF or similar Drag Pipes on Street Glide
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From: Carson City NV
therefore, LAF, sounds good to me! hahahaha
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You may discover there is a difference between noise ordinance and motor vehicle code
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no worries there.
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Fair enough
Being farther east and given to venturing beyond my own rural town I prefer to fly under the radar when possible 😁
Being farther east and given to venturing beyond my own rural town I prefer to fly under the radar when possible 😁
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I grew up in an auto shop, my Dad's been a mechanic his whole life, I've been around many engine builds, teardowns, problems etc. and my Dad told me one time, not to ever ever let anyone put anything you own on a dyno.... and his reason, I completely 100% agree with....
when putting something on a Dyno, they run the living crap out of it. HARD.
Redlining any engine, even if it's a "performance" engine is very very hard on things. and especially holding it at redline like they do on a dyno is just nuts... I am VERY careful with all my engines, I never ever ever go near redline. no reason to put that kinda stress on stuff... I dont race I just need them to last. I also don't let anyone drive my car/bike either... I have a '18 Camaro 2SS - same thing, I do not even dream of redlining it. It's plenty fast enough without needing to beat the hell out of it.
People also argue and say that it's good for it to redline to "clean it out", that's total BS too with computer controlled EFI engines. (with a carb, it's debatable if it's been lugged or flooded) - but with modern EFI engines, redlining it doesn't do anything other than put a ton of stress on it. Now, CAN you do it and hav it not blow up right then and there, sure, people do it all the time... I am just not willing to put that kinda crazy stress on any of my engines.
not meaning to offend anyone who likes doing the dyno... but that's just my reason.
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No offense and I appreciate the honesty, rare these days.
When I put my 106 kit on I started it and made sure there was no leaks. Put it on the trailer and off to get tuned on the dyno. Break in and the tune was done on it. Im like you I don't beat on anything I own. I have a 2005 avalanche with over 220,000 miles on it. Baby the hell out of it, still get 13mpg though.
As far as tuning the EFI, no better way tune them, no way around that unfortunately. Changing pipes with out tuning might cause more engine problems then the dyno in the long run. Hell if it breaks on the dyno it was going to break going down the road at some point right?
Your bike you do whatever you want with it. Not trying to talk you into a dyno tune at all. Its done so much on bikes and cars that its hard to say that it causes serious engine problems
When I put my 106 kit on I started it and made sure there was no leaks. Put it on the trailer and off to get tuned on the dyno. Break in and the tune was done on it. Im like you I don't beat on anything I own. I have a 2005 avalanche with over 220,000 miles on it. Baby the hell out of it, still get 13mpg though.
As far as tuning the EFI, no better way tune them, no way around that unfortunately. Changing pipes with out tuning might cause more engine problems then the dyno in the long run. Hell if it breaks on the dyno it was going to break going down the road at some point right?
Your bike you do whatever you want with it. Not trying to talk you into a dyno tune at all. Its done so much on bikes and cars that its hard to say that it causes serious engine problems
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No offense and I appreciate the honesty, rare these days.
When I put my 106 kit on I started it and made sure there was no leaks. Put it on the trailer and off to get tuned on the dyno. Break in and the tune was done on it. Im like you I don't beat on anything I own. I have a 2005 avalanche with over 220,000 miles on it. Baby the hell out of it, still get 13mpg though.
As far as tuning the EFI, no better way tune them, no way around that unfortunately. Changing pipes with out tuning might cause more engine problems then the dyno in the long run. Hell if it breaks on the dyno it was going to break going down the road at some point right?
Your bike you do whatever you want with it. Not trying to talk you into a dyno tune at all. Its done so much on bikes and cars that its hard to say that it causes serious engine problems
When I put my 106 kit on I started it and made sure there was no leaks. Put it on the trailer and off to get tuned on the dyno. Break in and the tune was done on it. Im like you I don't beat on anything I own. I have a 2005 avalanche with over 220,000 miles on it. Baby the hell out of it, still get 13mpg though.
As far as tuning the EFI, no better way tune them, no way around that unfortunately. Changing pipes with out tuning might cause more engine problems then the dyno in the long run. Hell if it breaks on the dyno it was going to break going down the road at some point right?
Your bike you do whatever you want with it. Not trying to talk you into a dyno tune at all. Its done so much on bikes and cars that its hard to say that it causes serious engine problems
That's my methodology of thinking.
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From: pensacola fl
Next best thing is a Thundermax I would guess. Any way you want to go, it would be best to tune it if changing pipes. Hell a stock pipe would benefit from a tune, mentioned many times