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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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I just installed se203 cams on my 05 road glide, it has a stage one intake, stock head pipes with screamin eagle slip ons, and a Fuel Moto PCIII tuned for that setup. I got it fired up last night but it was raining so I didn't get a chance to take it for a ride. I took it out today and to sum things up in two words...not impressed. It doesn't feel like it has any more power than stock and has worse drivability. Now the bike has been apart for 3 weeks so I didn't really do back to back runs and I may have had higher expectations for a power increase but it does not seem to pull down low like I thought it would and it also seems to run out of steam pretty early. It feels like I have a flat spot between 1700 and 2000 which I thought was where this cam was supposed to come alive. If you are lugging it AT ALL it has no ***** and if you don't grab a gear it wants to stall. Is this perhaps a tuning issue where maybe I should call Fuel Moto and try out a different map or is this the nature of the beast for these cams?
 
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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Definently sounds like a crappy tune, I had the 203's on my 2001 SERG and it pulled pretty hard, it did run out of steam by 5000 rpms or so
 
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 09:37 AM
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Sounds like a poor tune, it could also be you are off a tooth on the cams. It should pull clean from the bottom altho what gear are you romping on it at 1700 rpms?
 
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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I got a different map from fuel moto and switched back to vance and hines ovals from the screamin eagle slip ons I threw on it and it is running great now
 
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jbmunnoch
I got a different map from fuel moto and switched back to vance and hines ovals from the screamin eagle slip ons I threw on it and it is running great now
Good to hear.
 
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 09:10 AM
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I am glad you are happy with the cams now.
 
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