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Old Jun 14, 2013 | 08:56 AM
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Do the tuners that have pots that basically just richen up the amount of fuel help much in the way of performance?
 
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Old Jun 14, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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I bought my '09 with a Dobeck TFI on it. Still pinged?? I'll ship it ya to play with for $10 to cover shipping.
 
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To answer the question. No.
 
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Adding or removing fuel is a small prt of tuning your bike. A lot of people like their fue tuners like dfo, fuel Pak ect but they are limited in gains
 
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Originally Posted by Sprinter7x
Do the tuners that have pots that basically just richen up the amount of fuel help much in the way of performance?
As suggested above, not so much.

While you will read lots of anecdotal evidence, the fact is most EFI systems contain a couple hundred cells and many other tables all trying to work together to meet the needs of the end user.

There might be a cell of two that will benefit from a specific increase in fuel...but the cells on each side of it may require less fuel. To simply dump in more fuel across the board usually doesn't work so well.

Do yourself a real big favor and spend some time understanding the HD EFI system. You'll most likely make a more informed decision and start seeing just how much BS there is on the entire subject.

Good luck!
 
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