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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 03:22 PM
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Hello, I just ordered a PCV from fuelmoto. My bike is stock except for SE air cleaner and Supertrapps.

Will the improvement be enough to notice right off the bat?

I do plan future work like head work and cams with headpipe that has O2 sensors to support the addition of the auto tune. It is running pretty lean right now.
 

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In the past when I bought a PC it was with a package like cams and big bore so I never got to feel any difference with just a programmer.
 
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Apparently I can expect nothing.Cool.
 
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Just by adding a PC-V the difference will be subtle with the right map. The truth is (and the haters will chime in here) that the ECM will adjust to a stage 1 (headers mufflers , and free flowing air cleaner) just fine. Personally I've never seen anyone post that their bike blew up without blowing hundreds of dollars on a tuner.

You plan additional mods so the its an appropriate choice, but I wouldnt expect to be doing wheelies just because you added a PC-V
 
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Bike is a 2004 so there is no ecm adjustment going on because there are no O2 sensors. Right?
 
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less heat,stumbling,pinging,surging.increase in throttle response,fuel moto maps tend to be a bit rich so u might lose 1-2 mpg.imo worth the difference.never knew how bad it ran stock till i added the pcv.
 
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