Carpenter Questions



Increasing the pipe size will bring the pipes closer to you, one hell of a difference between working with 1.5" pipes compared to 2" pipes.
 
scot in exile said:
Increasing the pipe size will bring the pipes closer to you, one hell of a difference between working with 1.5" pipes compared to 2" pipes.
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Makes total sense and I'm sure trying to tuck in as much as possible has a negative affect on performance.
 
Now I am pondering, as a first step, sending in my ecu for Carpenter to flash and buying their headers since this will need to be done if I get the 240 package anyway. The guy at Carpenter says I can expect about 150hp out of my touring with this setup. Is this a legit number do you think?
 
IMHO - an actual dyno be WAY better than a flash.
I'd suggest you do your intake (Ramair) & exhaust first, get a sufficient tune to download & then make the reasonable ride to WA and see Nels at Two Wheel Dyno Works.
 
Having done both, I can assure you that the flash from Carpenter will give you better power.
 
Steel said:
Having done both, I can assure you that the flash from Carpenter will give you better power.
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Scott,
As I recall, you went to a hack - not a real tuner. No way a generic download would be as good as a bike specific dynotune.
Just sayin' . . .
 
1olbull said:
Scott,
As I recall, you went to a hack - not a real tuner. No way a generic download would be as good as a bike specific dynotune.
Just sayin' . . .
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Correct sir about "a real tuner". The tuners I've talked to around my neck of the woods only adjust fuel and only through Power Commander. Most won't even touch timing. I think the real tuners (NEV, Carpenter for example) make multiple runs and adjust all parameters to get the best possible outcome. I'll bet you if you ask your favorite tuner if he also does timing (through our ECU), he will say no as he will have no idea how to access it. So a generic tune through a real tuner might give you a better outcome than a individual tune adjusting only fuel.
 
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