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Serious problems after tuning!!!

3.9K views 49 replies 10 participants last post by  Bikesofbrads  
My advice is:
1. Only use a semi synthetic JASO-MA/2 rated oil. I could care less what the Amsoil fanboys/resellers/marketing has to say.

2. You may need to add some free play to your clutch. These bikes need more clutch free play than you think would be needed.

3. It sounds like the tune they gave you has some issues. That in and of itself isn’t a deal breaker. Maybe they ran out of time or they just downloaded a ‘canned’ tune, ie: someone else’s. If so, that seems lazy on their part. Is the tune through a Power Commander PCV or a Maximus directly to the ECM?

What made you decide on the 505 cams versus the 501’s or the Andrews cams?

I don’t need all the digits on one hand to count off all those I’d trust to tune my Victory. My Maximus kit from @NOEMTZ came in today. I’ll be removing the oem O2 sensors tonight and calling Noe in the morning.
 
The only license I know of that allows direct tuning to your Victory ECM is called Maximus, from TechnoResearch.

There are several Power Commander type add on boxes (PCV, PC6, the old Lloyds boxes etc) that go between your ECM and the coils & injectors.

A stutter specifically between 2700 to 2900 rpm seems odd because the bike is, or should be, spending a lot of time between 2700 to 3300 rpm.

I suspect the shop re-tuning this particular bike will get it sorted out via their tune, not a fuel pump.
 
116/117 would still be a generous dyno.

I’d say 95%+ would likely fall into the 110-113 for HP and 110-114 for Trq. That’s with cams, Lloyds air filter, decent mufflers and either Maximus or a decent dyno tune with a PCV.
 
Are they by chance a H-D tuning shop that specializes in Powervision (for H-D, not for Victory) tuning software? Or did they get you a Maximus license from TechnoResearch? If they somehow broke into your ECM on their own, that could be a real problem.

How long before you can get the bike back to them for them to see the bike’s tune is off? Give them an opportunity to make things right.

A bad fuel pump likely wouldn’t only be bad at certain rpm range.