Re: [ST] Triumph Tuning

[drbrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Rich,

If you look a various magazine articles dealing with exhausts they support what these people are telling you.  A good exhaust system, airbox mods and EFI reprogramming should be able to deliver 5-10 peak HP and increases across the rpm range.  Now the down side this may take considerable tuning to get everything exactly correct.  This equates to a lot of dyno time if they don't have experience with your bike.  

The gains from the chain conversion are minimal as others have already stated.  Ask some one who does a lot of track days or races and they will most likely tell you to put your money in suspension and improving your riding skills.  I have always found 100-110 HP to be plenty for the street.  I ride my Sprint 2 up alot and rarely have trouble keeping up with people or more powerful and sportier bikes as they can't use thier considerable power to weight advantage on the street.

My $.02 worth,
Rick 
Pfafftown, NC

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Masiak, Richard" <Richard_Masiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sep 13, 2006 9:05 AM
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ST] Triumph Tuning
>
>I sent an email two days ago, but it appears it never made it thru.
>
>So I'll try again......
>
>I stopped at a local performance shop.  The guys are racers and although the do work for racers and squids, I asked what can be done to my engine (besides the expensive turbo) to beef up my HP.
>
>They told me the best bang for my buck is to put on a complete (but different from OEM) exhaust system.  Not just the Two Bros. slip on I have now (and tweek the EFI).  A different air filter, a 520 D.I.D. chain conversion using the 520ZVM2 and change the gearing sprockets to make less spinning mass to deliver more power to the wheel.
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>For less than $1000 they claim that all that will give me a 10HP+ increase.  It will be like a totally different bike.
>
>This will probably generate as many opinions as an oil thread, but, any thoughts on what I'm being told?
>
>Rich
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