RE: Re: [ST] Power Commander worth it?

["Stuart Mumford" <s2mumford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject:
>
> > I have a source for Power Commander for $289 with a custom map and dyno
> runs
> > to tune it for an additional $200. (US dollars)
> >
> > Seem like a fair price?
>
> TuneBoy is $310 and is a better, cleaner solution IMO.
>
> > My question is how much benefit do these things have over the stock ECU?
>
> PCs just tweak the output signals of the stock ECU, they don't replace it.
>
> Garry
>


Hi Garry, I understand that they are a piggyback setup, I guess I could have
phrased the question better.

What I meant to ask is whether a Power Commander allows for custom maps,
rather than just allowing the download of Triumph tunes, which is what I
believe the Tuneboy does.

My bike is an '02, from what I understand, the second genration ECUs don't
allow the same kind of fine tuning that the 1st generation did.
I know on my '99, I watched the mechanic dial in the CO% with a Tunebot (I
think) and a sniffer in the tailpipe, but getting my '02 to run right with
thh Jardine pipe involved hours (literally) of trial and error, downloading
different pre-programmed maps to the ECU over and over. Not to mention some
spectacular backfiring on deceleration.

If someone would be kind enough to enlighten me, I would appreciate it.

Thanks
Stuart Mumford
Riverside CA



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