Molly
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posted March 16, 2007 04:54 AM
Down at the Dyno
Today's the day (14 March 2007) I get my bike set up on the dynometer so I get up early to make my way to Road and Track Dyno down in Aylesbury. It was a lovely bright sunny day but with a touch of ground frost. I had another cup of tea then on with my one piece race suit and fire up the bike. Off I go, the first problem was when I hit the Tesco Roundabout a Flitwick, the road was closed A little detour later and I was back on track, or so I thought. For some reason, I took the wrong road a Toddington and was heading to Dunstable so I had to turn around. As I blasted through the twisty roads I was wondering if the ride would be any different on the back.
When I arrived at "Road and Track Dyno", Chris greeted me with a cheery hello Molly, fancy a cuppa?". He made a cup of Earl Grey with a touch of sugar, " you can spit it out if you like" he said. Actually it was quite delicious. Chris put the bike on the dyno and started to tie huge straps to it to hold it in place. I couldn't believe how much preparation work he did before he fired the bike up. The first few runs got the base line figures sorted out and, as Chris expected it was running lean. He then set about producing a new map and fitting a TRE (timing retard eliminator). I toddled off for a cup of coffee.
I had told Chris that I would love to get the mid range beefed up a bit since the ultimate HP was really academic.
When I got back from coffee Chris had already completed the mods and was into producing a new map.
To recollect what I've done to the bike:
Pair of Micron Race cans
Power Commander III USB
K+N Air Filter.
Chris came out with a look of disbelief on his face, "It's ridiculous" he said, "all that power from a road bike" he continued "it would be winning GPs not too long ago." "It's ridiculous". He told me that he had found useful gains throughout the rev range and some really decent torque and HP increases especially around 7,500 to 9,000 rpm.
Peak power is up to nearly 165bhp from 160bhp at the back wheel and torque up by 3ft-lbs.
See the graph:
So, did it make any difference to the bike? The figures on the graph don't get close to telling the full story; it felt like a different bike. No doubt the TRE helped a lot in the lower gears because it's now quite a handful and want to stick it's front wheel skywards a lot more than it did before. The power delivery is very smooth and controlled whereas before it was a little fluffy in the lower rev range. Chris spent a lot of time on ironing out the lower fuelling and it certainly paid off. He told me I could expect further gains as the engine loosens up. It's only done 1,300 miles. It's not so much how much power you have but it's the way it's delivered that's important. And does it deliver.
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fish_antlers
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posted March 16, 2007 07:37 AM
thanks for the writeup....
FYI use the "img" command instead of "url" for linking pix...
assist...
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GUNNER
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posted March 16, 2007 10:24 AM
Very Nice numbers for a basicly stock bike with small mods.. WOW 81 on the torque is very good.
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GUNNER
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posted March 16, 2007 10:30 AM
I would like to see the A/F graph if you have it.
The TRE on the 10R causes the Butterflies to open quicker instead of advancing the timing like the Zukes. Like the 14 the 10 is tricked into thinking it's in a taller gear all the time and the ECU responds by allowing th secondaries to open quicker for more power sooner. So when you're in fact still in the lower gears you see a big increase. It really makes no more power it just allows you to have full use of the power that the BAD ASS 10R already makes.
Either way it's fun as hell eh???
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squicker
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posted March 16, 2007 12:33 PM
Hey Molly, what ( if ya dont mind me asking) did they charge ya for the setup??
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Molly
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posted March 16, 2007 01:15 PM
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Hey Molly, what ( if ya dont mind me asking) did they charge ya for the setup??
It was £211 GBP but that included the intelligent TRE. Money well spent.
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squicker
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posted March 16, 2007 02:22 PM
That sounds quite a reasonable cost, must run my 10 in and get it mapped. Thanks.
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Molly
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posted March 17, 2007 12:08 PM
quote:
thanks for the writeup....
FYI use the "img" command instead of "url" for linking pix...
assist...
Thanks for that
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