#POWER COMMANDER VS ECU FLASH INSTALL#
#POWER COMMANDER VS ECU FLASH FULL#

IРІР‚в„ўve had customers put their bikes on a dyno after an ECU remap and their AFRРІР‚в„ўs are just about bang on. And there is always a factor of safety built into these tune files to ensure reliability. So the end user will get a tune pretty much customised for their bike if they tell the tuner exactly what they have done.

#POWER COMMANDER VS ECU FLASH FULL#

My take is that modern manufacturing processes now punch out bikes that are so closely cloned that IРІР‚в„ўm not sure this is such an issue any more, lets face it, the bikes all pretty much feel the same off the show room floor.Р”В®CU tune developers will take a bike and tune it both on the track and on the dyno in every conceivable state of modification and develop tunes for each of these, for example there will be an optimised tune to suit an R1 in stock trim, then another tune developed for the bike with a slip on, then another with a full system and so on. These tuners will argue that manufacturing tolerance deviations will produce bikes that are all profoundly different and require custom AFR tuning. It has to be said though that there are decent and reputable tuners who donРІР‚в„ўt do this, so donРІР‚в„ўt be afraid to ask if you go down this path. This is a problem throughout all disciplines of automotive tuning. S very easy to manipulate the results of the dyno graph to show a much larger gain than you actually got. They do this by adjusting the fuel controller until they are satisfied with the AFRРІР‚в„ўs throughout the rev range of your bike, you then give you a print out that shows the AFR curve as well as power and torque curves. Proponents of Power Commanders are usually tuners (or customers of) who have a dyno in their workshop, they will fit your fuel controller then give you a РІР‚Сљcustom tuneРІР‚Сњ to suit your bike and its modifications. Deceleration maps can be altered giving a much improved throttle transition and removing that dreaded snatch.Rev limits can be increased, this sometimes lets you pull a gear that bit longer before having to shift or have the rev limiter savagely cut in adding to your lap times.There are many settings and limits which can be changed or removed when an ECU is remapped. When an ECU is remapped, these retards are simply removed and youРІР‚в„ўre good to go without the need of a TRE. People sometimes fit Timing Retard Eliminators (TREРІР‚в„ўs) to combat this, again more wiring, modifications and components to install.

#POWER COMMANDER VS ECU FLASH INSTALL#

Factories sometimes install timing retards in the first three gears of their bikes to lessen the power hit. Fuel controllers can not alter a bikes timing. Altering (advancing) the bikes timing is where more power can be safely gained over border line AFRРІР‚в„ўs. Timing tables or maps can also be edited. ECU remapping can achieve this without hacking into the bikes wiring or having additional components strewn throughout the bike by altering the existing factory maps. Most tuners will aim for anywhere between 12.8-13.1 at Wide Open Throttle (WOT) as this provides a safety margin. The ECUРІР‚в„ўs internal settings or parameters are edited so that the AFRРІР‚в„ўs are changed to bring them closer to the ideal 14.7:1.

Too lean РІР‚вЂњ high combustion and exhaust temperatures, engine damage РІР‚вЂњ holed pistons etc.

Cooler combustion and exhaust temperatures.

Dirty exhaust pipe or soot and excessive smoke (unburnt fuel).

Rich AFRРІР‚в„ўs will present the following issues. This alters the Air Fuel Ratio (AFR) of the bike, more fuel equates to a richer AFR, less fuel a leaner AFR.

They intercept and change the signal from the Engine Control Unit (ECU) to the injectors, adding or taking away fuel during combustion.

Power Commander (PCV, Bazzaz РІР‚вЂњ Piggy back Fuel Controllers) And maybe the best way to go about answering this in a way everyone can understand is to describe what they both can and cant do. IРІР‚в„ўll start by saying theyРІР‚в„ўre both excellent at what they do. This is the one question I get asked the most often when it comes to street and track bike tuning.

Power commander vs ecu flash