Thumbs Up for Power Commander V and Autotune

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It has taken a couple of long winter months, during which I assumed the weather would be too cold to ride in anyway, to get my Power Commander V with Autotune set up. As luck would have it I got it installed just in time for the February spring we are having here in North Carolina.

This weekend I got to actually ride with it installed and test some different settings.

Wow what a difference it can make. If you have made any modifications to your exhaust or air intake this will definitely help you get the most return on your investment.

As soon as I started riding I could already tell that any hesitation in the throttle that had been there before was gone. After playing with some different target afr settings I got it running really perky.

It has been a fun mod to add to the bike. The only difficulty was in changing out the o2 sensor port to accept the larger (car sized) wideband o2 sensor required for the autotune to work. Luckily a local independent muffler shop cut the old one off and welded on the larger size for practically nothing.

I had thoughts of leaving the original o2 port and simply plugging it and having the larger port installed in a different part of the muffler. I'm lucky I didn't because I later realized that the location of the o2 port from the factory is the only spot where you can install an o2 sensor without it interfering with the engine.

But since I had the muffler headers off anyway, I decided to have them coated at Jethot so they would at least remain some sense of polished steel. That added an extra month to the project.

I think the pipes look good. Unfortunately it got dark before I thought to take a photo. I will add one this week.

Anyway my staintune muffler seems to love the new fuel map!