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Dynojet - power commander

Postby r550s » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:07 pm

Got to mention - had a small fault with a PCIII after installation. Might have been my ham-fistedness. I emailed Dynojet with my woe - they telephoned me back the same day and I returned just the unit (with all my butchery on the wiring loom) and they have sent a complete brand-new boxed replacement FOC under warranty. Astounding.

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Postby julian » Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:26 pm

R550S

That's good service. I thought the PCIII was plug & play (i.e. terminated with all the S' specific connectors).

Where did you get it from, how much & was it worth it?
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Postby r550s » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:06 am

..it is plug and play & it does use the correct BM connectors - piece of cake to fit, (assuming you've had anti-seize on your old lambda probe -which needs swapping for the dynojet item) The PCIII loom could be a bit tidier though and that's why I butchered mine.

As regards benefit, well, all the PCIII can do for you is correct inaccurate fuelling. So if your bike has crummy fuelling (because of, say, an aftermarket can or air filter, or because your motronic version is the one which surges on part throttle,) then the PCIII can do something for you. If your bike alreadys fuels fine, then don't expect so much.

The PCIII gave me negligble increase in max hp, but that's because I already had a BB chip which ran a fuel map that worked fine with my exhaust etc.

The PCIII did make a big improvement at low & mid-range. Although I'm chasing peak hp as much as anybody, it's mostly just vanity. Now that the PCIII is off for repair, the bike isn't as quick.

I've kept the BB chip in, because, fuel map aside, it also lets you run higher rpm. Unlike the the PCIII, which corrects the bike's own pre-programmed fuel map, the BB chip actually replaces the Motronic's fuel map memory with a new set of fuel map/max rev combos that are created to suit a bike in various states of tune. The advantage of BB vs PCIII is that BB lets you increase the rev limit. The advantage of PCIII vs BB is that it can be programmed on a rolling road to fuel your individually-altered bike perfectly....and then altered again when you bolt something else on...

The PCIII does come with a very small choice of stock programs, which were developed for a specific R1100s with a particular aftermarket exhaust. Although you can choose and load these in with you own laptop, (and others as they become available), there's every chance you could be losing out if you don't get your PCIII properly set up on a rolling road for your own bike.

Hobbsport in Keighley W Yorks did mine. I've used other rolling roads, Mark can't be beaten & he knows the R1100s.

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Postby gus » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:03 pm

Julien
How about a group buy on the PC3.
Any others?
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Postby winger » Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:37 pm

Must have had half a dozen attempts before getting the PC wireing in the best way and god knows how many zip ties,but it fits bang on just a case of fitting it,looking at it and realiseing there's a better way!!! and another!!

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Postby julian » Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:21 pm

gus wrote:Julien
How about a group buy on the PC3.
Any others?
gus


OK - off on hols but wil look into it when I get back.
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Postby gus » Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:30 am

julian wrote:
gus wrote:Julien
How about a group buy on the PC3.
Any others?
gus


OK - off on hols but wil look into it when I get back.

I,m off on my hols end of next week.
Will do some phoning too,then we can compare and decide.
Any others wanting or needing one?
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Postby turboferret » Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:40 am

I'd potentially be interested in a PC3, depending on price.

Slight thread hijack here, but subsequent to fitting a Remus Y-piece, I've noticed a significant drop in MPG. It seems to be running very rich, and whilst on the way up to Edinburgh the other week on the M1, it ran dry after 148 miles :shock:

Of course the fact that the fuel light decided that it wouldn't do it's thing didn't help either, but fortunately I was only 1/2 a mile from the services I was planning on stopping at anyway, and there doesn't seem to be any fuel pump damage.

That's about 37mpg from that tank, whereas previously I'd manage about 55 on the motorway at sensible ish speeds.

Also, I've noticed significant low frequency cyclic surging, very obvious at around a ton, steady throttle, bike will die a bit, and after a couple of seconds, clear it's throat, and pick up again.

Any thoughts, and has anyone else had this after fitting a Y-piece?

Bike is standard performance-wise apart from the recent exhaust change.

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Postby theseadog » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:40 pm

Rich I had a Remus Y on mine prior to changing for a complete Staintunes and I have to say never noticed what you have described. If anything I think my fc improved slightly. Might be worth checking your Lamda connectors, or indeed it may just be nearing replacement anyway, what sort of mileage does it have on it >?

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Postby turboferret » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:48 pm

Mileage is approaching 37K, of which I've done about 1K since fitting the y-piece, and with an overall drop in fuel economy of around 35% ish :(

I suppose I could have damaged one of the Lamda wires whilst butchering the exhaust during my delicate disassembly procedure a couple of weeks ago :?

The y-piece did come with a blanking cap for removing the lamda probe entirely - what will this likely do?

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Postby BMWBob » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:07 pm

Just my half penn'th. I have had a Remus Y-Piece fitted to my 1998 single spark S for the last 4K or so miles and have not noticed any problems.

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Postby winger » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:30 pm

If you look at the Pelican board,some people seem to have issues with the P/C's with starting,i have to say mine has been fantastic,it's been one of the final pieces of the jigsaw puzzle so to speak, and certainley to have any chance of making sure the bike is set up right,it needs to go on a dyno or rolling road,if your darn sarf PDQ up north Hobbsport raceing they've done a lot with S's.

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Postby JoeC » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:48 pm

I may be interested in a Commander if price is right. Is this avenue still being investigated?
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Postby theseadog » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:08 am

winger wrote:If you look at the Pelican board,some people seem to have issues with the P/C's with starting,i have to say mine has been fantastic,it's been one of the final pieces of the jigsaw puzzle so to speak, and certainley to have any chance of making sure the bike is set up right,it needs to go on a dyno or rolling road,if your darn sarf PDQ up north Hobbsport raceing they've done a lot with S's.

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Yeah but lets be honest Chris most of those guys could find a problem shitting out their arses . . . . . .


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Postby winger » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:44 am

Weeelllll your right just trying to give a balanced view!!!,rather than the same old stuff of,'I've bought one there the best thing since sliced bread' routine,had my S 7 years in january(gulp) have avoided all the hair brained chips out there,and waited for Power Commander to come with something,now mine ain't stock, most of the original is in the loft!! so a PC may have made even a bigger difference to mine than someone who's got a stocker,i don't know.

One thing for sure people's priority should be buying of someone who can set it up rather than saveing a couple of bob.


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