Thanks DC for the reply and advice sounds like you have a very strong and fast bike! with one hell of a engine build! as for your question about Zippers and the ThunderMax on my build, my concern with the zippers line is as follows;
When I walked into zippers, thinking that talking to someone in person would be the best way to get straight advice from the “experts“, the only advice I was given after fully explaining what bike/engine I have now was someone (rather leave the name out) pointing into a book and saying I “should buy the 95” kit” When I re-explained that I already have with the SE set up the 95”,mild cam, 9.4:1 pistons producing 91lb.s TQ from factory, he pointed to the Zip Kit page? When I re-explained that I wanted to increase power and TQ from what I have now, he said “you could just put a bigger cam in it” Giving up on getting advice from the “experts” about my engine upgrade I asked about the ThunderMax wanting to know if they had a base map for the ThunderMax with RB Racing 2 into 1 pipes and a Pro R hyper AC he said it does not matter what pipes you have or what AC the map they have is “close enough” (without the auto-tune) If this were the case why then would they list pipes that they are “tuned“ to? I‘m sure that Zippers spent countless hours tuning for a specific pipe and ac and just didn’t get the feeling that the “expert” I was talking too had my best interest in what he was trying to (shovel my way) sell! Lastly thinking that living so close to them I could just drive my bike into their shop and let them do a build for me he said we are not a shop and only sell the parts, I would need to find a shop and have them do the work. I understand that Zippers has the reputation of high end parts but the impression I left the store with was that if I want to buy a “kit” off a page from a book they have it for me. If I want to build from what I currently have now I need to find a shop that can do that on my own. If I want to use their ThunderMax on my bike I have to accept the fact that although they have expert tuners in the back setting up specific pipes to ac units creating the perfect map, It’s “good enough” for a totally different pipe and totally different AC that I want to run with? Also after reading some of the post by others on this site with respect to what they were told and what they ended up with, and how they do not get a clear answer or timely response to problems, I think I should stay away from Zippers at least till they have a set up for what I want to build. I know this was long winded and I’m not bashing Zippers this is JMHO and the impression they left on me.
Thanks again for your answer to my question with your build up what riding conditions do you run? do you have heat build up in slow traffic? Do you run pump gas? how many miles and how long have you had this build running?
Again I don't want to start a forest fire of controversy with regards to Zippers I just thought talking to them in person would have a more informative outcome that I could rely on for my engine build. ..Hoody
Author
Topic: Advice for m 95" (Read 3406 times)