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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 12:25 AM
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what will result from running a fuel injected bike open header with no power comander or anythin? i kno that with a carb bike u would need to re jet it to richen the mixture. but would a stock ecu be able to correct the mixture enough to save the motor? any help would be great...
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 12:43 AM
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hearing loss...
There is a way to richen or lean out without the use of a pc on an 03-04 R6. Not sure for an F4i though. I'll check later... need sleep.


Modified by Son at 1:55 AM 10/8/2004
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 12:54 AM
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actually its not that bad. everyone around me cant here **** when i go full throttle... im just curious if it will lean out too much and tear the motor apart. im gunna rebuild the motor if i go turbo, but im just wonderin otherwise.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 02:06 AM
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you run a really good chance of melting pistons - there is no performance gain to running headers only on a modern sportbike
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 09:31 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike Panic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you run a really good chance of melting pistons - there is no performance gain to running headers only on a modern sportbike</TD></TR></TABLE>Melting pistons? Maybe cracked pistons? I was thinking he might drop a valve.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 02:29 PM
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I doubt he'll melt a piston, but he most likely will mess up his valves. Also going deaf and being extremely dirty when he gets off his bike. Open header on a sportbike.....thats got to be one of the most idiotic things i've heard in a while.
Wait nm....this is the f4i turbo guy hahaha. 2nd most idiotic thing.
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