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Dyno run brings bad news
The previous owner of my 2009 XTR removed the snorkel and fitted a stage 1 filter. I bought it in great condition at 2500 miles. Now, at 4500 miles, I'm wondering how it's running, as I'm not sure about these mods without changing the fuelling.
So this morning I took the bike into my local dyno centre for an air/fuel run. My expectation was that it would be a little lean, but nothing to worry about, as that seems to be the consensus on the forum: stage 1 filter and snorkel removal is OK without more fuel. After an hour, the tech comes back clutching pieces of paper and starts explaining things. His view, in a nutshell, is that at low throttle it's so lean it's almost off the chart. His opinion is that if the bike is used regularly at low throttle or cruising, that it's lean enough to eventually cause problems. On the plus side, power does seem up a couple of bhp on the default XT660 chart. I mentioned a 2000-mile trip coming up and the tech's view was not to use the bike for the trip without sorting the lean mixture. So I have 4 options. 1) Leave it and hope it doesn't go pop. 2) Buy a standard OEM filter, take the performance hit, and hope for the best. Maybe pay another �35 for a dyno run to see if it's at least better. Keep an eye out for an old snorkel. 3) Buy Kev's fuel and O2 mods. With all respect to Kev, I had hoped to leave the bike as stock as possible without resorting to the DIY wiring that one finds on used vehicles. The stock running of the bike doesn't bother me too much. 4) Cough up the �500+ for a Power Commander. Their usual price is �300 including fitting, plus �150 for the custom map. However, they said the inclusion of the O2 module in the XT kit would probably add cost at all stages, so expect �500-�600. Yikes! Needless to say, I'm pretty gutted. I certainly didn't want the bike with less performance, and I did expect it to be on the safe side of lean. I'll wait for the quote on the Power Commander option and then see what to do. Here's the dyno chart. |
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That is rediculously lean between 3000 and 4500rpm!
You'll need to either go back to stock for now (which is still rather lean in that area), or get a Kev mod/O2 controller sharpish. You really don't need to spend big bucks on a PC to sort this out; the only significant benefit of a PC is you can "fine tune" everything in small increments with a custom map. The PC is the perfect solution, but you'll have to ask yourself is it �400-500 better? |
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Doesn't the Kev mod simply enrichen the mixture by X at all times (in open loop)? Wouldn't that mean that the setting that sorts the lean range would then cause the 5500 to 7000 range to run incredible rich at around 10:1?
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Yes, in a way, but it is adjustable. The O2 controller is more what I was thinking. Looking at your problem, it is controlling the closed loop that would see the best results.
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I considered removing the snorkel removed but I seen an ad for DNA filter mods and I noticed that that they recommend a restrictor being fitted to reduce the size of the aperture into the mouth of the air filter when not using a power commander,
I have fitted a Kev's Mod, Pipercross airfilter and a GPR exhaust, so instead of removing the snorkel I shortened it considerably but the aperture into the airfilter has remained the same I have set the Kev mod to 9 oclock and WOW what a difference (brilliant). Hope this helps |
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I don't know if the DNA filter is what's made the bike so lean, but I have a K&N version I could try. Unfortunately, each dyno run takes about 3 hours of my time and �35, so I could spend a lot of money swapping filters and blocking the air intake before I get any safe results.
Pleiades could be right that the O2 controller alone would sort my problem, but I'm looking for Kev to spot this thread before I take any action. If I spend �70 on the O2 controller, plus another �35 on a dyno run, and it's not solved the problem, I've spent �100 of the money that could have gone on a PC and custom map. If I could find a used snorkel online I'd go back to stock for now, but it seems people must hang on to them. I wish the previous own had kept the one from my bike!! |
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One big question was the AIS blocked off for the Dyno run?
The Dyno graph only shows 100% throttle run, what was the part throttle run A/F ratios at? Can you get me the Dyno run files so I can have a look at them?
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Click here to join the XT Supporter's scheme Mods that I have done to my XTX's My 04 XTX Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil / [ My 07 XTX Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator / My 09 XTX 59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946 |
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As far as I know, the AIS was not unplugged or blocked. The tech didn't mention AIS at all, and I've certainly not done anything to it. The bike has the standard cans so I think AIS is untouched. Why?? I've left a message asking the question though, and also requested the dyno charts and information on the part-throttle run. I'll update when I hear back. |
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This is why you have shown abnormal low end leanness results on the Dyno but the real facts are your bike is not lean at all in the low end.
AIS stands for Air Intake System, the system injects air into the exhaust system after the exhaust valves, the Dyno will see the extra injected air as a lean mixture. You need to block off the AIS every time you want to check the A/F ratio otherwise you will always get false A/F ratio readings. If you disconnect the connector at the AIS the valve will remain open^& the whole map will show over 16:1 A/F ratio from idle to rev limiter. Any good Dyno operator should know this basic prerequisite before a Dyno run. They won't give you all the Dyno graphs as there would be many of them, ask them for the Dyno run files they can Email them to you, I will decrypt them for you & will be able to tell exactly what your bike is doing on the Dyno.
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Click here to join the XT Supporter's scheme Mods that I have done to my XTX's My 04 XTX Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil / [ My 07 XTX Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator / My 09 XTX 59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946 Last edited by Kev; 25-07-13 at 13:34. |
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Do you know on what criteria the AIS works? Is it temperature dependent, revs dependent etc.? Is it likely on the graph I posted that the AIS would be operational up to 5000rpm and then not? Or is it more likely that the entire graph is skewed by 2 and that it is actually fine at low revs but rich higher up? |
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