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It seems like me and all my buddies with AC's have had power valve/servo motor problems this year... everytime we go for a ride together someone has a problem that cuts the ride short so Ive been looking at ways to eliminate this problem.
The BDX power valve delete looks to be the cheapest, easiest, and most reliable fix but it appears to be just a fixed insert that doesnt open or close, and I cant wrap my head around how that can work good... it just seems like theres got to be a reason for the vakve to be there and theres got to be a reason for it to open and close at different points so I dont know how a fixed insert could take its place without a major loss of power somewhere in the curve. They have dyno sheets showing an actual power increase and it looks to be an increase across he entire curve could this actually be true does anyone have any experience with this, especially on a 1000 cat???
The STM system sounds like a decent option, taking the servo motor and cables out of the equation but I only know one person that has this and hes only got a couple short rides with it and his stupid sled is still throwing a intermittent ECU-18 code that really hurts performance and makes him really nervous never knowing when it might throw the code and bog down on him. He took it back to the mechanic that installed it and he said he went thru it with a fine tooth comb and called STM and worked with them they say the "chip" is good and wired right so it must be a faulty ECU causing the problems now... but since his sled hasnt ever worked right since the change and hes got very little seat time since the swap he doesnt know how well its working either
Sooo can anyone give me the pros and cons of either of these setups or any good or bad experiences???
The BDX power valve delete looks to be the cheapest, easiest, and most reliable fix but it appears to be just a fixed insert that doesnt open or close, and I cant wrap my head around how that can work good... it just seems like theres got to be a reason for the vakve to be there and theres got to be a reason for it to open and close at different points so I dont know how a fixed insert could take its place without a major loss of power somewhere in the curve. They have dyno sheets showing an actual power increase and it looks to be an increase across he entire curve could this actually be true does anyone have any experience with this, especially on a 1000 cat???
The STM system sounds like a decent option, taking the servo motor and cables out of the equation but I only know one person that has this and hes only got a couple short rides with it and his stupid sled is still throwing a intermittent ECU-18 code that really hurts performance and makes him really nervous never knowing when it might throw the code and bog down on him. He took it back to the mechanic that installed it and he said he went thru it with a fine tooth comb and called STM and worked with them they say the "chip" is good and wired right so it must be a faulty ECU causing the problems now... but since his sled hasnt ever worked right since the change and hes got very little seat time since the swap he doesnt know how well its working either
Sooo can anyone give me the pros and cons of either of these setups or any good or bad experiences???
