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[Gaz262]

I now considering fitting our hosts power commander kit at some time in the future on Effie. Will she be pleased? Who knows but she has a K&N style air filter already with a standard 'all blued-up' silenecr that looks like a bazooka!
Has anyone else done this conversion on the first EFI Electras that came out in 2008?

[Gaz262]

What I meant to say was......

I am now considering fitting our hosts Power Commander kit at some time in the future on Effie. Will she be pleased? Who knows but she has a K&N style air filter already with a standard 'all blued-up' silencer/bazooka pipe! Has anyone else done this conversion on EFI Electras that and how easy was it? What are the pros & cons of this and what will it give me over the existing standard 'EFI' box? Any words, wise or otherwise will be of great interest.

[Nobbi1977]

Fitting a power commander takes an hour at most.

Think of it as a big box of jets for a carburettor but you can set the correct fuel everywhere.

Is it worth the money on a low power thumper? Absolutely, get an open can on and the correct map and it will feel like a new bike. Extra power is not huge but uumph and smoothness are increased.

[CGT 535]

I had a power commender fitted to my Continental GT and set up carried out on a dynamometer. The performance gain wasn't a great deal but the bike is now much more pleasant to ride. I've since fitted one myself to an Electra EFI and as Nobbi says, it took about an hour.

[Gaz262]

Thanks Nobbi & CGT - I am to wiring what an elephant is to hang-gliding! - I'm presuming the power-commander goes on as a replacement for the existing ECU? Or does it sit alongside? It seems a lot of money & I'm wondering if it would justify fittine it, that's all.
Cheers again guys!

[Nobbi1977]

It fits inline with the current ECU. Have a look on the power commander site and there is a fitting guide

[CGT 535]

The one that I fitted myself came from Hitchcocks with easy to follow fitting instructions. Simply un-plug some connections and then plug in the power commander between the connections you've just unplugged. Very easy to do. The hardest part might be tidying up the wires afterwards.