jamespickett
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This is my first post, and I am no stranger to forums so I did search and it seems all of my logical terms didnt give me what I was looking for.
94 sporty 883 with a peanut tank. Petcock on RIGHT side.
I have ordered an aftermarket King tank that is a 3.5 gallon replacement for the bike, but the petcock is on the left hand side. I have done enough research to know all of the failure points when doing this job with the exception of the best way to run the (new) fuel line.
Currently the bike has no issues. Idles like a bike with a cam and given that it has a cam, good. accelerates fine in my judgement but seems a little doggish at low RPM. After reading a bit on this I understand that the OEM petcock is prone to this issue, so I am planning on changing that with or without the new tank (Any brand suggestions???)
Although the bike currently has no fuel leak, I understand that the carb inlet fitting is prone to cracking, and I fear newtons law may take effect when changing the tank, so I plan on replacing that with a Doug Keim unit as I replace the tank.
1) with a new petcock and fitting increase the fuel flow enough to require a tune? or will the bike just return to OEM acceleration?
2) When routing the fuel line through the cylinder heads, how do I make sure it never hits the cylinder heads? (Heard of someone that had a horrifying experience with this)
3) and this is totally off topic, but since its fuel related... When adding a stage one or two intake kit, will riding the bike about 150 miles to a tech/shop to be tuned damage the bike??? or will it just not be taking advantage of the full performance of the intake until it is tuned?
Thank you all in advance for responding. your time is appreciated
~James
94 sporty 883 with a peanut tank. Petcock on RIGHT side.
I have ordered an aftermarket King tank that is a 3.5 gallon replacement for the bike, but the petcock is on the left hand side. I have done enough research to know all of the failure points when doing this job with the exception of the best way to run the (new) fuel line.
Currently the bike has no issues. Idles like a bike with a cam and given that it has a cam, good. accelerates fine in my judgement but seems a little doggish at low RPM. After reading a bit on this I understand that the OEM petcock is prone to this issue, so I am planning on changing that with or without the new tank (Any brand suggestions???)
Although the bike currently has no fuel leak, I understand that the carb inlet fitting is prone to cracking, and I fear newtons law may take effect when changing the tank, so I plan on replacing that with a Doug Keim unit as I replace the tank.
1) with a new petcock and fitting increase the fuel flow enough to require a tune? or will the bike just return to OEM acceleration?
2) When routing the fuel line through the cylinder heads, how do I make sure it never hits the cylinder heads? (Heard of someone that had a horrifying experience with this)
3) and this is totally off topic, but since its fuel related... When adding a stage one or two intake kit, will riding the bike about 150 miles to a tech/shop to be tuned damage the bike??? or will it just not be taking advantage of the full performance of the intake until it is tuned?
Thank you all in advance for responding. your time is appreciated
~James