You could definatley do that, lots of guys just run canned maps for a stage oe and are happy with it. SE pro tuner should also have a smart tune (maybe V tune I forget exactly what it's called for SE Tuners) that will let you dial your VE's in to fine tune it a little. The biggest problem I have ever had with canned maps is the timing, I live up north of you in the desert off hwy 395 and it gets ridiculesly hot in the summer time and that causes pinging pretty easily. You can adjust that all yourself with the SE pro tuner. There are some stickies in the EFI tuning area of the forum for all the major tuners TTS, SE, and Power Vision are the top three in my pook. I run the Power Vision as it firt my needs the best and IMHO I feel it is the most user friendly but you really can't go wrong with all three. Running a canned map will not "let my bike reach full potential with the mods i have" as you stated earlier but it will get you close enough in my book.

 

By smart tune, do you mean Auto tune? if so, is that a much more expensive version?

Im looking to spend under $400. so im thinking about just getting the SE super tuner pro and downloading a map that best suits my bike. Will this make a noticeable.. or should i say.. a $400 difference in performance?

 

The smart tune is part of the SE tuner, it comes with it. It's not a auto tune, what is does is lets you calibrate your VE's by using the stock narrow band O2 sensors, MAP sensor and I'm sure a couple other sensors come into play. I have never personally used the SE tuners so I can't comment on it's effectivness but I can say the (pretty much) same feature on TTS and Power Vision work really well. I have used the Power Vision to tune my bike when it was a stage 1 and again after my 107 build with cams and headwork and have had great results. Is it going to make a $400 differance in your ride? Can't say for sure as every bike is different and every rider is different/notices different things. Berfore I got the Ppwer Vision all I was running was a pair of Xied's and honestly the bike felt great, it felt better after the tune but it is all so subjsctive it is hard to put a dollar value on how much better it felt.

 

ohhh alright that's good to know.

Ya I understand. I just want better throttle response, a cooler motor and a richer fuel ratio. I'm hoping the SE can do all that for me.

 

Just a fyi when I first put my pcv on I loaded a canned map (one of maybe a hundred) that comes with the tuner software that was as close as they had.

I noticed a definite improvement in performance. So yes it will make a difference just how far your money goes is the million dollar question? On the SE make sure its the race version or you cant do much real tuning hth.

 

I put the Ness Stage 2 big sucker on yesterday, while running Vance and Hines 2 into 2 exhaust, with no tune or fuel pack (that i know of) haha. and it runs excellent. definitely an improvement.