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Old 04-30-2009, 12:06 AM
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Does a carb model softail need an electronic tuner of some sort to be adjusted correctly on a dyno?
 
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Old 04-30-2009, 07:26 AM
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No.the carb is adsusted manually by on the carb. jets.screws adjusters etc.
 
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Old 04-30-2009, 07:27 AM
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I don't believe so. For my carb'd Fatboy the Indy adjusted the valves and jets to get it tuned (did not put it on a dyno).
 
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Old 04-30-2009, 11:59 PM
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Thanks, I think one of the shops was feeding me a line.
 
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Maybe they were tryin to get you to get an ignition module with an adjustable rev limiter or something, not a tuner.
 
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they where probably talking about a ign module to set the timing curve .
 
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