Hey guys, I haven't ever had to change an ignition module before and I am also a total noon with anything electrical.

I have a 2002 883.

Does the position of the actual position of the ignition module matter?

Can I get another connector like the stock module uses and just match the wires (plug and play)? Or, do I need to use the wiring diagram provided in the instructions?

Now if I do have to wire the bike up using the instructions how can I confirm whether my bike is dual fire/single coil or single coil/single coil? etc. (http://www.jpcycles.com/instructions/pdf/730-577.pdf)

Last question for now while I am asking, does anyone have a good baseline setting for an 883 with a thunderheader?

Thank you in advance for the help!

 

The position of the module is very very important. It's the thing that actually determines your ignition timing. You'll also need a timing light to time it properly (dial-back does not work on HD dual fire systems, you need to set the dial to 0).

The Dyna requires you to wire it in following their diagram. There may be someone out there who has connected it, but I don't think they run the same cable scheme as the OEM module.

If stock, your bike is dual fire. A simple test is to see how many terminals your ignition coil has. If it is 4, dual fire. If it has 5, single fire.

For an 883, even a stage 1 bike, you can use the highest advance setting (35 degrees at full advance) as that is roughly stock. The other curves are for 1200's and other modified bikes.

 

I'm about to do mine as part of a 1250 conversion. I was wondering the same thing. Why cant we just connect to the deutsh connector?

 

There's no reason you can't just wire it into the Deutsch connector.

Here's the deal, that connector is unique to the 98-up Sportster. The 2000i is designed however to be put on any bike that uses a nose cone ignition, Sportster or Evo Big Twin, any year. So they don't make it plug-and-play for the Sportster, they make you wire it in to the specific bike it's going n.

Daytona Twin Tec does make a 98-03 Sportster nose cone ignition that's plug and play, the 1005S. However, it's only available in the EX version, which is a 50 state legal emissions approved piece with very limited range of adjustability as a result. My guess is the plug-and-play and the emissions legality go together because it's hard to call it race-only if you can just plug it in.

A 2002 has dual-fire as standard equipment. There are two primary terminals and two secondary towers on the coil. The 2000i supports single fire if you change the coil and run an additional primary wire. If you do that and you're also running a tach, you have to run yet another wire to send the tach a signal it understands.

 

Thanks for that info Aaron. I've always wondered why the Dynatek module didn't come with a plug. The universal application makes sense.