Perhaps, yes. For sure we've been doing it longer than anybody else.
The easy to use, professional level "Best Power" EC997 dyne systems consistently "out-tune" dealership level dynojet similar dynos that "tune to an AFR".
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The 848 is AWESOME!
People travel hundreds of miles to
take advantage of our Ducati tuning services for trackday and
race bikes. Wheelsmith (Factory Pro's R&D section) has a lot of experience tuning Ducatis. Almost 30 years. Starting in the "old days" of chip tuning - Factory Pro developed 748 and 996 SPS specific chips that worked well in both full throttle / 3000 rpm and also part throttle / high rpm all without disconnecting injectors and even Ducati couldn't fix them. But Factory Pro solved the puzzles. In the new bikes, Factory Pro assisted Tuneboy in testing initial software and hardware for reflashing the stock ECU. Some Tuneboy apps work well. Currently on the non DTC 848, the most common method of tuning and my suggestion, non-CA bikes is to reflash the ECU an then to use a "tuning box" to fine tune the elegant parts. As of March 2012, Microtec doesn't do the DTC models.
A reflashed 848 is silky smooth and with tweaks to the mapping that makes initial throttle application much smoother and then pull harder than the "supplied, generic refash mapping". It's simply not possible to expect that every 848 wants the same mapping. Why Wheelsmith / Factory Pro Tuning? A lot of dyno facilities just use a $50 wideband O2 sensor and tune to some "Air Fuel Ratio" (you can blame dynojet for that) - but a few dyno facilities will actually test different throttle positions and rpms for "Best Power" and factor that with "Engine Smoothness" for optimal fuel and ignition settings. A smooth, strong running engine with excellent throttle lead-in are the primary goals and result. Factory Pro uses the EC997 dyno and either a 4 gas or 5 gas analyzer. The EC997 easily reads both Realtime HP and torque and all the gas readings. Fuel and ignition are modified at each point and based on the multiple gas values, fuel and ignition are changed to empirically derive "Best Power" mapping. It's a far superior method than tuning the engine to "some AFR" and calling it a day. Is it superior the "tuning to an AFR"? Well, yes - Factory Pro was the unbiased choice of privateer AMA teams and the choice of Vesrah racing and Michael Motorsports. If you want tuning beyond dealership level "AFR tuning", give us a call 415 472 4962, 9-5, (San Francisco time), M-F or email marc@factorypro.com To keep all that smooth power going to the tire, don't neglect the Pro Shift Kit (below)
TUNING FEEDBACK With Microtec as compared with the map that the Microtec dealer provided
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SHFT-PRO-D748/848-CER
12-15 replaces 45520031A and 45520181A arm OR
SHFT-PRO-D748/848-STD 2012 SF848 replaces 45520031A arm |
Factorini Provente Hybrid Ceramic Pro Shift Kit Love the bike. The famous Factorini Provente Shift Kit is now available for the Ducati 848. Factorini Provente designed and manufactured Microbearing Detent Arm and F-Pro designed Detent Spring will firm up the shift feel and virtually eliminates missed shifts - both upshifting and downshifting and neutral is easier to find. Trackday and
race bikes
Shifts
quicker. Includes:
Factorini Provente Microbearing Detent Arm and F-Pro Detent Spring. Installation: Less than 2 hours to install with impact wrench and large socket set. Can I install it myself? Yes - If you can remove the clutch assembly, you can do this. .........................................
2010 Sept 16 Bob Hunter wrote Marc, Good positive feel to all gears up and down, biggest improvement is selecting neutral, far better than stock. I can highly recommend the upgrade. Regards, Bob Install pics, zip file for Jeremiah Knupp Fits:
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 Lightweight Shift Centering Spring $49.95 Click Here to buy SPECIAL INTRO! $39.95  Just rode bike awesome shifting, smooth, smooth smooth thanks Mike Hoak August 2013 |
Lightweight Shift Centering Spring For when you decide that you want lighter feeling shift lever action for better feel. A lighter foot shift pressure is less unsettling. Decreases lever effort required to make a shift. Makes foot shift pressure more like other sportbikes. Since you are not having to push so hard to move the lever, it's easier to find neutral. Like your rearsets? But, no matter how you lube, shim, adjust the arcs, angles and lengths, it's still annoyingly stiff to shift? |
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San Rafael's Michael Aron's 749 06 16 06 10pm After PC3 tuned to Best Power on an EC997 dyno - The Tuning Dyno Note nice, even, undisturbed surface on tire after running on Factory Pro EC997 dyno's patented High Traction drive roller - a far cry from what a high hp bike's tires looks like on a dealership level dyno's knurled drive roller after a loaded sweep test. |
Michael Aron's 749 06 16 06 mojotown.com Feedback 06 19 06 Marc, Hi Michael - Not a bad performance
for a stock bike with a pipe on it - Good job! I usually don't
work till midnight on a "school night". The content managed site sounds
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This is what you call the "working" dyno room. Some of the industry's most effective carburetion, tuning and dynamometer patents came from this very room - Many, many hours spent in here....... The "pretty" dyno cell is in the other building. <smile!>
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EC997 High Speed 4 Gas
EGA dynos Decades of Dynamometer Evolution Better because we use 'em and test 'em and develop 'em every day. Why, just last night (06/20/06), we developed an even quicker and more accurate programming routine for the EC997's realtime hp readout for tuning those critical part throttle settings (in-town cruise for street riders and high rpm / part throttle / on/off for the race and track day riders). We are still the ONLY dyno company who trains
people to tune to realtime tenth hp accuracy. Most of the rest "sell"
dynos as a profit line item. Still stomps all over "tuned to an af ratio" commonly(!) by 3 to 4 True hp power levels at part throttle. Almost 1/4 of our local EC997's work is retuning power commanders from San Francisco, Ca area dealership level dyno "af ratio tuning" to optimal EC997 Best Power maps for better power and better engine smoothness. |
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