camera56
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Installed the PCIII on my 06 Yesterday. I went for a short blast today, so this isn't an exhaustive review.
Summary
A+ Best $300 farkle, no question.
Quick ride review
Off-idle snatch is gone (or if it's there, I didn't find it).
Much smoother upshifts
Roll on at various RPMs feels much smoother
Hard acceleration . . . very smooth, pulls like a freight train (bit it always did that)
Installation tips
Took me an hour, but I work very methodically
Helps to have another set of hands, but not necessary.
I propped the tank up about 80 degrees or so. Disconnect the two leads to do this. It would be much easier if you took the tank all the way off but I was too stupid or lazy to figure out how to do that.
All connectors are disconnected by prying the flappy things (technical term) away from the connector vs pinching towards the connector.
The 02 sensor must be disconnected. It's black on the 06 vs gray as shown in Warchild's excellent quick and dirty instructions. Four wires. It's buried down along the right side of the frame so you may have to look for it.
There are no wire ties that need to be clipped to get at the big connector that controls all the action. There is enough free play to get it up and away enough to disconnect.
Just tuck every thing back in and close it up. Plenty of room.
I ran the grounding wire up through the hole in the heat shield where the other leads come through. From there, just over the top of the heatshield, under the frame brace, out through the frame, and to the battery.
There is plenty of length in all the cables and wires for easy routing.
Other than that, it goes just like the instructions (which bizarely say nothing about the 02 sensor).
Summary
A+ Best $300 farkle, no question.
Quick ride review
Off-idle snatch is gone (or if it's there, I didn't find it).
Much smoother upshifts
Roll on at various RPMs feels much smoother
Hard acceleration . . . very smooth, pulls like a freight train (bit it always did that)
Installation tips
Took me an hour, but I work very methodically
Helps to have another set of hands, but not necessary.
I propped the tank up about 80 degrees or so. Disconnect the two leads to do this. It would be much easier if you took the tank all the way off but I was too stupid or lazy to figure out how to do that.
All connectors are disconnected by prying the flappy things (technical term) away from the connector vs pinching towards the connector.
The 02 sensor must be disconnected. It's black on the 06 vs gray as shown in Warchild's excellent quick and dirty instructions. Four wires. It's buried down along the right side of the frame so you may have to look for it.
There are no wire ties that need to be clipped to get at the big connector that controls all the action. There is enough free play to get it up and away enough to disconnect.
Just tuck every thing back in and close it up. Plenty of room.
I ran the grounding wire up through the hole in the heat shield where the other leads come through. From there, just over the top of the heatshield, under the frame brace, out through the frame, and to the battery.
There is plenty of length in all the cables and wires for easy routing.
Other than that, it goes just like the instructions (which bizarely say nothing about the 02 sensor).