Aftermarket CDI and timing Advance

[2004LEBanshee]

I bounght a new CDI. One of the many sold on e-bay (procom). God I hope it works. It says it adds a few hp. I assume it does that by increasing the timing. I currenty run at +5 on a adjustible timing plate. What should I set the plate to to get +5 being that the cdi is doing the same thing.

[Snopczynski]

I would guess you zero the plate. Does procomm say anything in the directions? Can you call their tech dept?

[Dgrey]

My brother is wondering the same thing. He has his CDI set on 0 because his timing is at plus 6. I think the CDI does tampers with the fuel curve... I don't know exactly what it does with the timing. How could you really test the timing??? I guess if you have it all full advance and you bike pings that would be a good indicator that it advanced your timing.

[Snopczynski]

You need to know from the cdi manufacturer how the cdi changes the ignition timing curve. Then you can know where to set the timing plate.

[2004LEBanshee]

This is what I got from them

Hi again. Indeed you do have the correct part for your bike. We only give

out a range for the timing for all of our CDI Boxes due to different

modifications on every bike. It will raise the timing between 1-4 degrees.

There can be a chance that your timing will be too increased at different

settings with your timing plate. Every bike is different and we do not have

the bike here to look at personally and so please just try each setting and

find out which works the best with your bike. Also, motorsportz411 is not a

verified dealer of ours and so we do not know how long they have had the

item in their stock. So if you feel that you would like a refund or

exchange, please contact them directly since you bought it from them.

 

Thank you,

 

Procom ENGINEERING, INC.

[2004LEBanshee]

any ideas where to start, I run race gas probably wollnt ping no mater where I set it.

[Snopczynski]

I would call the tech dept and ask them.