a friend has just bought a nice 2000 748. (not any of the specials or an R) he asks whether you can remap the ECU or whether he needs a power commander for dyno work? The bike has Termi slip ons but I don't know if it has an eprom chip replaced.
Can be remapped by someone with the know-how, I recommend Chris at CJS racing; CJS RACING Ducati Cylinder Heads Tuning Gas Flow Dyno ECU Custom Mapping Bristol Bath
thanks DD, I suppose the other question which I would ask is does it really need it? He's come off an SP1 and he had it done on that, hence his question. How would he know if he had the correct eprom? - would it be clear once he saw it?
best gat any exhaust etc upgrades out the way before remap might not gain much power but the even throttle response is worth it alone imho
that year bike will be on the old style ecu with a chip in it.....there may still be places that can sell a chip that'll be somewhere near the spec of the bike. Ultimately dyno time is the way forward for a correct set up..
Thanks Andy. He rang one rolling road up and was told that they could fit a power commander 4 and do RR setup for 550 inc vat. He's got the termi slip on cans on there already. As it is its not drastically high on his list of priorities as he wants to de-tacky it first (tinted screen / ducati performance sticker overload/ bling fork tops and clock surrounds etc. thanks for all your inputs
Sev, I have tried both, with similar results in peak power (within 0.5 bhp of each other), the power commander properly mapped was an improvement over the stock set up but never ran that well through the mid range. However be wary of the free PC maps as they are approximate at best and the PC has to be properly mapped to the bike to make it worth having. If he has termis with a 'matching' chip it is still an approximate set up which will need careful adjustment to get the best out of the motor. CJS reflashed an chip for mine, £450 (it took a full day on the dyno) after Rich Llewellyn did a full service and proper top end set up. Peak power was not that much different between the two but with the remapped eprom it feels stronger, smoother, easier to rev and has more useable torque, it even sounds more throaty . Also the bike is easier in town as it picks up from lower revs without snatching. It felt to me like the PC3 has a very coarse and relatively limited map adjustment in comparison with a correctly set up ecu. The dyno peak power at the wheel was 82 stock and 96 after the pc3 and ecu custom maps which is pretty good if you consider that approx. 15% is lost through the drive train, the engine sticks out 97 at the crank according to Ducati. With the ecu reflashed torque went up by 10-15% across the useable rev range which was a pleasant surprise. If it was me I would get a spare eprom and take the bike to CJS for piece of mind and a proper set up. Make sure all the mods to filters exhausts etc are done before he gets it mapped.
