Cobra Fi2000 PowrPro Tuner review on a HD

[woweh]

Hello friends!

Well I just wanted to share my experience with the new EFI Cobra auto tuner with you all in case anyone is interested in buying one. My setup: 2011 Fat Boy Lo, V&H twin slash slip-ons, Big city thunder quiet baffles(modified to fit the slip-on's)(bought them for the V&H Big shot staggered in case I buy these in the future and welded reducers to the BCT quiet baffles), also installed a Ness Big sucker, yes I cracked the first back-plate, but Marco at Ness provided outstanding customer service and sent me a free replacement, under warranty, two thumbs up for Marco at Ness!! Finally I installed the cobra auto tuner unit, this took about 45min, on the softail the hardest part I found was installing the 02 sensor connector behind the oil tank, not the connector itself but the clip that holds it into place behind there. I guess I could have added another cable tie, but I got it in place eventually. I also want to tell you all, I don't have another tuner to compare to, as this is my first HD and tuner(not first street bike). Now, everything installed, I fired it up and immediately noticed the sound was deeper/more full, I was running a little lean for a while with only the above mentioned slip-ons only until my 1000mile inspection, which is when I installed the Ness BS and Cobra Auto-Tune, so the sound was different. I did what they say, to teach the unit, where you take her for a ride, a little harder through the rpm/gears range a couple of times so the unit learns your bike?and voila, no back firing which was what I had a lot before IMO, even before the Ness Big Sucker was installed, and the bike runs great. I am sold on this unit, now keep in mind I have not put it on a dyno and also not looking for numbers like that, all I was looking for is a unit to auto tune based on riding conditions, temperature, modifications..etc It could very well be running within +/- 5% of a perfect tune or better but I wouldn't know or care. She pulls much, MUCH harder, sounds better, feels to be running cooler, and seems to have increased my MPG/ KM here in Canada..EH!!!..Lol So Basically I got what I was looking for. They say that you could add and modify and the unit will adjust, WELL because of my AC back-plate crack(rode with it cracked a couple of times but didn't want to risk debris getting into the engine), I had to go back to the stock AC, but kept the tuner and of course the slip-on's, on, ran like a champ, "no backfiring or popping", good deep full sound, and no tweaking of maps to deal with. I like it! now when I get the back-plate I will reinstall it and the larger air filter, and this unit will adjust to it. Pretty awesome in my book, hopefully it will stand the test of time, Cobra has a pretty solid Rep so I took the plunge. I hope this review helps any of you Guys/Gals out thinking of buying this unit or anything with an auto-tune (Auto-tune Def the way to go whether Cobra or??). Hope you all have a Happy Day!! See ya Eh!!

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[DURWOOD]

I had a FI2000 manual tuner on my 95 inch build and it was a breeze to tune and made dang near the same numbers as the TTS and dyno tune,but I went tts because the guy @ Cobra said the FI2000 was only good to 100hp and it wouldn't have been enough for my current build.
Best tuner for the money in my opinion for a guy that wants a mild 95 or just adding cams,air cleaner,ect.

[Rey]

Thanks for the review.

[woweh]

Originally Posted by Rey

Thanks for the review.

Your very welcome!

[minira]

Cobra FI2000 really works? that the difference with the oem?thanks

[Roadbloc]

I bought one of these for my 05 Road King. What a cheap piece of sh%*. It failed right out of the box. I had to pay shipping to them and have been getting the runaround ever since. Very disappointed in their return policy, products and warranty. I will repost if I ever get it back.

[denfire621]

Looks like there are only 2-3 of us that like it of those who've tried it. I've had really good luck with it myself (knock on wood). My bike's a 2011 Fatboy with stage 1 air cleaner and V & H Big Shots w/"Q" Baffles. Lots of low end torque, excellent throttle responsiveness. I'd run the Powercommander with not much satisfaction. Jamie even gave me a map. The engine really came alive with this thing!! I couldn't be happier, to be honest. I was considering upgrading the cams, now I'm not sure... In short, I'm completely satisfied!

Den

[rscalzo]

Mine runs great except for one small issue which the Cobra programmer wants to talk to me about when I can get together swith my mechanic who installed it.