• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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2013 TE 310R - modification report...

bmasho

bmasho

Husqvarna
AA Class
Greetings all,
I want to give a big shout out to the guys at ZipTy Racing and especially to Michael Hathaway (Tinken on this site). The knowledge and expertise he and the race shop has with these Husqvarna is second to none.
Probably like many before me, I was disappointed with the way this near showroom new bike ran when I brought it home a week ago with 830 miles on the clock. Frankly, I rode it to the gas station to fill up for a ride, and then just rode it home and parked it. The engine ran really lean and was very restricted, and ran really hot. The bike ran rough and could not get out of it's own way. It was terrible!
After some research on the bike - mostly on this site - I concluded that a 3 hour drive to ZipTy Racing's shop was the answer.
Prior to the appointment, we ordered a Power Commander V of Tinken's choice and I removed the catalytic converter, and made sure I had the unrestricted air filter cage. Once at the shop, the restricted end of the velocity stack was trimmed off and the wire screen was left in place. The spark arrestor was also retained in the stock Leo Vince muffler for the National forest land.
Electronically, the stock ecu was reflashed, and the Power Commander was loaded with 2 custom maps - one for lower altitude and one for high altitude. One really cool thing is that I can toggle between the two settings on the fly with a handlebar switch. The leaner setting can also be used for greater fuel economy. The gas tank on this bike is small so that greater range might be useful on occasion.
After these modifications, I am happy to report that the results are exemplary. I could hardly tell it was the same bike - it was that dramatic a change. It runs so strong, I dare say that it does not feel like a 310, but like a much bigger engine. I am coming off of a 2007 KTM 525 and I will not be lacking for power on this Husqvarna.
Next up, gearing and other tweaks to dial the bike in more. Meanwhile, kudos to Tinken and the ZipTy shop for making this happen!
I think the bike is going to be a keeper.
 
Congrats on the bike! Glad you found out it is a really good bike! I am just sad they stopped making it and that the Gas Gas acquisition went to shit! Regardless I plan on keeping mine for a while......
 
Thanks guys.
What happened with the Gas Gas deal. Were they going to buy the rights to the engine design?
 
Thanks!

I rode Bmasho's completely stock 310R after tuning with the PCV. The bike runs nothing short of awesome, felt like riding Ty's full race ported black head. We have known for awhile how under fueled this platform was, even with the full power map loaded. My only regret is not producing this mod earlier. It's not just a better air fuel mixture, but the timing of that fuel within the powerband which produces these results. Anyone who owns and still loves their 2013-14 310R and wants to breath new life into their engine, modified or stock, this is it.
 
I took my old maps and layered them on top of yours making a Hybrid mix of the two. The combination formed a high powered mix which combined your smooth maps with my aggressive ones.
 
I have the Leo Vince map installed in my bike and I am happy with it. But more power always sounds good! My only concern is the range...... any idea how much more fuel your aggresive map will use?
 
I don't know what range to expect, but I share the same concern due to the small capacity tank. I prefer not to carry extra fuel either. Maybe one of the other guys would have an idea. I'm curious though - do you know what your range is currently with the Leo Vince map?
 
No idea, the Leo Vince map is less fuel than the Full Power map for starters and that map actually bogged compared to the PCV maps. The problem with the OEM mapping is that you cannot adjust the problem areas. Its not like a JD tuner where You are adding fuel everywhere, so mileage might not be effected much at all. Plus you have high and low power on the fly for highway cruise.
 
Have any dyno charts versus stock?

Mine is Txc 310 and runs flawless.

But am looking for any steroids......
 
bmasho said:
I don't know what range to expect, but I share the same concern due to the small capacity tank. I prefer not to carry extra fuel either. Maybe one of the other guys would have an idea. I'm curious though - do you know what your range is currently with the Leo Vince map?
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I have the super crappy (doesn't fit well) IMS tank installed on my bike. It bumps fuel capacity from 2.0 gal (stock) to 2.9gal
I measured fuel consumption once during an aggressive ride in Big Bear with 13/50 gearing. After 86 miles the bike took 1.89gal.
 
Well..... My findings are different. My bike was also on Dynojet's Dyno starting with Map 3. Very slight changes to Map 3 and with the stock pipe simply refined fueling less than 10-20% in a few places. When I finalized my maps for low and high elevations I leaned out Map3 in low rpm areas which were major contributors to popping and low speed issues. My fuel range is about same though hard to judge without just doing an easy trail or fire road ride for a tank. I will see if I can pull the tables. The tables tell the story.

Dynojet Dyno Map done at the factory in LV based upon Map 3/Stock pipe.

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My Autotune based Sea Level Map...

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My Autotune based High Elevation Map...

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I don't have any graphs, sorry. I don't think they even gave any to Johnrg either. Ty said on the black heads he could get 3-4hp increases with his powercommanders over the 12 port injector and ecu. I would imagine this is a bit more than that due to the much better head design. Power is definitely electric smooth and I did notice that the bike lifts into wheelies on command now. Super happy with the hi/low button at thumbs length from the throttle. You could easily ride everywhere in low power mode as it feels stronger than not having the pcv at all. Like I said earlier, my only regret is not having this for you sooner.
 
I have not done anything with the accel pump feature as of yet. They did not give me any graphs but I did see them on the terminal in the Dyno room and where it is a much more balanced ramp up in the mid revs, not as much surge to higher rpms. Overall much cleaner with absolutely no pops anywhere. Very close to a Honda :rolleyes:

Also here is my AFR table. Some cells are empty and from reading FAQs at Dynojet seems they left them empty on prior systems and so may simply default to ECU in those areas and get refined as RPM's increase...

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Will do... I leave my Auttune off now with two maps loaded so easy enough to try. Assume it will help launch me over logs :cool:
 
Tinken said:
I don't have any graphs, sorry. I don't think they even gave any to Johnrg either. Ty said on the black heads he could get 3-4hp increases with his powercommanders over the 12 port injector and ecu. I would imagine this is a bit more than that due to the much better head design. Power is definitely electric smooth and I did notice that the bike lifts into wheelies on command now. Super happy with the hi/low button at thumbs length from the throttle. You could easily ride everywhere in low power mode as it feels stronger than not having the pcv at all. Like I said earlier, my only regret is not having this for you sooner.
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Is there any help for us with a 2012 TE310? (with the 12 port injector and new ECU) Or do I need to upgrade to a 2013-14 310?
Always interested in a better running bike and this sounds great.
Thanks.
 
Yes, I support the black heads too. We can punch the heads the earlier 310s out to more than equal the flow of the 13-14s. It's 8-10% more power from low mid to top end.
 
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