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alot of people interested in doing this and a few months ago i was one of them. after you get to a certain point on an efi, no matter what you do you still have a ton of wires etc that are just ugly. no way around it. i had my harness as bare as it gets and was just not happy with it. There is the option of the s&s carb kit and the ammp3 ignition for those of you that have about $1200 laying around. i did not so i did mine on a tight budget. i used the money from selling the parts on ebay i took off. my bike is an 07 883c. i did all the buying different parts and researching so you dont have to. here ya go. any questions just ask me.
the first thing i did was take off the factory air cleaner and intake manifold and throttle body. sold it on egay for $200. this took me all of 10 minutes and i had never done it before. very easy. hang on to the flanges and dont put those on ebay, youll need them.
then i ordered a cv carb and a manifold. i ordered a few manifolds but the one that fit best was from an 04-06. harley part number 27023-99a. i tapped and plugged the whole for the mass air flow because you wont need it. you may choose to weld it up but cast aluminum doesnt weld very well. any oem harley cv carb should work. mine just happend to be from a 99 softtail. you will have to rejet more than likely. i relocated the choke cable
then i got the mooneeyes air filter kit and breather bolts from the 33 classifeds.
then bolted it on. now remember that the manifold will need the flanges from the efi throttle body. use.
on an 04 up sporty it uses a crank sensor and so because of this you have to use an aftermarket ignition module. the other option is to change out cams and cam covers from an 03 older but thats a ton of work and could get pricey. there is a ammp3 ignition from germany that is about $700 so i went with the tunderheart for less than half of that. there are pros and cons to both so do your research but both will work. the thunderheart comes with the module, coil, wires and software. very nice unit. i mounted mine next to my battery. and modified the mount i had on my factory coil.
at this point i was probably going to reuse the efi tank and weld up the tank and put a bung in it for a petcock. but then i saw how much they sale for and decided to purchase another tank. i went with the throttle addiction skinny sporty tank and love it. best quality tank i have seen. i bought about 5 tanks and this one made the cut. you may also want to look into pingel. they make a petcock conversion for the efi fuel pump. but it is pricey and you can sale the fuel pump for what a new tank cost. up to you
then i wired it up using bare minimum. the ignition was a snap to wire. first bike i have ever wired and it was pretty easy.
here is a tally for parts...add it up if you like
intake manifold -ebay-$60
thunderhert ignition- $260 (amazon)
breather bolts $35 (fellow 33er)
moon eyes air filter kit- $35-lowbrow
throttle addiction tank-$219
i had tons of wire and the fittings and hose i used to plumb it laying around. but that stuff is not bad.
here is what i made on the parts on ebay to fund my project(this is how i have funded most of my bike and including the cost of the bike i have not hit $10,000 yet)
efi tank $250
fuel pump $175
throttle body and manifold $175
ecm and tuner $250
tsm $50
only factory thing i retained on the bike as far as electrical goes is the regulator. good luck with your builds.
mike
the first thing i did was take off the factory air cleaner and intake manifold and throttle body. sold it on egay for $200. this took me all of 10 minutes and i had never done it before. very easy. hang on to the flanges and dont put those on ebay, youll need them.
then i ordered a cv carb and a manifold. i ordered a few manifolds but the one that fit best was from an 04-06. harley part number 27023-99a. i tapped and plugged the whole for the mass air flow because you wont need it. you may choose to weld it up but cast aluminum doesnt weld very well. any oem harley cv carb should work. mine just happend to be from a 99 softtail. you will have to rejet more than likely. i relocated the choke cable
then i got the mooneeyes air filter kit and breather bolts from the 33 classifeds.
then bolted it on. now remember that the manifold will need the flanges from the efi throttle body. use.
on an 04 up sporty it uses a crank sensor and so because of this you have to use an aftermarket ignition module. the other option is to change out cams and cam covers from an 03 older but thats a ton of work and could get pricey. there is a ammp3 ignition from germany that is about $700 so i went with the tunderheart for less than half of that. there are pros and cons to both so do your research but both will work. the thunderheart comes with the module, coil, wires and software. very nice unit. i mounted mine next to my battery. and modified the mount i had on my factory coil.
at this point i was probably going to reuse the efi tank and weld up the tank and put a bung in it for a petcock. but then i saw how much they sale for and decided to purchase another tank. i went with the throttle addiction skinny sporty tank and love it. best quality tank i have seen. i bought about 5 tanks and this one made the cut. you may also want to look into pingel. they make a petcock conversion for the efi fuel pump. but it is pricey and you can sale the fuel pump for what a new tank cost. up to you
then i wired it up using bare minimum. the ignition was a snap to wire. first bike i have ever wired and it was pretty easy.
here is a tally for parts...add it up if you like
intake manifold -ebay-$60
thunderhert ignition- $260 (amazon)
breather bolts $35 (fellow 33er)
moon eyes air filter kit- $35-lowbrow
throttle addiction tank-$219
i had tons of wire and the fittings and hose i used to plumb it laying around. but that stuff is not bad.
here is what i made on the parts on ebay to fund my project(this is how i have funded most of my bike and including the cost of the bike i have not hit $10,000 yet)
efi tank $250
fuel pump $175
throttle body and manifold $175
ecm and tuner $250
tsm $50
only factory thing i retained on the bike as far as electrical goes is the regulator. good luck with your builds.
mike
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