Thanks for the review and up-date …… from personal experience with combustion engines …. This is cold weather driving and Iv'e only heard the fan come on once. To me it feels like 5 to 6 hp more in this area of the rpm range. Stage 1 is flat going from 7,600 rpm to red line but stage 2 really shines in this area. But what it does really different for performance is how cleanly it pulls to red line. It seems to start to separate from stage 1 around 6,800 rpm. OK, things start to happen which are real nice in the upper rpm range with the stage 2 flash. Mid range cruising around, mixed traffic, higher gears I can't tell any advantage or disadvantage between the flashes.ģ. But, I can tell them apart by starting power.Ģ. I don't think this translates to a real staring advantage for either flash. It's hit and miss if stage 2 will break loose. from a dead stop, it breaks the wheel loose with straight throttle.
It's really hard to tell which is which but here is two things that separate the flashes.ġ. I have two ECUs, stage 1 and 2.Both ECUs are dialed in and it's kind of cool that they are plug and play. I have been testing flashes for Monster fuel since the beginning of this journey. Can’t imagine when it gets 100 out.great to needed some time to settle in.about your cat delete.what brand are you using? I’ll probably be adding a baffle to my cat delete, for that reason & also it didn’t improve my loss of low end from when I installed the cat delete. Don’t know how or why that is, but that’s what I noticed. More low rumble & drone if you are below 4500. Pulls much better through the gears & seems to shift more positive (shifts like you are not using a clutch, no lag). Mileage both times I filled up were 31.5 & that’s what it was before flash as well. Like everyone says.this is how it should be from the factory. Everything from slow twistys, to cruising through the mountains, to freeway speed 75-80mph and even up to 115 on a nice open & empty road. Went for a long ride today, in all different kinds of terrain (so to speak). Can’t imagine when it gets 100 out.Ĥ00 miles later and.it’s a lot better. JimĤ00 miles later and.it’s a lot better.
It would be interesting to know how and what is effected in the ECO mode when the ECU is flashed. I just know that BRP does know how to alter performance with more than just lights telling us when to shift gears. I tried it a couple of time just for kicks but haven't used it for a long time. I highly suspect our ECO mode on the Spyder does more than just tell us when to shift. Most times rock crawling required reducing responsiveness electronically to eliminate jerkiness of throttle caused by (me) bouncing around. That gave the highest level of power, speed, and responsiveness. One would think that you might want to keep the vehicle in sport mode with the performance key in all the time. In addition, there was an electronically operated switch that changed other operational peramaters from "normal" to "sport" mode. A very noticable difference of operation between the two. One was "standard" and the other was "performance". I owned a Can Am Commander (4WD) for several years.
I do know that BRP does a great job changing the performance of their vehicles electronically. Not sure about all the things that happen when ECO mode is engaged on the Spyder.