Mods to fix heat, pulling out all the plugs

[finless]

Here are some pictures, I will have more soon

Are those plastic tie wraps? If so, will they hold up to the heat?

Bob

[Omcge]

After 2 1/2 years and many bandaids later I am going for broke. Here is list of what I am doing (pictures to follow):

• Removed cat and replace with wrapped Y Pipe
• Removed header pipes and wrapped
• Removed the fan shroud and built a fan can from a 5 gal plastic bucket by cutting out the bottom 3 inches. Perfect fit around electric rad fan and forces the hot air away vents by the right foot).
• Installed thermal blanketing on all body panels including the left and right engine covers
• Installed thermal blanketing up and over the engine and down and under the fuel tank to keep heat way from tank and seat
• Removed all intake plastic and installed ISCI filter/intake
• Blocked off both upper and lower vent openings by right foot
• Installed "Engine Ice" antifreeze to help improve engine cooling
• Installed Magnum Tuner to richen up mix to compensate for other changes and to lower engine temps.

The stock air box blocks off the air getting to cylinder heads and makes maintenance difficult. Removing this really opens up the engine and improves passive cooling. I have been using the block off plate on the upper vent up to now but heat leaks out all around it and of course out the bottom vent. I have eliminated this problem now.

The fan can has already been proven to work based on the commercially unit that is available. My "can" took two hours to build, is light weight and duplicates the function. The hot air is now forced in the opposite direction and down out the bottom. The lower stone guard has been removed and modified to allow for air to be pulled down and under the bike.

Obviously the heat has to escape somewhere and when driving there is a high pressure area in front of the engine and a low pressure area behind the radiator so vacuum pulls the heat away is why I have heat coming through my gas door in the seat and up and around where it fits against the body panels.

Idling will always be a problem and likely will still have issues but the hot air will be controlled around the seat. I know Dave has added a bilge blower to improve circulation at an idle and this may be what I will want to do to keep cool air coming in during idle. If so I will figure out how to have it come automatically once the heat rises much like the rad fan.... Ideas?

The bike is still apart in my garage (the wife's car is outside so I need to buy her something nice, lol). I am taking pictures as I go so once the work is done I can add them.

For an automatic on-off check out http://www.alliedelec.com/catalog/pf.aspx?fn=539.pdf You will want a close on rise, bottom left on the page maybe a 180 200 or 225 deg. ????? I haven't tried it yet but i'm collecting all the parts to try it

You might be interested in a mini 300 deg digital thermometer to see whats going on under the tupperware. http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/119/608/=pb755c

[flybuddy]

Are those plastic tie wraps? If so, will they hold up to the heat?

Bob

No, look closely at the connector, they're metal.

[bluestratos]

Well... SUCCESS!!!! Took her for a test ride and my seat stayed cool, no heat from any of the panels and the fuel controller works like a dream. The new air cleaner actually sounds great, makes the Akrapovic exhaust come alive and sound mean, and together has a sound reminiscent of .... a Harley! lol....
She is nice and quite when cruising but hang on when I open the throttle.

No backfiring at all, in fact when I first started the bike and let it warm up I could tell it was actually running rich.. it was loping and lagged a bit when I hit the throttle. One 1/4 turn counter clockwise on the fuel controller and it straightened that out. If I go a 1/4 turn further counter clockwise she starts to pop back in the muffler when decelerating so I think I am where I need to be for now. After some good hard runs I will pull a plug to check how it is burning or, I will buy a gauge to let me check the actual fuel air mixture. By the way, the fuel controller power is switched so you can tell even at an idle when the unit is turn off or on.

I might be running one bar higher on the temp gauge but I will have to do a lot more testing to be sure. (I got up to 5 bars but that was after some hard runs). My $0.00 fan can moves the heat to the left and down under the bike and the insulated panels also muffle the sound of the air cleaner a lot. Day and night difference with the panel off the side.

I will need to do some 0 to 60 runs with a stop watch but she hits my 8 grand shift point so fast I was amazed. Still lags off the line, but that is a nanny thing I am told. That being said, the front end actually lifts off the line now! No air under the rubber but it threw me back against the back rest and gave me a bit of a scare thinking sheit was going for a wheelie. lol.

So,

1. Free flowing air filter, performance exhaust, eliminating the cat and adding a fuel controller = major power improvement
2. Wrapping the pipes, adding a fan can, plugging the upper and lower right side vents and insulating all the panels, over the tank and under the dash = huge temperature reduction and muffles the sound created by the performance air cleaner
3. Adding the fuel controller allows fine tuning of the mixture to compensate for leaning out the mix due to 1 above

I started her up in the garage and let the header paint bake off a bit. With the O.H. door open the smoke was not to bad. After my power runs she was smoking pretty good when I got back but it will go away after a few more runs.

All in all I spend 50 hours on the project and close to a grand on the parts to give you an idea. I had an oh crap moment when it came up with a code and no start after I was done, it turned out 2 wires had pulled out from the a terminal block related to the transmission, must have happened when I was wresting with the front header. I pulled the pins out, opened them up, installed the wires and soldered the wire to the pins, reassembled and all was good!

Yes, they are metal ties by the way.

[flaggerphil]

I'm just glad I've never had the heat problems that some seem to have.

[CyncySpyder]

So Great to hear that ALL of your hard work & effort has paid off

Thank you also for sharing this great information with the community

Would you mind confirming if this is the tuner that you used and which wires it was that you had to hook everything up to, to get it all working correctly? Also, I noticed (at least on the site I have linked) they list this tuner for a Can-Am Spyder Roadster ATV, thinking that doesn't really matter, but just want to make sure this is the same one that you used so we know its compatible Thanks again

Choose application Step1

BombardierCan-Am

EFI xxcSpyder RoadsterSpyder Roadster GS SM5Spyder Roadster ME5Spyder Roadster SE5

Choose application Step3

Please selectATV

Teddy says you deserve a HI5

[bluestratos]

IMG_7871.jpgYes, that is the one, Dyno-Boost 665, the reference to ATV is a typo. On the oxygen sensors you hook up to the black wires, on the mass airflow sensor on the side of the throttle body you hook up to the black/blue. These colors are on the bike side of the wiring, not the sensor side. I always use automotive grade connectors so I can disconnect everything quickly. Here are some more pictures:

The first pic shows the rocker switch for the controller, look just to the right of the third blue light over, you see a small white dot...

The second shows the fuel controller mounted with Velcro, it is protected by the black access cover but I had it off for testing

The third shows the thermal blankets in place in the engine back, it runs on top of the tank and under

[bluestratos]

By the way, the Magnum Tune has a typo, it says ATV in the description but it is the 665 that you want.

[cjackg]

You can use a paper filter on the KewlMetal intake. Using the K&N is not necessary. There are a few threads on here describing which filters fit.

When I installed the KewlMetal kit on my 2012 RT, I used a paper filter purchased at Lowes instead of the K&N that came with the kit... The paper filter should give better filtration but also comes with an outer foam sleeve. If you clean & oil the foam sleeve regularly the paper filter should last indefinitely. Here is the filter I used... and a link to the pictures of my RT airbox removal project... http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/a...p?albumid=2589

[cjackg]

For an automatic on-off check out http://www.alliedelec.com/catalog/pf.aspx?fn=539.pdf You will want a close on rise, bottom left on the page maybe a 180 200 or 225 deg. ????? I haven't tried it yet but i'm collecting all the parts to try it.....

I have been looking for a switch to use with the blower I am using on my RT for cooling the area near the KewlMetal Intake and this one is worth a try. Based on the temps I regularly see on my gauge with sensor near the filter, I would be inclined to have the fan turn on around 100-120 to keep the temp from building up to higher levels.
RT-bilge-fan.jpg

[pellcitypete]

Haha...+1! I was wondering the same.
The feeling of entitlement some people project is quite entertaining, to say the least.


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I would have to guess that having ben harly rider for yrs you must be used to working a lot of the time on them. but spyders are advertised to be more maintaince FREE that being said 6 mo. after I bought mine it was in shop more than w/me now 1&1/2 yrs. latter no heat problems (fixed myself)mainly heat wrap. so we spyders riders are used to trouble free rides an spyders.

[DrewNJ]

I would have to guess that having ben harly rider for yrs you must be used to working a lot of the time on them. but spyders are advertised to be more maintaince FREE that being said 6 mo. after I bought mine it was in shop more than w/me now 1&1/2 yrs. latter no heat problems (fixed myself)mainly heat wrap. so we spyders riders are used to trouble free rides an spyders.

Nope, I don't do Harley's. Never been into them. But to each their own I guess....I'm more into the performance side of things.


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[CruiseRT]

I have been looking for a switch to use with the blower I am using on my RT for cooling the area near the KewlMetal Intake and this one is worth a try. Based on the temps I regularly see on my gauge with sensor near the filter, I would be inclined to have the fan turn on around 100-120 to keep the temp from building up to higher levels.
RT-bilge-fan.jpg

Have you thought about something like this, Thermo_switch, They come in different temp. ranges and are cheap to try different ones to find the right one.

[cuznjohn]

i would love to see a picture of the fan can you made out of the bucket

[bluestratos]

IMG_7842.jpgIMG_7843.jpgIMG_7844.jpgIf you look at post #24 you can see the can in place (painted black) covering the fan. This one is a bit shorter then the first one I made, about 2 1/2" deep side walls. That allows it to clear the rad hose on top. The picture in the center here is the bucket bottom cut to fit the fan with gasket material around the edge. This is before the 2 brackets were made and the left side of the bucket cut away to allow the hot air to escape.

i would love to see a picture of the fan can you made out of the bucket

[bluestratos]

Well after changing to a Power Commander V with auto tune I am now getting some good testing done. The under hood (so to speak) temps hover around 80 degrees, the water temp is around 190 when driving, around 210 at idle and the power... well, yup.. big improvement is an understatement.

As far as heat it is gone. The seat remains cool, the side panels are air temperature, no heat by the right foot at all. My gas cap used to get hot enough to be uncomfortable after a hard run, yesterday it was cool to the touch and well.. did I mention the power?

I have to be careful off the line now, the back end will drift and spin out. Not every time mind you but it has never done this before.

It is louder than before, no question about it but it sounds mean. I dropped into pick up some octane booster yesterday at the parts store and they guys came out to ask what I had done to the engine. I told them I had not touched it but they kept saying I had to have at least changed the cam, lol.

[MouthPiece]

Geezers!!!!

Chris