Vance & Hines Product Review

Hi, I'm Bob LaRosa, welcome to "Fix My Hog." What I have on the lift is the Harley Davidson 103 cubic inch engine, and like most products, once you own them you ride them a little bit. You always wanna try to increase power without compromising the dependability or the longevity of the engine. I went on denniskirk.com, typed in this specific model, the year, the cubic inch of the engine, and even though this 103, obviously is many more cubic inches above what we used to have was just 80 inches. There is a number of great quality products available through Vance and Hines on denniskirk.com. Typed in the specifics and came up with a handful of items that I'm gonna show installation of. One of them will be the air cleaner kit. Vance and Hines offers the bare naked air cleaner assembly which utilizes the stock Chrome outer cover. I myself prefer to keep as much of the stock appearance and use the sleeper approach or the sleeper look when doing any modifications. We're gonna do an air cleaner kit, we're gonna install the new Vance and Hines FP3 Fuelpak. I'm also gonna remove the stock exhaust and install a set of Vance and Hines big shots staggered. All of these products are very well made, high quality. Vance and Hines is an American manufacturer of aftermarket performance motorcycle parts. Between the two partners, Terry Vance and Byron Hines, they have a love of the quarter mile race. They love to do the quarter mile drag strip. From that passion of theirs, they've been able to develop a line of products. Pretty much goes across the board, for just about anything that is related to the power sports industry. Again, denniskirk.com, is a great source to research find correct product information, correct product fitment and correct product part numbers. When it comes to air cleaners, there's a multitude of different assemblies available. Vance and Hines offers this naked set up, again utilizing the stock Chrome cover. It has a solid Venturi. It's made out of pure billet aluminum and it's actually shaped would have external Venturi design. That with therefore shapes the airflow before it even enters the throttle body. Again, any engine that you can get more air into, accommodate with more fuel and allow less exhaust back pressure when needed, will obviously run better. When I say better, horsepower, torque and temperature are always a factor. Vance and Hines as a company, whether it be metal forming to design exhaust systems or new electric smart phone driven electric devices, like the Fuelpak are a leader in the industry. You can count on all of their products fitting correctly and operating correctly. The air cleaner kit comes with explicit instructions. You will need a service manual. You'll need to follow the service manual to remove all the stock components set them aside, but you will use Vance and Hines explicit instructions to install any or all of their components. The Fuelpak FP3 will revolutionize fuel management for all new Harley Davidson models, now using the HD land system. Connecting wireless by Bluetooth to any iPhone or Android smartphone Fuelpak FP3 uses flash technology to recalibrate engine parameters and mapping for exhaust systems and other performance upgrades downloaded from the expansive library of calibrations developed by Vance and Hines. The Fuelpak FP3 will revolutionize fuel management for all new Harley Davidson models, now using the HD LAN system. Also standard for the Fuelpak FP3, is an autotune feature making use of all the factory sensors to add another layer of precision tuning for specific requirements, whether tuning for unique components or different grades of fuel. And for the Fuelpak FP3 module plugged in, live sensor data can be viewed through the smartphone to display speed, RPM, cylinder head temperature, voltage, gear selection and other vital information. This is a very compact, very complex unit. It doesn't take a lot to install, it doesn't take a lot to sync up to your phone. But the end result the tune ability that is available by using the FP3, the options for exhaust air cleaners just about any add on option are endless. Vance and Hines has a broad library of all calibrations that are easily downloaded directly to the FP3. As far as exhaust go, Vance and Hines whether it's a Chrome system, whether it's a black system, whether there's short shots, big shots, long shots, staggered, they have a multitude of end caps, the quality and fit and finish of the shield, the head pipe and all the mounting locations are second to none in the industry. Vance and Hines themselves as an after market product producer, has spent more time doing research and development, to design and engineer a product correctly fit, than just to produce something, mass produce it, sell it and find out how it works out in the field. Vance and Hines is one of the leaders in the industry when it comes to testing products, prior to distribution and sale to the general public.