Personally, the only thing thats ever held me back from ordering one, is the lack of actual evidence that shows whether or not they really make any improvement at all!
Myself and Rick have been speaking every so often about benchmarking the standard CDI vs the Ignitech CDI but have never got round to it. Well, Until now.....
I want to start by saying a big thank you to Rick for letting me borrow the 2 units used during this test. One of which having the 'HRC' map installed, and the other with the 'Improved standard' map.
The bike used was an '89 NC30 (road bike only) of which the Full spec can be found here :
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Before I took the bike to the tuners, I did complete a road test to see if there is any noticable improvements that I could feel. And I have to say, the most noticable difference for me was the CDI programmed with the 'improved standard' map, it just seemed a lot crisper on the throttle, and the power delivery seemed sharper and generally more alive. It has increased the max torque from 27.0 - 27.4, the peak BHP from 60.9 to 61.6, and the top speed from 136.9 - 139.9 and will be the CDI I will be using from now on.
Shown below are the Torque curves of each CDI benchmarked against one another:
Firstly, the standard CDI (shown in blue) went against the 'HRC' mapped CDI (shown in red).
The HRC map was set-up to redline at 14,875rpm.
Secondly, the standard CDI (shown in red) went against the 'improved standard' mapped CDI (shown in blue).
The improved standard map was programmed to have the same redline as the standard map
Lastly, the 'HRC' mapped CDI (shown in red) went against the 'improved standard' mapped CDI (shown in blue)
Of course each person will have different thoughts on this easy plug and play mod, and each bike will respond differently depending on the state of tune/engine condition and so on, but from my experience its a thumbs up for the Ignitech CDI.
Please note: these CDI's are customisable and can be tweaked if you feel it neccessary, however I was just focusing on the pre-installed maps Rick set up for me.
