I would not say it was "communist". I'd say it was somewhere between brotherliness and Christianity.

Used to be a time when being a biker was built on brotherliness.

Given that it was a gift, and you ride a Fatboy, I'd just use it. Just spend the extra $10 on replacing the bearing for an upgrade Koyo bearing.

A Fatboy's more of a cruiser, you're not going to make much additional use of the extra. Some folks don't like the 27 because it is a little noisier. Some folks say the 23 is a little cooler. It's good. It makes power a little earlier.

How often do you ride over 4,500 rpm? Say ... 130 mph in top gear?
An H-D stock one ...?

Folks often say the 23 is "the same as 'old' stock" (meaning the L grind) but it's not strictly true. The later N grind is the soft one.

Maximum power might be similar but the chart suggests the EV23 starts to makes power, say, 500 rpm earlier. However, I've never ridden an L to compare so I don't know ...

In Open | In Close | Exh Open | Exh Close | In Dur | Exh Dur | Overlap | Lift

HD 81-91 (L) ... 1 ... 37 ... 53 ... 2 ... 218 ... 232 ... -11 ... .495
HD 92-98 (N) ... -2 ... 30 ... 31 .. -9 ... 208 ... 202 ... 0 ... .472


Andrews EV23 ... 10 ... 30 ... 40 ... 8 ... 220 ... 228 ... 18 ... .498
Andrews EV27 ... 20 ... 36 ... 44 ... 16 ... 236 ... 240 ... 36 ... .495

Here a quote from a user of both. They say a EV23 is an updated EV13 (15 31, 45 13, 226, 238) which he mentions.

 

Which in my day involved letting a brother decide whether to sell swap or use a gift...I get gifted several boxes of H-D parts each year... I sell most of them and would consider it very unbrotherly for someone to suggest it was remiss of me not to gift them on to someone else.

There has always been a fine line between concepts such as religion and brotherliness and being a control freak.

 

Love the concept of throwing cam numbers around without knowing at what "lift" they were established at...10thou? 20thou? more???zero?

 

Give the guy a freakin break! Who gives a rat's *** what he does with the cam.

 

Well then, I'd say you well pretty self-centred and butting into someone else conversation to inject your values.

I would not call you a brother.

 

Well then, I'd say you were pretty self-centred and butting into someone else conversation to inject your values.

I would not call you a brother, nor consider you had much of a claim on defining being a brother ... unless, perhaps, your donor gave you those items specifically with that intent. What did you do to get them?

Where I come from, we call guys who don't pass stuff around "scabs", and their supply quickly dries up.

Honestly, making a simple charitable suggestion is not "control freakery". It's just being nice and Christian. You know, like ... "and Jesus said, Cast your camshaft on the water and it shall return to you". It means, what goes around comes around. And it's not "communism". The world would be a sorry place if everyone who gave anthing to someone else without making a profit out of was labelled an anti-American "communist"!

WTF ... and why distract from discussion of which cam is better and why?
Not much point in doing so for such old, soft cams. Doesn't require cutting edge analysis. Inlet closing will make the most noticeable difference. Lift etc is all pretty much the same.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

Old yes...soft...depends.
I am not saying you are wrong, nor anyone is right...I'm saying the EV-23 is so very much like the Original EVO cam it is a toss-up. Numbers be damned...and confusing..

 

I guess you don't been gettin' much ***** lately mate? I know some good cheap Hookers out your way...want some numbers?

 

Come on fellas, there's some pretty silly and unnecessary stuff been said that would have been better not typed.

Going back to the original question I doubt if we have answered that, although it wasn't an easy one to give a helpful reply to. How many of us can 'read' cam data?!

As for a free EV23, Graystarr, it is well worth trying out and if you don't like it, revert to the stock cam or find another! The concensus seems to be that it is worth a try.

 

Yeah, I am sorry ... but what can a "brother" do when he is hit on by a Venus Van Dam up above.

It's nice of him to think of my ***** ... I obviously get to play his Tig Trager on this forum.

I mistook his goatee for a vagina.

I just hate it when folks with not a lot to add go off on a pointless tangent spoiling a topic. Especially when it is for the principle of selfishness over generosity towards others.

Yes, the cams are not that much different. 27 has a little more top end and like a bit of compression to get the best out of it but can rattle. The 23 is more bottom end and sooner, and quiet. Both are fine it depends on where you ride in your rpm.