37g's Yes or no
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37g's Yes or no
Just picked up 2000 fxd with 3k miles, needs some tlc, but it does have the bad cam bearings , so I figured I'll take care of that problem right away, now seeing as how I'm going in there anyway might as well get rid of the chains also, so my thinking is for set of andrews 37g's for the present and they will do fine when I go to the 95 and heads in the future. The question is will it run good now or will the cams be too much for a stock motor? According to Andrews site the cams will work with 88 and 95, stock comp to 9.8
Has anyone run them with a stock motor before upgrading the motor ?
Thanks Ron
Has anyone run them with a stock motor before upgrading the motor ?
Thanks Ron
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RE: 37g's Yes or no
You can use them on a stockset-up, but you probably won't see any performance gains. I'd recommend you do the 95" all at once. Buy some SE flattop cast pistons & have your stock jugs bored/fitted to the pistons. Get some mild head work ( lik Big Boyz Cycles) to bring up the compression & you'll be faaarrr happier with the results. Stock compression, I believe 8.9:1 cr, won't cut it. You could maybe call GMR performance, Steve used to offer the bored jugs, pistons & 37G cams for $1000.
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RE: 37g's Yes or no
I do plan on the upgrades , but not right now, I do want to get rid of the bad cam bearings now before I have a big problem, the bb and heads will be done spring or summer thats why I was asking about using the 37's now.
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RE: 37g's Yes or no
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I do plan on the upgrades , but not right now, I do want to get rid of the bad cam bearings now before I have a big problem, the bb and heads will be done spring or summer thats why I was asking about using the 37's now.
Ron
I do plan on the upgrades , but not right now, I do want to get rid of the bad cam bearings now before I have a big problem, the bb and heads will be done spring or summer thats why I was asking about using the 37's now.
Ron
I am a newbie, so take that into consideration. I just bought a 2200 mile old 99 Wide Glide... Alarms flew up here on the site about the cam bearings, so I researched it a little. I forget where exactly I read it, but HD never did a recall on this because they claimed less than 1 out of 100 motorcycles had a problem with those bearings. I've decided to roll the dice and not do them just for peace of mind. I have fixed a number of things that weren't broken on my Porsche and my boats from reading forums and pizzed away a ton of money for nothing.... Just sayin....
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RE: 37g's Yes or no
Maybe I misunderstood, I thought your cam bearings were bad. Your bike is barely broke in, I wouldn't worry to much about your cam bearings. Besides I thought it was the tensioner shoes that some bikes had problems with not the bearings themselves. I would ride it & pull the cam cover every 15k miles & check the tensioners, mine lasted about 37k miles. Others have far more miles on theirs, a few have far less. Anyone who builds motors would most likely advise you to wait til you can afford to do everything at once.
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The problem with the recall was that the moco would fix it under warranty only if they failed and when they failed they failed BIG!!!!! Its no big thing for me to fix it now that way I have peace of mind, with my luck I would be the 1 out of 100 LOL and yes If I could I would do it all at once but right now thats not an option . Thanks
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RE: 37g's Yes or no
ORIGINAL: ron1026
Just picked up 2000 fxd with 3k miles, needs some tlc, but it does have the bad cam bearings , so I figured I'll take care of that problem right away, now seeing as how I'm going in there anyway might as well get rid of the chains also, so my thinking is for set of andrews 37g's for the present and they will do fine when I go to the 95 and heads in the future. The question is will it run good now or will the cams be too much for a stock motor? According to Andrews site the cams will work with 88 and 95, stock comp to 9.8
Has anyone run them with a stock motor before upgrading the motor ?
Thanks Ron
Just picked up 2000 fxd with 3k miles, needs some tlc, but it does have the bad cam bearings , so I figured I'll take care of that problem right away, now seeing as how I'm going in there anyway might as well get rid of the chains also, so my thinking is for set of andrews 37g's for the present and they will do fine when I go to the 95 and heads in the future. The question is will it run good now or will the cams be too much for a stock motor? According to Andrews site the cams will work with 88 and 95, stock comp to 9.8
Has anyone run them with a stock motor before upgrading the motor ?
Thanks Ron
I tried these on a 2001 FXST with head work and a 95 inch upgrade. C.R. was about 9.7 to 1. Didn't like the cams. I believe you need a milder grind if you like lots of torque. I wasn't happy for the money spent and sold the bike back in 2003 for what I had in it.