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Old Dec 12, 2016 | 06:34 PM
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I had a TC88 with SE203 cams and really liked the sound at idle and the power. Now I have a 103 with Woods 222 cams and I'm thinking about the stage IV 110 kit. Will any SE cam have the sound at idle and power bump like the 88 with the 203? The 103 was a joke stock, and not much better with the woods 222. I really want to get it right this time.
 
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I had a TC88 with SE203 cams and really liked the sound at idle and the power. Now I have a 103 with Woods 222 cams and I'm thinking about the stage IV 110 kit. Will any SE cam have the sound at idle and power bump like the 88 with the 203? The 103 was a joke stock, and not much better with the woods 222. I really want to get it right this time.
Besides doing the cam on the 103, did you do anything else to the motor. Bump in comp or anything? What were the numbers on that combination?
 
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Just a HF air filter, Super tuner, decat the head pipe and some Rinehart 4" slip on pipes.
 
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Can you tell me what the numbers were for the 103 w/222 cams?
 
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Old Dec 14, 2016 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by HDSAE60
I had a TC88 with SE203 cams and really liked the sound at idle and the power. Now I have a 103 with Woods 222 cams and I'm thinking about the stage IV 110 kit. Will any SE cam have the sound at idle and power bump like the 88 with the 203? The 103 was a joke stock, and not much better with the woods 222. I really want to get it right this time.
S&S .570.
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Too much compression with 203 in a 110 configuration. The naysayers will weigh in but the SE259 would work as would TMan 590.
 
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S&S .570.
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So you think the .570" would sound and perform like the 203/TC88, if used with the 110 kit 92500037A? What is your opinion of the SE-585 with the 110 kit?
 
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The .585 is a low-mid power oriented cam as what we've seen on our dyno, and will carry more ccp that the .570.
The .570 will have that "lope" your looking for, and far out-perform the 230/88" combination.
10.2 cr is where we cap that.
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Originally Posted by Hillsidecycle.com
The .585 is a low-mid power oriented cam as what we've seen on our dyno, and will carry more ccp that the .570.
The .570 will have that "lope" your looking for, and far out-perform the 230/88" combination.
10.2 cr is where we cap that.
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Thanks Scott! Will the pushrods for the 259e cam that come in the kit (92500037A) work with the .570 cam?
 
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Thanks Scott! Will the pushrods for the 259e cam that come in the kit (92500037A) work with the .570 cam?
You will have the lope you want with the 259e but the comp will be better set at 10.8 or so with that cam. Go to J&B Performance FB page and here a 117" kit with the 259's installed, there in a 2016 RG.
 
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