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Old 07-30-2017, 12:05 PM
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Hey guys I'm tearing into my deuce again. 07 deuce w/ a FM 107, woods 555 cams and FM level B heads. It's at 10.25:1 compression right now. I have D&D fatcat 2/1 pipes, SE 50mm throttle body, 30 tooth trans pulley and a Barnett scorpion clutch. Due to an oil leak I'm tearing into it and am gonna run FM extreme duty cylinders and pistons set at 10.5:1. I've built their 107/777/level B kits on several of my friends bikes. I'm wondering if there's another cam I could run and get a little bump on what those guys have. This bike is basically my toy these days (ride a 14 streetglide normally) and I just want this thing to move. This bike gets ridden aggressively. I'm hoping to run this setup for a few years and probably do a 124. The funds aren't there for that yet though
 
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Old 07-30-2017, 12:27 PM
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What lift can your heads take? Gmr 600.....check it out.
 
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What lift can your heads take? Gmr 600.....check it out.
According to FM website the springs are good up to .600. I haven't checked for cool bind.
 
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GMR 577 also. Cleaning up and porting the throttle body is a cheap improvement also.
 
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Have you considered just repairing the oil leak and put the money you were going to spend towards the 124?
 
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Have you considered just repairing the oil leak and put the money you were going to spend towards the 124?
Yes but thanks to the amazing customer service at fuel Moto I have a fresh set of jugs/pistons/rings/gasket kit sitting in the garage right now. Everything is there but the cams (currently have the 555's). I'm also wondering if I shouldn't send the flywheels off to darkhorse while I'm there (freakin snowball). If I went that route I'd probably keep it a 107 for a while longer. It never ends
 
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Originally Posted by 2deuceguy
Yes but thanks to the amazing customer service at fuel Moto I have a fresh set of jugs/pistons/rings/gasket kit sitting in the garage right now. Everything is there but the cams (currently have the 555's). I'm also wondering if I shouldn't send the flywheels off to darkhorse while I'm there (freakin snowball). If I went that route I'd probably keep it a 107 for a while longer. It never ends
That changes everything. What did FM recommend?
 
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That changes everything. What did FM recommend?
Waiting to hear back from them. Figured I'd see what those on these forums thought. I've taken advice from some of the pros here in the past. Haven't steered me wrong yet.
 
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The Wood 888 would be next in line..
 
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Set the CR to 11.2 and run a 9B..
 


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