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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 07:24 AM
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So I have had Andrews48 cams in my 05 Fatboy for a few years and love them. Bike runs strong and sounds great. I am looking at getting the heads cleaned up a little bit and changing the Valve seals this year. As we all know 05 to early 06 seals suck and will leak at some point
My mechanic , who said if he has the heads off why not go with a 95 inch kit at the same time.

I guess what I am trying to find out is if teh Andrews 48 cams i have in there now will work or will I need to change them also if I install a 95 inch kit?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 08:01 AM
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Andrews 48 will work even better with a 95 kit.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 09:42 AM
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Even better with a 98" kit.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2019 | 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Scudda
So I have had Andrews48 cams in my 05 Fatboy for a few years and love them. Bike runs strong and sounds great. I am looking at getting the heads cleaned up a little bit and changing the Valve seals this year. As we all know 05 to early 06 seals suck and will leak at some point
My mechanic , who said if he has the heads off why not go with a 95 inch kit at the same time.

I guess what I am trying to find out is if teh Andrews 48 cams i have in there now will work or will I need to change them also if I install a 95 inch kit?
Bore to 98" along with some cylinder head work.
HUGE increase then
Scott

 
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Old Feb 9, 2019 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Scudda
So I have had Andrews48 cams in my 05 Fatboy for a few years and love them. Bike runs strong and sounds great. I am looking at getting the heads cleaned up a little bit and changing the Valve seals this year. As we all know 05 to early 06 seals suck and will leak at some point
My mechanic , who said if he has the heads off why not go with a 95 inch kit at the same time.

I guess what I am trying to find out is if teh Andrews 48 cams i have in there now will work or will I need to change them also if I install a 95 inch kit?

one more vote to go 98"

 
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Old Feb 9, 2019 | 07:09 AM
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The labor being the same get the biggest bang for the buck.
 
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