Woods 22X and valve train noise

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Feb 18, 2019 | 08:18 PM

jjscott

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Woods 22X and valve train noise

I’m looking to make some performance mods to my 2018 CVO Limited 117”. Looking at a cam, full exhaust and tune. From what I hear, the Woods 22X cam seems like the way to go.

I seem to remember back in the day that Woods cams were notorious for adding quite a bit of valve train noise. I stopped by my local dealer today and he felt they still do. Then I looked at the Fuel Moto cam shootout and saw they listed the valve noise as “Very Quite” for every cam test, including the Woods 22X.

With that said, I’m looking to hear from anyone that is running the Woods 22X in an M8 motor with some seat time. I’d prefer to hear about this cam in a 117” M8, but I’ll take what I can get from an M8 perspective…107 or 114.

What do you think? Did it make more valve train noise? Less? About the same?

Thanks

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Feb 20, 2019 | 08:40 AM

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I had that same cam in an '18 Road Glide Special 107 for about 2500 miles. I'd say the valvetrain noise was about the same before/after the cam install. I used Fuel Moto adjustable pushrods and reused the stock lifters. I traded that bike and now have a '19 Road Glide special, and will probably be installing a 22x cam in it as well.

Feb 20, 2019 | 08:57 AM

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Had I not gone with the full big-bore kit, the 22x was one of the cams I considered. My WM8-999 cam coupled with the Knight Prowler lifters is actually quieter than the stock 107 valve-train. It is silent, in fact.

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Feb 21, 2019 | 07:31 AM

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Thanks for the information. That makes me feel better about the noise. The motor is a little tickey to begin with and I didn't want to make it worse. I'm hoping the adjustable push rods will help.
What header pipe and slip-on's did you install with that cam? What were dyno numbers?

I was thinking about D&D Billet Cat's, but I'm not sold on the look. My fall back is the Fullsac MX header with Rhinehart 4.5" slip-on's.

Thanks again

Feb 21, 2019 | 04:24 PM

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I was using a stock de-catted header and Rinehart 4" slip-ons for a bit, then switched them out for SE Street Cannons to try and gain some low end power back (which they did seem to do) and tone the sound down a little bit. I never had that setup on a dyno, as it seemed to run great and had good manners using a map provided to me from Fuel Moto and a few auto tune sessions. I would have eventually had it dyno'd had I kept the bike, just never got around to it.