Help with upgrade plans
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Help with upgrade plans
Hello all... so I'm looking to start doing some performance upgrades to my bike. It's a 96 electra glide with the carb'd 80. Just put my first 1000 miles on it and it just doesn't have enough umph for me. I was thinking I would like to do the standard sort of intake, exhaust, cam and compression. My gut feelings after a bit of research were to do a rinehart 2 into 1(probably the b4 full length system if I can ever find one), I'm not sure on what intake, but was thinking s&s, probably an andrews ev27 to top it off. I was mostly wondering if there were any suggestions on if I should shy away from any of my decisions, or if I could get more performance for a similar or smaller amount of money with different parts. Also since I can't seem to get a rinehart 2 into 1 system right now, are there any other recommendations? I'm mostly performance oriented, with wanting just a bit more deep rumble and volume than stock, but not wanting to be obnoxious.
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A bigger bore is about the best bang for the performance buck. Not a lot of EVO guys here but there are a few. If 98hotrodfatboy tunes in, he has some experience with the EVO and performance modications, so if he chimse in, might want to listen to what he has to say.
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I should probably also mention that I am a larger individual at 300 lbs, and the bike just hit 10k miles. I was hoping to keep the bike as reliable as possible and just get a little more umph without spending much money. The big bore kits I've seen can get pretty pricey, and usually need the mods i am wanting to do as well, correct? How is the reliability with the big bores?
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What are you comfortable spending.. Absolutely necessary to know, also a man of your size might want to think of a gearing change as well..
Scott does put together one of the best Woods 6 builds... Mid to upper 80's with lots of reliability and longevity not to mention gas mileage..
Scott does put together one of the best Woods 6 builds... Mid to upper 80's with lots of reliability and longevity not to mention gas mileage..
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What are you comfortable spending.. Absolutely necessary to know, also a man of your size might want to think of a gearing change as well..
Scott does put together one of the best Woods 6 builds... Mid to upper 80's with lots of reliability and longevity not to mention gas mileage..
Scott does put together one of the best Woods 6 builds... Mid to upper 80's with lots of reliability and longevity not to mention gas mileage..
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Then I would suggest you talk to Scott.. If you do all the wrenching I'm pretty sure you can bore the cylinders with Pistons and cam somewhere close to $1100.00 and another $800 for a good set of heads.. You can put your current carb, a/c and pipes to this build no problem.. But your gonna have to call him... And in all honesty you ain't gonna beat it.. it's was the most reliable build I ever had.. I kept going because I'm a power fool.. never enough... His heads make power without sacrificing reliability..I even have a set of his stage II heads on my 103" TC with a Woods TW 5-6 CAM.. VERY FAST...
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in my opinion it is the heads that make the power and it is the cam that dictates where in the rpm range the power will be. heads may seem expensive but every time you ride the bike you will get a big smile .
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Technically all the parts need to play well together, however cylinder heads play a key roll in how the air is pumped through the mode...