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Engine Mechanical TopicsDiscussion for motor builds, cams, head work, stripped bolts and other engine related issues. The good and the bad. If it goes round and around or up and down, post it here.
My builder is ready to bolt my 103 , now 107 twin cam, into my bike tomorrow , finish assembly , break in the rings , he says is crucial it's done correctly ,
and then dyno tune it. Had my crank trued and welded ,and new rod bearings,new main shaft bearings , had over .005 run out and he won't build them with that much. Also there was some scoring in my oil pump , 34K , and my cam plate so I went with the S&S plate and pump. He also CC's the heads, bored my cylinders , not sure what pistons they are but they look to have coated skirts , check my piston oilier jets , bigger throttle body and injectors , S&S lifters and push rods , Max-Cell T945A cams , last one of these he did was 112HP and 130TQ . I'm getting anxious now. He's 3 hours from here , sent me some progress photo's though . Pretty happy with this guy , does good work.
Made by JIMS V-TWIN performance , guess they make a great M8 cam that performs well AND sounds good . My builder has had good results with them , used to use the T-man 590 for this same build.
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