Replacing the Cases.....
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I probably would've gone the S & S long block route. If you want to take your existing engine apart, have at it, but I'd rather have the superior S & S in service anyway. Since you cases are junk, you might want to sell the guts if there's any market for them. Been there done this...back in around 1977-79. (Threw a chain and wadded it up into the center cases, while riding 2-up.)
Ah yes, the good old days...
Ah yes, the good old days...
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Just so every one know's it's a 96" Evo that currently has 115/tq and 111/hp. I'm very satisfied with the performance. I'm looking for reliability... Sure I can spend another $1k on pistons and cylinders but my heads were already configured stage III for Axtell 30* angle top pistons. So If I change that set up it means new heads... The current heads are specifically machined at 94.1 cc to accept the Axtell pistons.... So it's not just a piston and cylinder upgrade..
Happy Thanksgiving hotrod! Its always something, but we love it. I need my head examined 😏, ordering a pipe for sure, maybe switching to a tts tuner and a larger tb too. Just can't leave it alone.
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Just so every one know's it's a 96" Evo that currently has 115/tq and 111/hp. I'm very satisfied with the performance. I'm looking for reliability... Sure I can spend another $1k on pistons and cylinders but my heads were already configured stage III for Axtell 30* angle top pistons. So If I change that set up it means new heads... The current heads are specifically machined at 94.1 cc to accept the Axtell pistons.... So it's not just a piston and cylinder upgrade..
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In honesty, pulling some compression made my big cube so much more every day riding friendly and problem free, starting to forget how to work on one. Think it would be a good move for reliability, haven't regretted it one bit.
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Where I'm going to go with my shovel eventually, while 11.7-1 is crazy fun to play with it's a pain in the *** honestly, just the battery & starter games I've had to play have been epic. Kicker is the only reliable way to start it and with my bum hip and old tired *** that's gotten to be more than I want to deal with.
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Yea, that was a trying time... I had this passion for more out of a small block, so to speak... Money and reliability steered me in another direction.. Probably age had something to do with it as well.. Actually gonna knock the comp down a tad....
Yea,I saw over in the Dyna section that you're still cruising... That's cool but if you really want a significant upgrade a 117" in the 130+ range is were you should concentrate...
Yea,I saw over in the Dyna section that you're still cruising... That's cool but if you really want a significant upgrade a 117" in the 130+ range is were you should concentrate...
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Just so every one know's it's a 96" Evo that currently has 115/tq and 111/hp. I'm very satisfied with the performance. I'm looking for reliability... Sure I can spend another $1k on pistons and cylinders but my heads were already configured stage III for Axtell 30* angle top pistons. So If I change that set up it means new heads... The current heads are specifically machined at 94.1 cc to accept the Axtell pistons.... So it's not just a piston and cylinder upgrade..