S&S?
S&S?
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From: Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand
My personal experience of them and that of several local MC members is that they may be more powerful (although you can make Harley just as powerful) but they are not better in any way the club stopped buying them as they blew too many up.
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From: St. Louis, MO
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From: la la land jerzey
When you stroke an engine the piston speed increases - when that happens its like at 70MPH stoker engine 4 5/8 stroke bore does not matter the piston travel is it a much higher speed
at 70 stroked 4 5/8 = 89 3 1/2 bore - 96 is 3 5/8 bore is close to 90 stock stroke < how long do you think a stock engine would last riding it at 90 every place you go
forget the hi engine speeds before hi gear and they matter as well
at 70 stroked 4 5/8 = 89 3 1/2 bore - 96 is 3 5/8 bore is close to 90 stock stroke < how long do you think a stock engine would last riding it at 90 every place you go
forget the hi engine speeds before hi gear and they matter as well
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From: Coldstream B.C. CA.
Maybe pair the rest of your stroker with components that work best at lower RPM, get a torque cam and keep those r's down. If you must travel at high speed all day, change up your sprockets then you can have it all with your stroker.
Last edited by skills; Feb 24, 2024 at 05:52 PM.
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Headgaskets, big ends and crank bearings plus crank pinions. S&S use wider tolerances than stock, if you build the cranks to stock tolerances they apparently last a bit longer. I have pulled some very dead S&S motors apart, none of them were a pretty sight.
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Got 5 gal bucket half full of roached S&S rod cores from cratered crankpins.
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What I do remember about my 96" S&S was that every time we put it on the Dyno, the vibration blew the head light bulb.
The next owner of the bike (special construction Softail with Custom Chrome / Santee frame,) the neck welds cracked.
Hard on itself when you wound it out.
The next owner of the bike (special construction Softail with Custom Chrome / Santee frame,) the neck welds cracked.
Hard on itself when you wound it out.
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