Rebuild opinions
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Cruiser
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Rebuild opinions
This winter I'm going to change the cam in my 95 Ultra. Looking for opinions on hoe extensive I should go with doing additional rebuild work. Bike has 47k miles. It runs ok without any smoke. But there is a lot of clicking noise on top end. I guess a leak test is in order.
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At 47K you are about due for lifters. Cam, lifters and adjustable pushrods would be a good thing. How about base gaskets? Any seepage yet? If so, a full top-end gasket set might be something to think about as well.
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Cruiser
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Thanks for the reply. I have new fueling lifters, adj pushrods and cam bearing kit. Ready to get installed. Base area has no seepage. What about heads, rockers etc?
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Top side should still be OK, if you pull the heads then a good chance of disturbing the base gaskets, they start getting hard when at your mileage. EV-27 is always a positive in any bike but I'm a giddy up guy and have enjoyed the outcome of heads redone with a experianced head porter, compression raised to complement a good cam and the Evo comes to life.
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I've got the same bike and last year I had the top end completely redone at 126,000 miles. New valves, high compression pistons, SE-4 cam, ,new metal base gaskets. Upping the compression really does wake these old motors up. Very noticeable improvement in acceleration, especially on the interstate.
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I've got the same bike and last year I had the top end completely redone at 126,000 miles. New valves, high compression pistons, SE-4 cam, ,new metal base gaskets. Upping the compression really does wake these old motors up. Very noticeable improvement in acceleration, especially on the interstate.
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.030 bore on the cylinders. Compression went from 140 psi to 200. It's not a race bike, but runs very strong for a heavy old bagger.
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If your style is just cruizing then a cam with the parts you have aquired will work fine and go along way. If you like to accellerate then the sky is the limit or your wallet size, the White Bike has the ability to chase down light bikes with a stock case housing a stroker crank and every mod I know but it is becoming more economical to drop in a crate engine than the path I chose but I like the stock appearing sleeper engine, still comes down to your riding style.
The 80" can hit 80-80 easily with bolt on parts, high 60's with a cam change, the 10-15 hp-tq over a cam change can cost $1200 so horsepower costs alot for so few.
The 80" can hit 80-80 easily with bolt on parts, high 60's with a cam change, the 10-15 hp-tq over a cam change can cost $1200 so horsepower costs alot for so few.
Last edited by 1997bagger; Oct 2, 2012 at 09:23 PM.
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Cruiser
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If your style is just cruizing then a cam with the parts you have aquired will work fine and go along way. If you like to accellerate then the sky is the limit or your wallet size, the White Bike has the ability to chase down light bikes with a stock case housing a stroker crank and every mod I know but it is becoming more economical to drop in a crate engine than the path I chose but I like the stock appearing sleeper engine, still comes down to your riding style.
The 80" can hit 80-80 easily with bolt on parts, high 60's with a cam change, the 10-15 hp-tq can cost $1200 so horsepower costs alot for so few.
The 80" can hit 80-80 easily with bolt on parts, high 60's with a cam change, the 10-15 hp-tq can cost $1200 so horsepower costs alot for so few.
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Good call, SE-3 (same as EV 27), red injectors and a reflash cartrage, had that in my bike when I got it years ago and got the job done. You don't want to start changing items with that anniversary year of bike and the M&M efi will require a tuner and more costs to come if you start pumping it up.