Heads vs Cams
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Heads vs Cams
i searched over 10 pages of threads lookin for the info before i posted but didnt find anything so here goes.
With my current mods, im wondering if i would get more results and enjoy the ride more with Heads or cams??
both might happen one day but lookin to do one at a time maybe, or is that kinda dumb?
Not lookin to have a drag bike, but do alot of 2 up riding and when im solo i want a little more performance. just dont feel the bike has the get up and go i want. Never tried but seems my diesel truck will out run my harley and that dont seem right! haha
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Daniel
With my current mods, im wondering if i would get more results and enjoy the ride more with Heads or cams??
both might happen one day but lookin to do one at a time maybe, or is that kinda dumb?
Not lookin to have a drag bike, but do alot of 2 up riding and when im solo i want a little more performance. just dont feel the bike has the get up and go i want. Never tried but seems my diesel truck will out run my harley and that dont seem right! haha
thanks
Daniel
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I agree with Wurk, we just put an Andrews 37 in a Bagger along with a TTS Mastertune and the owner was smiles alll the way down the road. This cam can be reused when he goes to larger pistons and head work later.
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A Wood 6 with a 4* advance will snap that to attention, and when/if you want more later, ie, 107" with headwork, you could see dyno results at/near 107-110 hp, and 120 plus ft/lbs, tuned correctly.
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From: Chesterfield, Va...from SC
But i really like the cam info!
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Just tossing in my 2 cents. My 08 Ultra is on the lift right now, torn down, waiting on the SE204 cams to arrive from Zanotti's on Wednesday. I ran the 204's in my Deuce until I went gear drive and I finally settled with the Woods TW6G. Dyno comparisons showed the 204's had 4 more HP and 8 more ft lbs torque and that ain't no lie. I attribute the power loss to lower than optimum compression for the Woods 6 cams. I only have 9.8:1. But trust me, the SE 204 cams are very good cams. I even tried the Andrews 37G in my Deuce before the Woods 6 and it pinged like crazy. Only way I could cut the pinging out to a tolerable level was to pull timing out and performance suffered. Since the Ultra has the hydraulic tensioners, I'm going with the SE 204's and not looking back!