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Old Dec 22, 2018 | 04:31 PM
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Thought I had posted this earlier but can't find it.... I pulled my cam plate to check what cams were in my 2009 Road King. The cams were stamped CVO 255. I pretty sure these were not in the '09 King. Some say these are same as Screamin' Eagle 255's ,some say not. Do these give a performance boost from stock (the SE are, but if factory later model cams do they still)
 
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All H-D cams stamped 255 have the same specs.
 
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The 255's came in the SE 110 motors. Nice cam for low end torque. Other cams will give higher numbers but it will be higher up the RPM range. I like the 255's but I am getting a lot of weight going off the line and not interested in drag racing.
 
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Stock cams on lets say a 96ci give about 66hp if I'm not mistaken. The CVO 255 I believe give about 86 and 94fp torque. Great improvement to the regular cam considering. Higher the compression I'm sure there will be changed to all those numbers.
 
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