1980 Wide Glide
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From: new orleans,la
I had an 84 FXS (Had a 74 FXE before that)
The 84 was an awesome bike, very few problems.
The Hitachi starter was the weakest link in the chain.
Speaking of chains, I used to lube it with dist points cam lube
(Sticks great) No oil flinging off. Had the chain oiler turned off.
It had Wiseco 9.5-1 pistons, 440 Sifton cam & a Mikuni HS40.
Strong runner. I'll try to find pics to post.
The 84 was an awesome bike, very few problems.
The Hitachi starter was the weakest link in the chain.
Speaking of chains, I used to lube it with dist points cam lube
(Sticks great) No oil flinging off. Had the chain oiler turned off.
It had Wiseco 9.5-1 pistons, 440 Sifton cam & a Mikuni HS40.
Strong runner. I'll try to find pics to post.
lets say you had the real sifton 440 -- that cam was for engines 86" to 93"
sifton 440/109 performs best in 86” and 93” motors with 4-Speed --
Intake: 32.5/50 262.5 0.440 Exhaust: 58.5/30 268.5 0.440 Overlap: 62
that cam in a stock 74 even a 80" is a dog of a cam - wayyyy over cammed -
I have removed several of them most the #109 it never makes power oh it will run but you never gonna see the power band -- also these cams with long duration need no less than 10:1 cr and lots of cubic inches --
the sifton cobra was the most popular it had #112 on the lobe -- it had a power band of 2500 to 5000 and was good for engines up to 86"
so what one did you have?? the #107 (.440) was a hyd lifter only cam
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