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Say what you want about money to power gain ratio, but after upgrading cams. lifters, pushrods and a tune, my bike is a lot more fun to ride than it was before the upgrades.
Amen to that! While transformative might be stretch, I love the big midrange to upper rpm rip....
I agree with everyone that in order to do a PROPER cam job, you should ABSOLUTLY replace the lifters pushrods. I am not denying that at all.
I also agree that it is not about the money to output ratio.
What I AM saying is that, much like the OP, I had to take a look at what mattered. OP doesn't want to want to change a lot of internals. He wants to stay stock there but put a cam in. So to me, that reads that there is budget in mind. When I get the money, I will ABSOLUTLY to a cam job with all supporting internal mods that should and need to be done.
So if it comes down to budget, wait the cam out until all other parts can be purchased and installed.
If I am reading into that too much, please forgive me and I will shut my trap. It tends to get me into situations.......
That’s pretty much the position my answer came from as well!
I was hoping for some advice I wanna put a cam in my Bike with out having to change anything else in the valve train what’s the wildest I can go to for a cam for cam swap and any recommendations for manufacturer?
The wildest you can go is about 585 lift, 575 to be safe with stock springs. There are tons of options, some are dependent on exhaust or compression to get best results. I went with woods 999-6a and love the torque curve.
dont wanna hijack this thread but whats the deal with the boyesen power x. i love Boyesen products and used them in my mx bikes since the 80s. The guy was a great engineer and every one of there products ive used has always worked.
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