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I have a set of cycle Rama cams sitting on the shelf waiting to get installed in my bike. From the research I have done it appears that not a lot of softail guys are using this cam. It looks to me a handful of touring bike guys are using them but not a lot of info is out there in reguards to the cams. The guy I bought them from sent me a dyno sheet with them installed in a bike with a 103 ci motor, bassanni road rage 2-1 exhaust ant that bike made 96 hp with 107 tq. I have a 96 motor in my bike and was thinking there may be a better suited drop in cam. I don't plan on going wild with my bike and really I am only doing cams cause I want to replace the inner bearings and lifters. I have heard these cams help with low end tq which is what I want.
I agree the CR575 cams are more widely used in the touring bikes, and I have a set going in my Bagger in the next few weeks. I will be using them in a 98" engine at 10.0:1 with some seriously worked heads. This will be a huge change from the S&S 585's in there now which is all high end power. That being said, I think these cams are not on the radar of most builders. Seeing the kind of numbers they make at 10.0:1 has me pretty excited. I think the reason we don't see them in many softails is, stump pulling torque right off the bottom is more critical for heavy Baggers. Softails can get away with more of a mid, mid/high cam because of the lighter weight; I would not hesitate to use them in a softail though. It would definitely be a fun bike to ride!
Low end tq is what I want. Roll on power and mid range is where my bike lives so that was my target area for power. I was just a little thrown off to see no one uses them in a softail.
These cam specs look fairly close to the Andrews 48N conversion cams I put in My 05 Fatboy. The rest of the motor is stock except for the cam chest...The bike pulls like a train. It has torque and power from the time you roll on the throttle till above the redline..If your cams are close to this you will love it
Here are the Andrews 48N specs Duration Intake/exhaust 236/240 Lift 548/548
I agree that for a straight bolt in cam, the 48's are probably a bit better as the 575's want 10.0:1 to really shine, and while the 48's can handle a bit more than stock, they work well at stock compression...
I got impatient and decided to tear my bike down and throw these cams in. I have owned my bike since it was new so any improvement will be fun enough for me. I don't hot rod my bike and if I really wanted tons of speed I would have bought another sport bike. I will post up the results next week once I get my bike back together. I have to wait for my cam cover to get shipped back from getting re anodized cause it turned purple.
So far the cam install is going good. I have the cycle Rama cams in the pump plate and ready to install. I checked the crank runout and it is sitting at .0028 which is not terrible I imagine with the pump plate installed there is vary little runout. I am not running gear drive so I am not worried about it
Even though I am not on a budget I decided to do this build on a budget so I have more for other fun parts. I have a total of 430 dollars in parts and tools for this cam swap.
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