Performance Upgrade
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Performance Upgrade
Just finished a cam swap on my 2000 custom and let me tell you the sound alone is worth the price!
cams: Andrews N4 (490 lift)
carb: Stock w/composite slide and spring, #45 low speed jet, #175 needle jet sitting in a Yost power tube with needle, and the low speed idle screw open 2 1/4 turns.
Plugs: Beru gapped to .040
Wires: Nology Hot wires
Intake: Screamin Eagle
Exhaust: Vance Hines straight shots w/baffles
Oil: Revtec "Pure" (20/50) with a chrome magnetic filter
Timing: Stock (for now!)
Unfortunately I still have 4 inches of snow so I can't ride for at least a few weeks, but throttle response and idle quality are excellent. I'm sure I'll need some minor tuning but I thought I'ld let anyone interested know that this combination pretty much works "right out of the box" so to speak.
Rick C.
cams: Andrews N4 (490 lift)
carb: Stock w/composite slide and spring, #45 low speed jet, #175 needle jet sitting in a Yost power tube with needle, and the low speed idle screw open 2 1/4 turns.
Plugs: Beru gapped to .040
Wires: Nology Hot wires
Intake: Screamin Eagle
Exhaust: Vance Hines straight shots w/baffles
Oil: Revtec "Pure" (20/50) with a chrome magnetic filter
Timing: Stock (for now!)
Unfortunately I still have 4 inches of snow so I can't ride for at least a few weeks, but throttle response and idle quality are excellent. I'm sure I'll need some minor tuning but I thought I'ld let anyone interested know that this combination pretty much works "right out of the box" so to speak.
Rick C.
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Just to let you know, the N4 cam is nop much different than the stock cams in lift, I think the lift is the same, the N4 have a little but not much more duration than the stock cams do. And without head work you probally wont feel much if anything at the seat of your pants.
I am telling you this kinda from experience and studying.
I have the SE bolt in cams with a lift of .497, wich isnt big, but its alot better duration than the stock cams. But I still felt nothing when they were installed, I could tell the sound difference a little. I went back to the dealer and got my stock cams to make sure they really put the new cams in it. (wish i would of installed them myself, doesnt seem like they would be that hard to do).
I just got stage 2 cnc ported heads, and now I should be able to get some use out of my cams.
I am telling you this kinda from experience and studying.
I have the SE bolt in cams with a lift of .497, wich isnt big, but its alot better duration than the stock cams. But I still felt nothing when they were installed, I could tell the sound difference a little. I went back to the dealer and got my stock cams to make sure they really put the new cams in it. (wish i would of installed them myself, doesnt seem like they would be that hard to do).
I just got stage 2 cnc ported heads, and now I should be able to get some use out of my cams.
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How much did it cost to do the cams?
How much did it cost to do the cams?
I just put the stage 2 heads, 10:1 SE pistons, all the gaskets including SE high Performance metal head gaskets. Did all the work myself, it only cost me about 600 hundred. I baught the brand new porsted stage two 1200 heads from Shrt blck charlies, he had them on Ebay, I picked them up for $250.00 and I baught the rest from Surdyke for the 20 percent off.
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