883 Conversion Kits
For those with questions, yes, there are many of us that have done tons of homework and changed our engines using Hammer kits, cams, etc. The best advice I can give you, is CALL and talk to Aaron or Dan. Dan will talk your ear off, which I love, i'm a glutton for information. I learned tons from Aaron during talks about heads, cams, timing, spark advance, blah blah blah in relation to how they modify their components. He also helped tremendously in the intial tuning with the PowerVision. What you end up with, is specific to how you ride and what you want to accomplish in the end.
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: St. Louis, MO
Let me throw this at you guys: I too have been looking to go to a 1200/1250 kit on my 06 883. Is there a kit you can purchase that is basically an everything-you-need-is-here kit. Or will I have to invest in cams, pusrods,etc ? I can't do this till our financial food chain alters, but I am gathering info. Thanks in advance !!!
-Beer
This is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. I figured on giving Hammer a call and just tell them what I'm looking to achieve, and since Kontankerous gave them a thumbs up on that front, that's definitely going to be my course of action.
I'm prolly looking to go to the 80hp range. I don't need ***** out fast, just looking for a little more guts, a little more umph. So, I figure 1250, some head work, and maybe a Big Sucker intake should get me where I wanna be. And this will make for a perfect winter project since I won't be itchin' to ride as much. I'll be able to maintain some level of patience while my heads are shipped out for the job.
I'll get to searching more for 1250 on here this weekend...after I have that drinkin' supplies lined up.
I'm prolly looking to go to the 80hp range. I don't need ***** out fast, just looking for a little more guts, a little more umph. So, I figure 1250, some head work, and maybe a Big Sucker intake should get me where I wanna be. And this will make for a perfect winter project since I won't be itchin' to ride as much. I'll be able to maintain some level of patience while my heads are shipped out for the job.
I'll get to searching more for 1250 on here this weekend...after I have that drinkin' supplies lined up.
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This is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. I figured on giving Hammer a call and just tell them what I'm looking to achieve, and since Kontankerous gave them a thumbs up on that front, that's definitely going to be my course of action.
I'm prolly looking to go to the 80hp range. I don't need ***** out fast, just looking for a little more guts, a little more umph. So, I figure 1250, some head work, and maybe a Big Sucker intake should get me where I wanna be. And this will make for a perfect winter project since I won't be itchin' to ride to ride as much. I'll be able to maintain some level of patience while my heads are shipped out for the job.
I'll get to searching more for 1250 on here this weekend...after I have that drinkin' supplies lined up.
I'm prolly looking to go to the 80hp range. I don't need ***** out fast, just looking for a little more guts, a little more umph. So, I figure 1250, some head work, and maybe a Big Sucker intake should get me where I wanna be. And this will make for a perfect winter project since I won't be itchin' to ride to ride as much. I'll be able to maintain some level of patience while my heads are shipped out for the job.
I'll get to searching more for 1250 on here this weekend...after I have that drinkin' supplies lined up.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do head work, but if you're trying to balance power with a budget, sometimes you just get as close as you can.
80 hp will likely have you getting stage 1 head work AND cams in addition to the 1250 kit.
I'm not looking for the ultimate in power myself, but all I've read says you'll get more out of a 2:1 exhaust than a 2:2 exhaust. I say this because if you get a basic 1250 kit you might be able to squeeze out 72 ponies out of a good 2:1 exhaust and a good tune. You'd be less than 10% off the 80 hp goal and probably cheaper than you could with doing the head work.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do head work, but if you're trying to balance power with a budget, sometimes you just get as close as you can.
80 hp will likely have you getting stage 1 head work AND cams in addition to the 1250 kit.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do head work, but if you're trying to balance power with a budget, sometimes you just get as close as you can.
80 hp will likely have you getting stage 1 head work AND cams in addition to the 1250 kit.
My 02 883R already as a factory 2 into 1...my plan was to keep that in place.
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 431
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From: St. Louis, MO
I'm not looking for the ultimate in power myself, but all I've read says you'll get more out of a 2:1 exhaust than a 2:2 exhaust. I say this because if you get a basic 1250 kit you might be able to squeeze out 72 ponies out of a good 2:1 exhaust and a good tune. You'd be less than 10% off the 80 hp goal and probably cheaper than you could with doing the head work.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do head work, but if you're trying to balance power with a budget, sometimes you just get as close as you can.
80 hp will likely have you getting stage 1 head work AND cams in addition to the 1250 kit.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do head work, but if you're trying to balance power with a budget, sometimes you just get as close as you can.
80 hp will likely have you getting stage 1 head work AND cams in addition to the 1250 kit.
-Beer
Last edited by iwantmybeerbackplease; Oct 10, 2013 at 04:44 PM.
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From: river
For reference, I'm getting 83 HP out of a 1212 conversion with competition valve job, stock cams and 2:2 exhaust. 2:2 usually gives better low end torque if that's what you're looking for. My $150 Cycle Shacks do a fine job. If I was looking for more top end, I'd go with something like a Patriot Defender 2:1.
-Beer
-Beer
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Tourer
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 431
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From: St. Louis, MO
If you're doing the work yourself, you should be able to stay around 2k. I spent 3k including stage one but I had the dealer do all the labor.
Yeah...I'm gonna do it myself.