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Bullet proof?
Gear drive cams
Crank welded with lefty bearing installed.
New stator rotor will be needed with se comp.
premium lifters. There are many to choose from.
Went with gear drive cams in my 2002 Fat Boy. Never looked back. Wayne from Speed's Performance Plus dyno'd the bike at 2006 Myrtle Beach bike week. Told me that I wasn't going to squeeze anything more out of a TC88 that had only had the cams and the heads reworked. Also stated that the cams were an important part of "bullet proofing".
Now it's nearly 2016. The bike has very close to 35k and has never missed a beat since the work was done.
04 road king fuel injected 80,000 miles no cam chain tensioner issues went gear to gear , punched out to a 95 cubic inch motor, weisco pistons, s&s cams s&s heads , power vision dynotuned, get , thunder header, exhaust , 150,000 mile motor e
Originally Posted by RatBikeRod
So, post making the decisin to keep my '05 RKC, I am looking at ways to bullet proof the engine as much as possible with these.
I will have it professionally tuned soon. But as for parts to consider changing out at almost 50k, what should I add to the following list;
- Front motor mount - Glide Pro
- Cam chain tensioners - changed at 30k, but stock, will go to Hydrolic?'
- SE Compensator
- Stator - anything better than stock?
Yep, there is a lot I could do, but I am looking only to focus on longevity. I ride a lot of long miles, so I want to focus on those changes that will give me the most miles for the buck not the most HP for the buck.
Torque is king.
04 Road king bought 10 yrs ago w/ 5,000miles on it , currently has 80,000 miles
twin cam 88 motors run lean from the factory (government emissions) the first thing I did at 40,000 miles was
Get that garbage Harley map out of there
, went gear to gear , no more cam chain to deal with , s&s cams, weisco flat top pistons , punched out to 95 cubic inch motor power vision tuned 2 into one exhaust and a set of s&s heads
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