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From: Minnesota
His 05 with a cam which it probably has since you have to replace cam to go gears will be great bike. Better with 95 which wouldn't surprise was done same time
If it has stock pushrods, wouldn't surprise me was bored.
As for new frame, I am not sold. I feel cramped, for some reason. Needs extended brake pedal,not sure when Harley started doing that . And seating is cramped a little.
I ride interstate and 5 speed is fine.ya I usually try shifting when out of gears. But after I realize I am out of gears, I am fine.
Guy has a fine ride enjoy
If it has stock pushrods, wouldn't surprise me was bored.
As for new frame, I am not sold. I feel cramped, for some reason. Needs extended brake pedal,not sure when Harley started doing that . And seating is cramped a little.
I ride interstate and 5 speed is fine.ya I usually try shifting when out of gears. But after I realize I am out of gears, I am fine.
Guy has a fine ride enjoy
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From: backwoods
If you are happy who cares what cam. What makes you think they stroked to103" that is expensive upgrade. 95" , boring jugs out was somewhat common then.
But again if you are happy, enjoy. Now you know you got gears, big plus.
But again if you are happy, enjoy. Now you know you got gears, big plus.
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Screaming eagle head do not require you to stroke to 103. It could still be an 88". All that means is rather than port their heads they bought Harleys brand of ported heads.
I doubt it was stroked just because of cost. But people do spend money, so who knows . But no reason to believe it was.
I doubt it was stroked just because of cost. But people do spend money, so who knows . But no reason to believe it was.
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I may never know exactly the Cam's installed. I do not have any of that info, unless I can hook up an old laptop to the ThunderMax and see whats installed. I am gonna assume this was done with the kit from Harley to go from 88 to 103 since its got Screaming Eagle on the Heads, which I believe requires a new crank as well. I had hoped for an upgrade here since it was totally apart and it seems silly to install the old Mickey Mouse tensioner setup after already dropping thousands, what's a couple more gonna hurt. Anyways happy as can be as I will never have to open that up again likely. Believe it or not the hardest part to get off was the stupid floorboard. The exhaust wasn't "Easy" as its a 2 into 1 but that bolt behind the frame that you can't see and is covered in wires/dirt/grease and a hex key socket can't go on because you can't get ratchet on socket was a bear. And reinstalling floorboard was a wrestling match for some reason. Everything I thought would be hard was easy and the easy hard. Go figure.. If I didn't have a cheap harbor freight lift and was working on floor I would be so crippled up I would still be laying there!! haha
The common build of the time for an 05 was known as a Hippo build. Hippo was a mechanic that worked for short block charlie. It consisted of a 95 ci motor, SE heads, and SnS 570 cam..
Adding a 4 3/8 cranks would add about $2000 to the cost of the build.
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Despite what others have posted, I don't see that much difference from the twin cam 88 to the twin cam 96. And I can speak from personal experience. I've owned twin cams from 2004 - 2016. 5 speeds and 6 speeds, 88, 96, and 103" engines. IMHO, the 6 speed is over rated. You don't even need it until at least 75 mph. As is the new frame from '09 up. Everyone raves about how much better it is. Hogwash. After owning the latest, greatest Electra Glide, I sold mine and bought a 2006 Electra Glide Classic. Rides just as nice, has plenty of power with a simple stage 1, and can be easily made to put out more power if that's what you want. Take care of the tensioners, and you've got a rock solid engine. Older 'Glides can be had for a song, which leaves lots of $$$ to make it yours! So, you can guess my vote.
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