Who makes the most budget friendly complete cam install kit?
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Generally, you either gain low end torque or top end performance, but you seldom get both. The only thing thats going to give you 6th gear roll on at 60 MPH is displacement. Bigger cylinders. Sure, there are cams made for top end power but they are generally made for racing where you are plowing away at wide open throttle.
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Worth noting that you should pay a local shop for a proper dyno tune after you install the parts. The canned tunes you get will let the bike run, but certainly nowhere near where it should. So outside of the cost of the parts, factor that in as well.
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Hey Steve, calm down, okay?
I never said ONE single thing about there being a difference. I am well aware of the manufacturers of the automotive lifters.
What I was speaking to him about was support from a vendor, and him purchasing a package that was all inclusive, hence my post that you clipped and quoted. I am the one that replied early in this thread with a kit, and then HE replied with the concern over lifter pricing. Cool?
I am sorry if I offended you somehow, I was not saying anything at all like you are describing.
I never said ONE single thing about there being a difference. I am well aware of the manufacturers of the automotive lifters.
What I was speaking to him about was support from a vendor, and him purchasing a package that was all inclusive, hence my post that you clipped and quoted. I am the one that replied early in this thread with a kit, and then HE replied with the concern over lifter pricing. Cool?
I am sorry if I offended you somehow, I was not saying anything at all like you are describing.
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What makes you believe there is a difference between a HD bike lifter and the Chevy lifter? Truth is they are made from the exact same materials in the exact same plants. I know that this rumor has been spread around for a long time but it's not true. In the USA there is only two plants making the lifters to begin with and at one point they were the exact same company using the exact same equipment and manufacturing processes. Sure there are cheap knock offs that one should stay away from but a HD part number on the exact same part vs a Chevy part number is still the exact same part.
On lifters..
I had a 2012 cvo 110 that I became paranoid of the lifters while on a road trip.
Bike had around 15k miles and an Andrew's 57H cam I installed at about 10k with s&s lifters. Started tapping bad in Cortez CO.
I bought 4 lifters at Autozone for like $12 each and installed them in the hotel parking lot. I think they were Melling.
Didn't fix my tapping but I put another 20k miles on those lifters. Tapping turned out to be pushrod hitting top of pushrod tube.
I had a 2012 cvo 110 that I became paranoid of the lifters while on a road trip.
Bike had around 15k miles and an Andrew's 57H cam I installed at about 10k with s&s lifters. Started tapping bad in Cortez CO.
I bought 4 lifters at Autozone for like $12 each and installed them in the hotel parking lot. I think they were Melling.
Didn't fix my tapping but I put another 20k miles on those lifters. Tapping turned out to be pushrod hitting top of pushrod tube.
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Ive seen several cams for sale in classifieds, but Im weary as guys constantly replace parts and put the old stock ones back in the new package. Then they sell the lot of stock parts and the next guy sells them as seen. I cant tell you how many 'Harley performance parts' I see on FB that are stock parts in a new package.
I really want to order this as one whole shebang, as to avoid small errors like rollers not working well with so and so cam, or forgetting an o-ring or something. The again, when I see that (previous post) that GM sells lifters for 48 bucks a piece and the S&S version are 250 bucks, I gotta wonder where you start paying for a name and not a product. I think Im going to start watching the Fuelmoto website for black friday deals. Can you all give me a few others to look for? (Fueling, Jeggs, Summit, Etc?) (yeah I know, the other 2 are car sites but they are the guys I Know from prior auto cam jobs on high output engines)
I really want to order this as one whole shebang, as to avoid small errors like rollers not working well with so and so cam, or forgetting an o-ring or something. The again, when I see that (previous post) that GM sells lifters for 48 bucks a piece and the S&S version are 250 bucks, I gotta wonder where you start paying for a name and not a product. I think Im going to start watching the Fuelmoto website for black friday deals. Can you all give me a few others to look for? (Fueling, Jeggs, Summit, Etc?) (yeah I know, the other 2 are car sites but they are the guys I Know from prior auto cam jobs on high output engines)
Fuel Moto is my recommendation for a one stop shop and service after the sale. I wanted to use a TTS tuner and cam on my M8. They don't offer TTS products and my mind was made up. Jamie and Lucas at FM were very helpful with previous projects.
If automotive lifters were really all that bad one would thing they would fail quickly, but that does not seem to be the case.
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