i have a tc88 with sert,a/c, & d&d 2in1.....i am looking at doing a andrews 26......my question is ...would i be better off haveing my heads sent out ,,for porting & polishing with all new springs & valves...or just buy s set already set up...what are the pros & cons.....i am also trying to decide wether to replace the jugs also,,,or leave them alone,,,,thanks for the info..

 

Check out this link http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/street_tc_engine.htm it might point you in the right direction. Look at the chart towards the bottom for 88/95 in power ratio.

 

If the Andrews 26's are your cam of choice, do NOT waste your money on heads. Those cams are designed to work best with stock flow and compression ratio. I have used them MANY times, both the stock & ported heads. The best results come from stock heads.

If porting is something you're set on, then look into a different set of cams.... like HQ-0034 or Woods TW6. There are many others, but those are both solid options. As a matter of fact, I would use the 0034's with both stock and/or ported heads.

 

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Steve

 

so phil if you went with hq34...in the beginning & you were not satisfied...you could do a head job & maybe get a ;ittle mor hp & tq....right now i am at 72 hp &71 tq,,,& looking for more...would like to have a better pull through the gear & some mor hp....


or what set up would you recomend ?...

 

Yes, that is absolutely correct.

I have installed 0034's is several 88's, under the same premis and the owners have just "rolled off into the sunset" and not come back for more ~ so far, at least.

You might give Harleypingman a shout, he has one of the strongest running 88's I have EVER seen and this is exactly what he has.

 

i will contact him....it sounds like the hq-0034g.....would be a good choice ......thanks

 

You have a PM in reply to your PM.

When I called HQ last year about cams I talked to Doug Coffey, the owner--didn't know squat about him or Head-Quarters. In the course of our conversation, he asked me what pipes I was using and I told him Rinehart TD's. He immediately replied that those "are terrible," and suggested I go with a good 2-into-1 pipe. I didn't change pipes; the cosmetics and sound trumped the performance improvement. He also said using the stock push rods was fine, and said the HD "B" lifters would be a good choice--no BS, no upselling.

I rode recently with Kevin (Pirateeye) and another friend with a 95/99 hp/tq 95" build and all of us took off at the same time from a traffic light on a limited access road. Well, Kevin just dissappeared--he was just gone on his 113; me and our other friend were at WOT and Kevin just left us--but, what surprised me was that the other friend's bike never passed me, never gained on me. I found out later that our friend then approached Kevin about getting a set of 34's for his bike and ordered them earlier this week.