103 upgrade...
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 457
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From: Woodstock, Ga
i went down this road when there were no 08 Cores
And i wish there were I did a 103 without doing head work. My indy said he would clean them up.. Dont do a upgrade without head work about 800-1000 for some good heads.
And about the HQ 107 do the HQ103
you do 107 and higher then you gotta send the crank out and it can get real costly real quick (wish i had the coin maybe next year)
as far as cams woods or HQ
Good Luck
And about the HQ 107 do the HQ103
you do 107 and higher then you gotta send the crank out and it can get real costly real quick (wish i had the coin maybe next year)
as far as cams woods or HQ
Good Luck
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,749
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From: sand mountain Alabama
Perhaps the dealer that does your install will help you with warranty work if something does happen. HD will not warranty it if a HD shop does the work and it has been over 60 days since you purchased the bike.
I have checked with 5 dealers and they all say the same thing about the warranty. They do give a 90 day in house warranty on it though.
That's why I am waiting until my warranty has ended.
jim
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 191
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From: Clanton, Alabama
Check out Bobby Wood cams. Go with the gear drive. As far as the heads it will be well spent money to get you stock heads cleaned up a bit. I don't think you will regret and if all the other work your doing doesn't void your warranty, cleaning up the heads certainly won't hurt the warranty. It will be alot better air flow.
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 380
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From: canton ny
Looks like everyone has their own idea about the recommendations on your bike. YOU have to decide how far you want to go as far as performance gains as well as the amount of $ spent. You want to keep your warranty.Wait til your warranty is up,do your stage 2 or whatever and make it run along side anyone out there.Heads,Heads,Heads is where the power lies and an increase in compression. Go all out "or stay on the porch with the puppies".SE heads would not be MY first choice.They`re basically a head that flows a little better than a BS head that comes stock on all the other models.Do some research and make some phone calls to a couple different professional(reputable) jobbers and base your decision on your needs.Just my opinion.Toby
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From: Wisconsin
I see all these different types of cams but no one mentions the cam in my bike. I bought mine and it was already built up using the 260 cam with SE CNC ported heads. I love this engine. It has loads of power with 105HP and 107TQ. It's fast off the line and has plenty of passing power on the highway. The previous owner also dropped in the HD 6 speed tranny. I want an 09 bagger, but I know I'm gonna miss this engine.
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Franklin, TN
I've had gear drive cams and loved them, and the noise, at least on my S&S cams was not bad, in fact I kind of like it, but it will kill the warrenty to go with gear drives. If HD don't make it, they won't stand behind it. S&S has the patend on the gear drives.
Marsh
Marsh
Last edited by Marsh; Oct 3, 2008 at 09:30 PM.
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From: Stockbridge, GA (Atlanta)
107 does not require crank work --
And i wish there were I did a 103 without doing head work. My indy said he would clean them up.. Dont do a upgrade without head work about 800-1000 for some good heads.
And about the HQ 107 do the HQ103
you do 107 and higher then you gotta send the crank out and it can get real costly real quick (wish i had the coin maybe next year)
as far as cams woods or HQ
Good Luck
And about the HQ 107 do the HQ103
you do 107 and higher then you gotta send the crank out and it can get real costly real quick (wish i had the coin maybe next year)
as far as cams woods or HQ
Good Luck