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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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here is a reply from a member that told me what he paid for the 103 with 255 cams, its around 9-10 pages down in forum now
dealer installed my 103 kit and dynoed the bike after break in for $1440. Did not include PCIII, Stage I breather, Rush mufflers, SE Compensator, or Fulsac true duels at that price. Everything but the SE compesator was already on the bike before the 103 kit was installed. SE compensator was added several months later after trying many things to stop the spitting back and extreme grinding of the starter when trying to start the engine. Many people with a 103ci and SE255 cams have this problem or some form of hard starting due to the cam timing @startup with the SE255 cams. Save yourself the headache and have the SE compensator installed during the engine build, it's worth the extra money spent (I'm guessing around $350-$400 installed) PACO
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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i think i am leaning towards the PCV one look at the SERT and what it takes to really fine tune and i started to get a headache. im liking the price that the indy gave me but im going in there in the middle of the week to really lay something down in stone. also going to call around to some other dealers and see if i can fenagle a better price. while im thinking of it how do these upgrades affect the warranty? thanks for all of the replies so far!
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 2009blackpearle
here is a reply from a member that told me what he paid for the 103 with 255 cams, its around 9-10 pages down in forum now
dealer installed my 103 kit and dynoed the bike after break in for $1440. Did not include PCIII, Stage I breather, Rush mufflers, SE Compensator, or Fulsac true duels at that price. Everything but the SE compesator was already on the bike before the 103 kit was installed. SE compensator was added several months later after trying many things to stop the spitting back and extreme grinding of the starter when trying to start the engine. Many people with a 103ci and SE255 cams have this problem or some form of hard starting due to the cam timing @startup with the SE255 cams. Save yourself the headache and have the SE compensator installed during the engine build, it's worth the extra money spent (I'm guessing around $350-$400 installed) PACO
Also consider the auto compression releases while the heads are off. I had all kinds of starting problems with my Stage 2 103 kit until I added the ACRs, high torque starter, and SE compensator. Fortunately, the starter and compensator were warranty items and I only had to pay the parts price difference.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 03:39 PM
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I've never used them but have heard good things about them in several forums. They do a 105 upgrade and the price isn't bad.Not sure if a dealer would install this but a good indy would.http://www.automotivemachine.com/I'm leaning towards the 105 for a winter project myself.
 
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