Bikes going under the knife few ?'s
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Bikes going under the knife few ?'s
Alright guys 07 glide, same one in my sig is gonna go to my local scooter shop within the week. I was gonna go ahead and do the whole 9 yards and do a 107, cams and all but decided to be light on the wallet and do this in a few small stages. Going to just stick with a cam swap, and some mild head work(port, polish, clean up major upstrucktions)maybe you call that a stg 1? Im set on redshifts. So heres the question, while my heads are off can i get them milled a little to pump up the compression a hair, or get a smaller gasket. Will I run into detonation, or any problems. Not trying to go wild just get the most bang for my buck here. I'd be running redshift 577 then. If not ill be sticking with 575 with stock compression. I rarely ride 2 up, and if i do I ride mildley with her. And i weigh 175lbs in the pooring down rain. Thanks for any and all input.
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The ONLY suggestion I can give is don't let just anyone with a die grinder start "cleaning-up" your heads, send them to someone who does heads for a living, everyday, you will end up with a ruined set of heads that cannot be fixed and when you need to send them to a "head shop" they want touch a set of heads someone else has messed with. The heads are probably the most important part of a twin cam engine build.
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If you're going to spend the bucks on headwork and cams you really should go to the big bore and pistons at the same time. The compression needs to match the cams as should the porting. It'll only cost in the neighborhood of $500 more for the big bore and then you won't need to change cams later when you finally do it. Save your money and do it once and do it right and you'll save in the long run. The mods should compliment each other.
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Sounds like you don't have a plan for what you are doing to the engine. As mentioned above, you can compromise your current heads for good head work later by what may be done now. Milling the head to bump the compression for the 96" current size can compromise those heads for a 103" later; ditto the "port/polish" work.
Why pay for a tune on an engine that is nowhere near what you ultimately will have and the expense of doing what you are doing now.
Suggestion: Save your money that you plan to spend now and put it aside for what you really want to avoid spending $$$ twice.
In any event, good luck with your science project (meaning engine work that has no real plan and mods that are not proven performers.)
Why pay for a tune on an engine that is nowhere near what you ultimately will have and the expense of doing what you are doing now.
Suggestion: Save your money that you plan to spend now and put it aside for what you really want to avoid spending $$$ twice.
In any event, good luck with your science project (meaning engine work that has no real plan and mods that are not proven performers.)
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Well thanks for the input guys. Kinda liked the idea of staying small displacment and spankin on some 103's around town. I know its possible to see close to a 100hp and 100tq with a 96 with cams and some heads. Just looking for compression ratio limits for a bagger... No one said anythin about my next door neighbor doin my heads so i dunno where poor head work came from. And for my (science experiment with no real plan and unproven mods) i guess we have to wait and see. Maybe when i get over 5000 post ill start to be an a$$ on a regular bases too. Thank you to those that posted with knowledge w/ out bashing my build.
let the flaming begin.
let the flaming begin.
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