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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by dawg
That's the B138 for the EVO models, he would want B148 for TC88 and B168 for TC96.
Where in the hell do you store all this stuff in your noggin?
 
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dawg
That's the B138 for the EVO models, he would want B148 for TC88 and B168 for TC96.
My bad. He didn't state in his original post what he had.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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as you probably already know, be sure your pushrods are not on the compression stroke when cutting them..
 
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by lowglidin
Search for atrain68 on the forum. He has a complete write up.
Here's a link to the atrain write up. I'd consider this to be the gold standard do-it-yourself guide to a twinkie cam swap. Read this, get a service manual, and you'll have all the info you need to take on a cam swap. It's easily within the reach of a novice mechanic.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...-write-up.html
 
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