stage kit help
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From: Iowa
stage kit help
Picking up new ride Tuesday and at very least have a stage 2 kit planned for it in the near future, theres just so much more umph! to be had by changing cams. All the catalogs show the kits as being 96" inchers being bumped up to 103" / but I already have the 103 motor so jugs and pistons should not be needed.... right ? It would seem that a stage 1 plus the cost of new cams would yield me a stage 2.... right.
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Stage 2 nets me 95 HP and 80 torque / 110" big bore only gets me 100 HP and 80 torque plus requires case boring according to screamin eagles catalog. Seems like it would be alot more $$ spent for minimal gain. If I stayed with 103 bore and just done cams and breather I would have about the same and about 2 grand left
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I just did the HD SE Stage II kit on my new RG. You will see it in the Screaming Eagle catalog, its about an $750 kit, comes with 254e cams, Race Tuner and all the gaskets. I put this on along with the Ventilator air cleaner and I am very happy with the results.
I considered the 110 kit, but didnt think it was worth all the extra hassle and expense. The 103 responds very well with a simple cam and air flow change.
I considered the 110 kit, but didnt think it was worth all the extra hassle and expense. The 103 responds very well with a simple cam and air flow change.
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You need to do some more research before you do any of this. Search this forum for some pretty good insight. Your understanding of the stage 1 or 2 are not right and you shouldn't spend 1000's of dollars for something that you dont understand.... IMO. Do your research and spend wisely. You can save a lot of money and get the same, if not better, quality parts by staying out of that screaming eagle catalog. I would go with a stage 1, (intake, tuner, exhaust) first and see how you like that. You may be completely satisfied. That 103 is a hell of a motor. Congrats on your new ride!
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but I already have the 103 motor so jugs and pistons should not be needed.... right ?
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CaptainIron62, thats pretty much what I was thinkin right now. Obviously gonna log some miles first and maybe do the kit over the winter if I can wait that long. I know this bike is gonna seem like a turd compared to the Vmax I came off of but it will no doubt be a nice ride with bells and whistles.
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you would be correct in resisting the impulse to compare.
you can make your new Harley as fast as a Vmax- but it will cost the equivalent of 2 Vmaxs + the Harley to get there.
sit back and enjoy the ride.
if you need to go fast, get a 2nd bike which is designed to do just that.
it would be less expensive in the end
many of the common mods we do violate the 2 year factory warranty and we have to be prepared to absorb any costs which might other wise be a warranty claim
Mike
you can make your new Harley as fast as a Vmax- but it will cost the equivalent of 2 Vmaxs + the Harley to get there.
sit back and enjoy the ride.
if you need to go fast, get a 2nd bike which is designed to do just that.
it would be less expensive in the end
many of the common mods we do violate the 2 year factory warranty and we have to be prepared to absorb any costs which might other wise be a warranty claim
Mike
Last edited by mkguitar; Jun 24, 2012 at 11:33 AM.