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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by sg34
Do you guys think with the ported heads,555's,Powervision,and either a Fatcat or Propipe I will be at atleast 100/100? Right now I have short shots,A/C,and the harley download.
Sure, absolutely, depending on how much you're willing to spend on the heads.

"Ported heads" is a broad definition. I've seen heads that were sold as a "Street Port" that consisted of a multi-angle valve job with new valves, a quick polish of the combustion chamber and exhaust port, and very, very minimal porting in the intake port. A fluff and buff like that will give you slightly better performance than stock heads, but not a huge bump in performance.

There's lots of terms thrown out by companies that port heads: Street port, Pro street port, stage I, stage II, stage III, level A, level B etc. The problem is, there's no industry standard for what any of that means, so you have to ask the shop doing the work.

If your heads were set up to match the 555 cams, something like the Fuel Moto level B heads in a 103 at 10.2 compression and your pro pipe, you would very likely hit your 100/100 hp goal. With the cams, exhaust and stock heads, or lightly massaged heads you'd probably fall short.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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Those "Kompressor" heads, btw, are nothing more than stock heads that have been decked .060 to reduce the size of the combustion chamber to 76cc (or 78cc, don't remember) and better valve springs. You could duplicate that on your stock heads for less money.
 

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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 08:10 AM
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my heads were trashed, and i went with kompressor heads(saving money)and using my s&s 570g cam... 103"engine... im a happy camper... 102 hp and 122tg
 
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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my heads were trashed, and i went with kompressor heads(saving money)and using my s&s 570g cam... 103"engine... im a happy camper... 102 hp and 122tg
There's nothing wrong with those results.

I don't have anything against the Kompressor heads, I was just suggesting that if you've already got a good set of heads, you can have them decked for less $$ than it takes to buy a new set of heads.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by imrotton2
my heads were trashed, and i went with kompressor heads(saving money)and using my s&s 570g cam... 103"engine... im a happy camper... 102 hp and 122tg
This is akin to the "hippo" build for 95"ers pre '07. The build was SE Performance heads out of the box, .030" head gasket and S&S 570 cams any good 2:1 pipe but, at the time, the Propipe was the best option. That build would consistently put up 100/100 number from a 95" configuration.

I have my own preferences and can tell you what I would do in your situation but the best advice I can give you is to talk to head porter/builder types, like Don Dorrman (Dewey's Heads), Kirby/VTwin Performance, Scott/Hillside, Charlie/Short Block Charlie, Jamie/Fuel Moto, Bean/BigBoyz, etc.; you will learn a lot from those conversations, most importantly, who you think you can work with. Pick one and follow his lead on the rest of the build; they all know what works and what doesn't.
 
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