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jdm65 what do you have for a tuner? I have a pcIII and I am wondering where to start. I had it tuned with stock cams ,true duals, samson rolled ovals and se air cleaner. wonder if I could just start with that? Did you have it dyno tuned?
How about HP and TQ with the 95 BB and the 21 cams?
How about HP and TQ with the 95 BB and the 21 cams?
Last edited by harleytq; Jan 10, 2013 at 06:32 PM.
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jdm65 what do you have for a tuner? I have a pcIII and I am wondering where to start. I had it tuned with stock cams ,true duals, samson rolled ovals and se air cleaner. wonder if I could just start with that? Did you have it dyno tuned?
How about HP and TQ with the 95 BB and the 21 cams?
How about HP and TQ with the 95 BB and the 21 cams?
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From: minnesota
I got mine appart right now doing the SE hydraulic cam chain tensioner and oil pump, got some andrews tw21s for it. Am going back and forth on whether to do a big bore 95in
Not sure if I got the right cam for a 95 build?
Not sure if I got the right cam for a 95 build?
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It could be a wear issue but more typically it is a production issue. The spec for HD for pinion shaft runout is between 0-10 thousand. 5-7 thousand is typical. While I stand to be corrected, I believe that 0-1 thousand runout is the max you want to go for gear drive cams. This ensures that the gear mesh is consistent throughout the revolution of the cam gears. You can have the crank re-trued and weld the crank pin, which will keep it true, but this is expensive. If you are not building a tire scorcher and insist on gear drive cams, then it is not worth it. A crank swap would not necessarily solve this issue unless you are fortunate enough to get a crank with no run out, which I don't think is likely given the production spec, unless aftermarket cranks are manufactured to a much higher spec. If you are just wanting to save yourself the issue of cam tensioner shoe maintenance or replacement, use a good quality synthetic oil and you will get many tens of thousands of miles with minimal wear. I have used Amsoil for many years and have never had more than mildly scuffed the shoes, even after many miles. I recently checked the tensioners on both the primary and cam on my 08 Fatboy with 78,000 kms as I was selling her and did not want the new owner to have any issues. They were hardly scuffed and they went right back in.
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I left mine at 88 and put in the 204's - woke her up a bit and I'm happy (and hubby is downright mad that it seems to accelerate faster than his '08 EG 96 - but it's not like we've raced or anything, so it could just be an illusion). Have plenty of passsing power on the highway now too.
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I left mine at 88 and put in the 204's - woke her up a bit and I'm happy (and hubby is downright mad that it seems to accelerate faster than his '08 EG 96 - but it's not like we've raced or anything, so it could just be an illusion). Have plenty of passsing power on the highway now too.
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I have a HD stage 2 (95ci) kit installed with SE slip on mufflers, and Power Commander. I removed a set of SE 203s because of wear on the cams themselves about 20,000 miles after installation.
Replaced them with S&S gear driven 510s and had it dyno-tuned. I gained heaps of horses, low to great midrange power (where you need it most) and acceleration ++, didn't seem to lose any top end and didn't impact on fuel economy.
Transformed the performance of the bike right where I wanted it. Now up around 70,000 miles and couldn't be happier with the whole set up.
Replaced them with S&S gear driven 510s and had it dyno-tuned. I gained heaps of horses, low to great midrange power (where you need it most) and acceleration ++, didn't seem to lose any top end and didn't impact on fuel economy.
Transformed the performance of the bike right where I wanted it. Now up around 70,000 miles and couldn't be happier with the whole set up.
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I have a HD stage 2 (95ci) kit installed with SE slip on mufflers, and Power Commander. I removed a set of SE 203s because of wear on the cams themselves about 20,000 miles after installation.
Replaced them with S&S gear driven 510s and had it dyno-tuned. I gained heaps of horses, low to great midrange power (where you need it most) and acceleration ++, didn't seem to lose any top end and didn't impact on fuel economy.
Transformed the performance of the bike right where I wanted it. Now up around 70,000 miles and couldn't be happier with the whole set up.
Replaced them with S&S gear driven 510s and had it dyno-tuned. I gained heaps of horses, low to great midrange power (where you need it most) and acceleration ++, didn't seem to lose any top end and didn't impact on fuel economy.
Transformed the performance of the bike right where I wanted it. Now up around 70,000 miles and couldn't be happier with the whole set up.
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