Best overall performance cams?
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Road Master
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Best overall performance cams?
With the endless list of cams, its hard to pick one which will give you an all around best performance. S&S, Andrews, SE, Woods etc etc. I am learning that you have to pick what works best for your desire driving style, torque, midrange, horsepower cams, etc.
Was gonna go and do a big bore kit but after careful thinking, the best bang for the buck would be to do cams first then, maybe, later down the road upgrade if needed. I have an 11 Street Glide 103.. Any good recommendations for a good overall cam?
Sorry to the reduntant Cams inquiry but you know how us Harley guys could be bipolar sometimes
Was gonna go and do a big bore kit but after careful thinking, the best bang for the buck would be to do cams first then, maybe, later down the road upgrade if needed. I have an 11 Street Glide 103.. Any good recommendations for a good overall cam?
Sorry to the reduntant Cams inquiry but you know how us Harley guys could be bipolar sometimes
Road Master
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For touring I would go with Woods or Andrews. For top end HP try Zippers. Depends on how you ride. You have a big bore, cams and some head work will go a long ways. I did a Zippers 557 cam and head work and have almost as much torque as your stock 103. I stayed at 88".
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The TW 222 seems to work real well and is easy to tune even with true duals. The TW 555 are easy to tune with 2-1-2 and a little more difficult with true duals or 2-1. The TW 777 are easy with 2-1-2 and can be difficult with true duals or 2-1 unless you get it dynoed or have a good program. A lot of the talk about no torque is not necessarily true if you have the right tune. Any of the cams listed will be ahead of the stock and 255's by 2700 rpms with the right tune. If you want stump pulling power change the front pulley to a 30 tooth. It will make a world of difference. 6th gear will be useful down to 45 mph if you want with the cams. I am sure the Andrews 54 and S&S 570 and others will work also. The SE 259's aren't bad either. All the SE cams seem to have late timing on the Exhaust. I would stay on or below .575 lift and on or below 242 duration and below 105 center line. Just chose one that you can get a good tune for if you aren't going to dyno. You can always get a power package from someone like Fuel Moto which will have matched exhaust system, cam, PV tuner and program, and air cleaner. You will also get technical support. Cams like the TW 555 or 777 or 888 will stay with you on future mods also.
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The TW 222 seems to work real well and is easy to tune even with true duals. The TW 555 are easy to tune with 2-1-2 and a little more difficult with true duals or 2-1. The TW 777 are easy with 2-1-2 and can be difficult with true duals or 2-1 unless you get it dynoed or have a good program. A lot of the talk about no torque is not necessarily true if you have the right tune. Any of the cams listed will be ahead of the stock and 255's by 2700 rpms with the right tune. If you want stump pulling power change the front pulley to a 30 tooth. It will make a world of difference. 6th gear will be useful down to 45 mph if you want with the cams. I am sure the Andrews 54 and S&S 570 and others will work also. The SE 259's aren't bad either. All the SE cams seem to have late timing on the Exhaust. I would stay on or below .575 lift and on or below 242 duration and below 105 center line. Just chose one that you can get a good tune for if you aren't going to dyno. You can always get a power package from someone like Fuel Moto which will have matched exhaust system, cam, PV tuner and program, and air cleaner. You will also get technical support. Cams like the TW 555 or 777 or 888 will stay with you on future mods also.
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With the endless list of cams, its hard to pick one which will give you an all around best performance. S&S, Andrews, SE, Woods etc etc. I am learning that you have to pick what works best for your desire driving style, torque, midrange, horsepower cams, etc.
Was gonna go and do a big bore kit but after careful thinking, the best bang for the buck would be to do cams first then, maybe, later down the road upgrade if needed. I have an 11 Street Glide 103.. Any good recommendations for a good overall cam?
Sorry to the reduntant Cams inquiry but you know how us Harley guys could be bipolar sometimes
Was gonna go and do a big bore kit but after careful thinking, the best bang for the buck would be to do cams first then, maybe, later down the road upgrade if needed. I have an 11 Street Glide 103.. Any good recommendations for a good overall cam?
Sorry to the reduntant Cams inquiry but you know how us Harley guys could be bipolar sometimes
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Road Captain
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Going with just a brand name is of less importance than the model of cam the manufacturer offers. As others have said, if someone else is doing the tuning, let them help guide you as the tune will make the difference.
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Andrews 54s or 57s are both very good, I'm running the 54s with a .030 head gasket & am very pleased with the performance. The 57s are a better choice jf that's all you're going to do, the 54s need a little more compression.
