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Couple things I had heard from others and tried that made it easier to me.
Install pistons into the cylinders on a bench, then drop them on to the rods.
Borrow the spot puller for the inner cam bearing from an auto parts store. Its free with a refunadble deposit.
I used one of my stock cams to tap the new bearing back in. Didnt bother putting them in the freezer.
Scott at Hillside who did the machine work pressed the new bearings and cam onto the plate free of charge for me. But I have heard of people carrying them to shops and getting it done for cheap.
It is not a hard build. Between you, your friend and a service manual you can do it. Biggest thing is to have a plan. And dont get into a hurry. If you get hung up on something, come here and post a question. Plenty of people willing to help.
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i appreaciate all the info i get here. I have time to keep researching this next build. Just putting it out there so i can start thinking. SE you gave me some good advice on my last build and I take it all in. I like the axtell stuff just not trying to drop that much coin again.
Jack,
Just so you know, that Wiesco offers a piston/gasket kit that allows you to take your 88-98", as well as the 96-107".
The 98" with Wood 9B's and good heads is a real ripper!! Large fun!!
Scott
you know a lot of guys lie the instant power that a good solid build makes. if you are on a budget there are a lot of options out theree to get the bike to run good and perform much better then stock.
just by dropping a 21 cam in the bike and getting the heads cleaned up. nothing serious just a clean up and a good tune with a qualified dyno operator will do wonders for the bike.
now as scott said a 9b with good heads set up for the build and compression it will be a real ripper.
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120 ci..Heads - Baisley fastest reving and cool running ..Crank - S&S ...cylinders - Axtell...pistons - Axtell...Throttle body - HP Inc ....Cam - Woods ...Exhaust - Borzilla
Sae Actual
134 tq 138 tq
142 hp 146 tq
"Doc and JD's cycle works"
Done Once Done Right
I did my build last Winter on my own. Look at my signature for what I did. Took my time, asked some questions and got it done. I kept it simple. I never really worked on an engine before but my mechanical abilities are probably around a 7/8.
Mike
NY
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Harley Davidson 06 Softail Deluxe
1550 - HD Cylinders / Flat Top Pistons /SERT
BigBoyz Heads 9.8:1 Compression
Andrews 37N Conversion Cams
HD Billet Cam Plate / Converted to Hydraulic Cam Tensioners
Those are 465.00 with a COMPLETE Cometic gasket set, and 600.00 with cylinders bored/torque honed, ring end gap set and rings installed/marked. 8.5cc dome on the 98" and 4cc bump on the 107" which will yield just about 10.5 cr under the OE chamber, with the .030" head gasket. If the compression needs to adjusted, and a flatop created, the piston was engineered to allow us to bring the dome completely off them, and at that point they are a -2.3cc's, as the valve reliefs are machined to accept up to a 2.100" valve.
Scott
Last edited by Hillsidecyclecom; 10-28-2009 at 12:39 PM.
