I found a guy local selling a slightly used set of SE-204 cams for $175 and I was thinking about picking them up for my Street Bob. I have an '07 and have the stage 1 kit on it w/ a tuner already, I am thinking I can install these during the next few months while its in the garage. Are the SE-204's a good match to my '07 96c.i.? I have heard so many different opinions on cams, I am looking for a good mix of low end and top end performance. Is $175 a good price for a used set or should I keep looking for other options?

 

Not ideal for your engine but better than stock. You can get some better performance and more lift out of other cams that match to the 07 heads better. Should look at the Andrews 57, Redshift 527, or maybe the Rocket 574. Do it once and do it right. They will also set you up better for the big bore, if you ever do it.

 

Depends on several things. Do you ride solo most of the time or 2 up? Do you plan on more engine work in the future? Do you prefer bottom end over top end? Will you be doing the work or are you paying someone to do it? Offer him 150. The worst he can say is no.

 

If it's the "Wrong Cam", then the "Worst Thing" is that he says "Yes"


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I ride solo for the most part and I was looking for maybe more low end but decent power throughout. I am going to give installing them on my own a shot. I saw a YouTube video of an 08’ Street Bob with the SE-204s and says it “pulls like a train” and that’s what had me curious about the 204s. I don’t want to get them just for a deal, I want to do it one time only with the right setup.

 

I had these in my 06 RG. I liked them, Their a little soft down low. Come on strong at about 2800. Nice for a SE cam. Famous for their idle. The Andrews 37 & 57 are similar.

 

I can't comment on SE 204. On my '07 Street Bob with a 96" I used Andrews 48. I knew I wasn't going to do a bore increase, and my understanding was that the 48's are an excellent choice if you were doing a cam only upgrade. Another thing I liked was that with the 48's, if you use a 0.30 head gasket you can re-use your stock pushrods, as per the Andrews engineer I talked to.

I don't have an electronic file of my dyno run, but it pulls nicely early, immediately up to 100 foot lbs. of torque and stays there. I installed them over 50,000 miles ago am still very happy with them.

If you go to the tech section of the forum you can find lots of useful information about cams, including the 204's.

Good luck with whatever you do.

 

I had a set of SE 204's in my 07 Road Glide. They work exceptionally well in the 96/103 engine. There was no soft bottom end and when i put the 103 big bore kit in, it just got better. Only reason they are not still there, when me and Revolution Performance built the engine to 110, i put fueling gear drive cams in there.

 

Those were put in when I had the 95" kit put in. Primarily for the torque benefit with two up riding on our 02 SuperGlide. I didn't have to downshift as much when passing and the idle is a unique idle, bike is carbed.

 

I ran them for awhile and they are good mid range cams. That cam does increase the exhaust note quite a bit, which can be a good or bad thing.

J.B.