I just bought a new EV-27 and set of lifters for my 88 E-Glide, I know there are lots of people running the 27 on this forum, and I was just wondering what kinda of idle I can expect. Sort of hoping it would have a good sounding idle, but I also know from building alot of car engines most good low end torque cams have a close to stock idle. I know that people have said they are alot better cams for baggers, but most of my riding is spent solo and not loaded heavy.

 

I have a 93 Fatboy and installed a 27 last Winter. Just put a 2000 mile road trip on it and I am happy. Gives me that little edge going thru the mountains. Idle, not much difference. A little lope but barley noticeable. Change out your cam bearing for sure. The cam is a well used cam on the site here.

 

Yeah had my ev- 27 for about 3 months now, had a much larger cam in before sounded really better that the 27 but the 27 gives me the power where I needed it and I like it very much

 

Here is a link to our old bagger at idle when we had the 80" with a ev-27 and boomcans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb--4...eature=related


Recently I took out the 80" and put in an Ultima 113, and it sounds much different.

 

Rezrider your cam bearing should be ok In 88 the bearing would be a torrington If the bike has over 50,000 miles replace it

 

pajoe got it right on, i have the 27 and its hardley noticeable over stock, but the power is noticeable.

 

Yep, the next thing is getting the heads done. Mine are stock and some of the guys like to go with after market heads. But I am told just to have my stock heads redone and it would really wake up my 27. So thats the plans for the Winter.

 

I read it's better to not raise the compression higher than 9.5:1 when using an EV-27, on mine it was 10.0:1 and detonation was an ongoing problem.

 

Same cam in mine, 1992 FXR, idle was the same but mid-range improved alot and at idle it seems to 'bark', no soft edge there. I then changed the exhaust system to one without a balance pipe and I'm sure I've 'lost' some mid-range, hard to be exact without a dyno run. As mentioned don't go over 9.5:1.

 

Thanks for the great feedback, i am kicking around the idea of going ahead and getting some headwork done while i have it tore down, The way the weather is playing out so far it looks like i am going to have plenty of time to work on it. Does anybody know of a good place in WNC to get heads done?