Bikes down for the winter, this thread came at the perfect time. Kinda boils down all the cam threads, you guys rock!!

 

My daughter wants to know if cam is short for camera She's funny!! she's 15!!

 

Yup. I was raised on a diet of Hot Rod and Car Craft magazines and grew up in the Fox body mustang age so I understand looking at things from a systems approach for max power.

I don't want to go too overkill on the cam and kill ridability. I know compression and heads are big performers too so I'm not looking to get all the HP I can out of the cam. It's probably going to be a little till I can get some high compression pistons and ported heads so the cam's next on my list.

 

She'll be changing yours for you before long!

Another EV27 fan here. It has to be the safe choice for pretty well all road bikes with basic mods.

 

I like the 27, but have not tried the others.

 

What is everyone's opinion on the valvetrain noise while running the EV-27?

I've heard that is was pretty noisy and I thought the OP would be interested. (and I am too...LOL)

Thanks
Doug

 

Just installed an EV-27 two weeks ago for what seems like the thousandth time, Valvetrain noise is nothing to be concerned about at all. Very quiet cam! Yes this is the best choice and stock pushrods are used because Andrews used OEM base-circle on the camshaft.

 

I have no noise from mine. I actually had a very bad noise before installing mine and it is now gone. I think I had a bent pushrod. So mine is all good. If someone has a noisy drivetrain it could be pushrods out of adjustment (if adjustable) or bad lifters. I know some cams can be noisier but this one is not on my bike.

Now my BDL primary that is a different story

 

I put in the EV27, with SE adjustable pushrods. no noise problems.

 

My EV27 with stock pushrods makes slightly more noise...but not a lot more.