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Old 02-23-2012, 10:53 PM
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I went to my local HD Dealer today what I could do to make my 2009 Nightster to lope a lot, and the guy said i could do 3 Screamin eagle cams that they have High Output cam is (Intake.480/Exhaust.481) Performance(.551/.575) High-Performance(.536/.536) cams those specs are the lift @ valve ... I will be adding the Screamin Eagle Pro Sportster Performance Heads and the Screamin Eagle High-Compression Piston Kit...
He said I probably would like the High-Performace cam more then the others when i added everything together with it.... He also told me to do the research on what i was looking for but i couldn't find really anything about them so i was going to ask y'all what y'all thought about everything together, and I was also told if i did everything that not a lot of sportster could run with mine...

Any comments or suggestions about this would really help me out!


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Old 02-24-2012, 08:13 AM
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Get Dan's opinion at NRHS.
 
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I had S&S 5.5 cams and S&S 2inch heads. Can't go wrong... that thing was breathing like no other. Go s&s if you can, just awesome!
 
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Check with Branch O'Keefe they make a high performance head and piston combo for a decent price.
 
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11:3.1 compression , heads , .575 cams , throttle body bored to 48mm and no "lope" whats this lope your going for ? sound ?? power ? down low , high end ???

Not to forget adjustable push rods , roller lifters , roller tappets , tunner , dyno time....
 

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S&S heads will fit 04-06, they just don't list them as the fins are kinda staggered, a bit odd looking. I have them on my 06.

But, in the bang for the buck dept, I'd say get a set of heads from NRHS
 
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I should have added, I don't know if they fit after 06 (can't find edit post on my phone)
 
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Thanks for the comments guys!

PAsportster- I want it to lope for the sound of it... I have always like when the sportsters sit there and do that, it just sounds so good to me.
 
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No matter what you do it wont lope like a carbed bike
 
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Really? EFI V8's lope without issues...I'd like mine to do the same, but don't want any off idle driveability issues. I'd be a little worried about too high compression being air cooled.
 


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