I'm going ahead with a 103 . 103+ pistons , keeping my Headquarters Heads .
The question is has anyone put Andrews 585 gear drive cams in a build like this ?
I've heard that gear drive cams can be noisey but that doesn't bother me .
I will put up with a little noise to avoid the cam tensioner issues .

Paul

 

What's your bike, how do you ride, & what are you trying to accomplish?

 

Have you called and asked the guys at HQ about any reccomendations they might have?
Im running Woods 6 gear drives in my build, noise is not bothersome.

 

Have you calculated what your compression will be?

You could be walking a fine line with parts that are not optimized for each other.

JMO
Zach

 

Right now I'm running a 95" 10.5-1 CR. SE 257 cams, Power Comander .
VH True Duals with VH turn downs . Dyno numbers are 100/102.
Mileage sucks but I will deal with that .
I ride 20k min a year . I've been in 30 states this year so reliability is important .
But I like to run 80mph or more when I can .
Don't need more power just want more . Short attention span I guess .

The new build will be 10.5-1 again . Premium only again .
Looking at Andrews 59G or 67G or something from S/S .
I will call HQ . I'm very happy with the work they did on my heads 3 years ago .
Just looking for some experience you guys may have had . I realize it's sometimes only opinions .

 

Have you considered running one of the HQ cams to accomplish your goals?

Zach

 

I have 54H gear drives and I can't hear them except for when sitting stopped and pulling out off idle. Other than that I NEVER hear them. I love mine.

 

Not yet but I'm going to look in to it tomorow .
Your build looks like something I'm after 110 -115 Hp .
thanks Zach . What would you recomend ?

 

At 10.5:1, with HQ heads, the HQ575 or 0039 are both good choices and known to work well (compliment) the heads you already have an investment in.

 

I have the 575's like Phil suggests. It's part of the HQ103ST package that HQ does. The 575's are a very versatile cam. HQ uses them in kits ranging from 95" 9.5:1 kits all they way up to 120" 10.5:1 kits. They work well for me, but you should do some homework on what will work with your particular HQ heads. Probably going to have to discuss it with HQ directly.

Zach