S&S Cams?
#11
03-28-2011, 10:16 AM
If you're going to get cams and you really want to feel a difference, you should also...
increase displacement
increase compression
get better flowing heads
dyno tune
otherwise save your money IMO
I say this only because I have a friend who put an andrews 26a in his 88" motor with a stage 1. He was telling me the bike had a noticeable power increase. I was thinking about cams so I said how about we do a couple side by side runs to see if you pull ahead. Well, we did a couple runs starting in first at about 5mph and going as hard as
we could to over 90. We were side by side, dead even the whole way. He has an 04 RK, mine's an 06 and we weigh about the same and shifted at nearly the same time. So I think just adding a cam is not going to give you much without other work, all of which cost money. I'm not badmouthing anything, just relating my experience.
increase displacement
increase compression
get better flowing heads
dyno tune
otherwise save your money IMO
I say this only because I have a friend who put an andrews 26a in his 88" motor with a stage 1. He was telling me the bike had a noticeable power increase. I was thinking about cams so I said how about we do a couple side by side runs to see if you pull ahead. Well, we did a couple runs starting in first at about 5mph and going as hard as
we could to over 90. We were side by side, dead even the whole way. He has an 04 RK, mine's an 06 and we weigh about the same and shifted at nearly the same time. So I think just adding a cam is not going to give you much without other work, all of which cost money. I'm not badmouthing anything, just relating my experience.
#12
03-28-2011, 10:43 AM
I agree! Getting rid of the tensioners is an upgrade in its own IMO. Any cam upgrade should give you some kind of torque upgrade, too. Not sure how much difference there is, but the stock '06 heads are better flowing than the '05 and older stock heads. Not sure if that is enough to make a difference in the side by side comparison with '04 cam upgrade and stock '06. If the sock '06 heads make that much of a difference next to a '04 cam upgrade, just think what a cam upgrade would do to a '06? I notice a difference on my '05 with cams. I can't wait to get the head work done later this year.
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03-28-2011, 10:58 AM
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Keep in mind why I am changing. Not to increase anything but peace of mind. 63K I think I should start to worry. Anything else is a bonus as far as I am concerned. You can not go to gear with stock cams and this is the easiest route. If I wanted more power I would just buy the S&S 103 and be done with it. But I like what I have any the wife says that the 103 is out of our price range... 
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03-28-2011, 10:59 AM
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I agree! Getting rid of the tensioners is an upgrade in its own IMO. Any cam upgrade should give you some kind of torque upgrade, too. Not sure how much difference there is, but the stock '06 heads are better flowing than the '05 and older stock heads. Not sure if that is enough to make a difference in the side by side comaparison with '04 cam upgrade and stock '06. If the sock '06 heads make that much of a difference next to a '04 cam upgrade, just think what a cam upgrade would do to a '06? I notice a difference on my '05 with cams. I can't wait to get the head work done later this year.
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