Advice on Cam

[alienwulf]

Looking for thoughts if this might hold up a while longer. Have put a couple k into the top end already and would like to keep cost down. If the answer is change it which cam would pull good for a 93 Evo? Thinks a EV27. Did the rings had cylinders honed base and head gaskets got S&S rockers new rocker box's. Sifton steel pushrods new lifter blocks and Fueling lifters. So should I go with new cam/which one and should I replace the rest in there. Any help would be nice as waiting for lifters to come Monday and if I need to do it now will have to order parts and see my other half give me the look...

 

[1dn5up]

Did my 91 evo 4yrs ago, ballanced,bored, ect. Do not remember the cam number, just that it's a Baker touring, that pulls real good from 2500 to 4500. Nothing eratic just a nice midrange puller. I also must keep the rpm's at or above 2500 or she boggs out. Lots of shifting but a sweet cam for me.

 

[alienwulf]

Thanks for the info helps me decide..

 

[Phu Cat]

Alienwulf, I cammed up my last 4 Harley's and learned something by the time I was finished with the last one. Before you buy your cam, call the cam manufacturer(s), tell them what you already have on the bike and what kind of riding you're going to be doing and let them tell you which of their cams will give you the results you want.

Wish I'd have done this from my first cam. This cam worked so well I tried in my FXRT I tried using it in my first Ultra (2nd Harley)which was too heavy of a bike for that style of a cam. The next Ultra (3rd)I had I followed Harley's suggestion and put in the cam they recommended and it didn't work very well either. The next Ultra (4th)I put in a cam that I read about in a magazine. Big mistake, as my bike wasn't like the guy's bike in the magazine. As I read more and more and more about cams I learned nobody knows more about what a particular cam can do with any given set of parts than its manufacturer. Even the compression ratio you are running makes a difference in the cam you should choose. Listening to the manufacturer is free and can save you a lot of hassle.

Phu Cat

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[alienwulf]

Thanks Pu Cat sounds like good advice, I should listen too.ThumbUp

 

[Dirtydan]

Great advice about cam selection. I personally had an EV27 in my FXR. Plugs, pipes, wires coil and ignition with no other work. Worked well but my rear cylinder ran way hotter than normal.