tommyo
Cams are a factor of your riding style as much as they are performance. My advice would be to talk with the tech doing the install about how you ride.
Having said that, I'll attempt to expalin the bascis of cams and believe me when I say basics. This is a subject many talented people have spent their lifetimes working at. There are three factors to consider in picking a cam; lift, duration and overlap. Pick up the 07 Screamin Eagle parts catalogue and turn to page 59. All of the all of the numbers for all of the cams are listed on a chart. Overlap is found by adding intake BTDC and exhaust ATDC. For instance on an SE257 ( nice cam by the way) the intake BTDC is 24 and the exhaust ATDC is 21 so that cam has an overlap of 45 degrees. That means that for 45 degree out of 360, both the intake and the exhaust valves are opening an closing at the same time. I personally prefer a cam with overlap in this range, but that's just me. Duration is the time the intake valves are open, as you can see in the chart, an SE257 has 250 degrees of duration on the intake valve and 260 degrees on the exhaust side. So combining overlap and duration you can see that your intake valves with an SE257 would be open for 205 degrees before the exhaust valves began to open. Not bad and when combined with the lift for these cams, like I said I personally feel this is a good cam. The lift is how far the valves open. Note the chart states the SE257 cams have a lift of .569" for both intake and exhaust . So that's why I like this cam, it has good across the board numbers without concentrating on one thing or another. By that I mean, a high lift (over .6") long duration cam with overlap in the low 40's will produce a lot of upper RPM hp (think drag strip) and a more moderate lift ( .5" ) with less duration will produce mid range RPM power. OK, I'm gonna stop here because I know there's a bunch more folks on this site who really and I mean really get into this chit. I've had my day with all that and prefer to do whatever mods I do on the longevity/streetability side. Anyway, good luck to you
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