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[rednectum]

08 are forged. They had some problem in 07 with cast and the heat. When you run cast ,you set them up 'tight'  .001 clearance , forged .002 - .003

  they had problems with cast pistons and HEAT. so now they have problems with HEAT and it rattles when cold!

gotta love it huh dewey?

[Talon]

I am guessing MOCO will never own up to whatever changes they make to solve the head gasket leak fiasco...  Maybe head gaskets, maybe cylinders/liners, maybe cast/forged pistons...

I am feeling pretty good about having replaced ALL of it with non-MOCO parts...Axtell, CR, Cometic, etc. sounds pretty good right now.  What do you think, Howie?   
Scott...

I agree, many times better quality, and usually lower cost than comparable factory parts!!

[happyman]

I have an 07 SE Ultra & went with Headquarters Heads & Headquarters 575 cams. Pipes are d&d 2into 1's with the performance baffle. Bike pulls like a freight train closing in on 120tq. What a world of differance.

             What kind of hp  di dyouget with the  575 ??

                                Happy

[08roadkingse]

Great thread,

I'm planning to install the TW7-H from Wood Cams in my 08 SE RK. Have Bassani true Duals, Heavy Breather A/C and currently run Dobeck Performance TFI. Quick questions:

1. Bobby Wood says you can cut the pushrods with bolt cutters and install the SE quick install rods w/o pulling the heads and tank. Anyone tried this?

2. I read earlier in this tread that the SE-257 may be too much lift for the stock compression (SE Catalog says .569 lift)...but the wood cam is .575 and that's ok??? Any thoughts?

3. Any other "must do's" while we're in there?

Ride style; Hard. Good friends with the rev limiter. 2-up 50% of the time. This is my long haul ride so can't really go crazy for reliability purposes (the wife won't take kindly to standing on the side of the road)

[Hoist!]

Great thread,

I'm planning to install the TW7-H from Wood Cams in my 08 SE RK. Have Bassani true Duals, Heavy Breather A/C and currently run Dobeck Performance TFI. Quick questions:

1. Bobby Wood says you can cut the pushrods with bolt cutters and install the SE quick install rods w/o pulling the heads and tank. Anyone tried this?

2. I read earlier in this tread that the SE-257 may be too much lift for the stock compression (SE Catalog says .569 lift)...but the wood cam is .575 and that's ok??? Any thoughts?

3. Any other "must do's" while we're in there?

Ride style; Hard. Good friends with the rev limiter. 2-up 50% of the time. This is my long haul ride so can't really go crazy for reliability purposes (the wife won't take kindly to standing on the side of the road)

1.Haven't done it personally, but my friend who builds motors, does cam jobs this way all the time, if the customer isn't doing any headwork.

2. If they haven't changed anything on the '08's from the '07's, the .575 lift is OK with stock 110 heads. It is on the '07's.

3. Must do's, since you'd like to do this without breaking the motor, not much more you can do. Headwork, compression, TB changes are the next things to look at.

I'd check the crank runout first, before doing any of your work. And make sure you don't have the dreaed 110 leaks, which will require them to break your motor anyway. You can think about your other options then.

Hoist!

[Talon]

Check this out, gives you step by step, without removing the rockers.

http://www.bikernet.com/jims/jimstech01.asp

[sadunbar]

Check this out, gives you step by step, without removing the rockers.

http://www.bikernet.com/jims/jimstech01.asp

You can change cams on an 07/08 without pulling the heads.  This procedure describes the basic process, but the description is not for 07/08 motors - it is for pre 07/08 motors.  Very similiar, but a few subtle differences.

[08roadkingse]

Thanks guys,

Not that I'm terribly concerned about it but, any idea what this may dyno at; tq & hp? just curious

[Talon]

You can change cams on an 07/08 without pulling the heads.  This procedure describes the basic process, but the description is not for 07/08 motors - it is for pre 07/08 motors.  Very similiar, but a few subtle differences.

Yea, you correct, I keep forgetting about that!!! But it gives you the basics, unless you do this all the time, you should do like you did, you should refer to you shop manual.

You can check this site, they might have something to give you an idea of HP and TQ.

http://www.latus-harley-davidson.com/mbbs2/category-view.asp?showall=true