So Don, from the looks of it, anyone with some advanced mechanical skills and the proper tools, and able to read the manual, should be able to recreate your build without too much difficulty. I am assuming you didn't go into the bottom end, so the crank balancing or other issues are not a problem for us backyard builders.
I really like your overall package, love the red. Overall I think what you did mimics what I would like to achieve. Low to mid range performance and reliability for the long haul.
Of course I still want to add a 6 speed and drop the overall ratio. But maybe with the HP and low end torque increase the ratio would not be such a big deal.
I don't recall, which 6 speed did you use and did you change the final drive ratio?
Between you and Chief now their will be a lot of "Jonesing" going on here, and lets throw a little Hoga$m in for good measure.
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Since Don went with Dave Mackie on the top end of his build and it's looking like Mackie straightend out the disaster Zippers had created in dealing with Don, I've been piggybacking on this thread because me and Bubba_T have been doing a very similar upgrade to Bubba's 03 SERK.
Here's where Bubba_T and I are as of today along with the money spent to date
Set of used CVO 103 Cylinder heads on the site - - - - - $300 sold the take-offs for same price so this zero's out
Diamond Cut for heads and cylinders plus shipping - - - - $494
Complete top end from Dave Mackie - - - - - - - - - - - -$3,150 (included Cal State sales tax and shipping)
Included in Mackie kit
Head porting and polishing
Competition valve job
DM/JE 20 degree dished domed piston kit (incudeds rings)
Torque,hone,3875 cylinders / fit pistons
Machine for compression releases
Polished high flow black tulip valves
Titanium collars and Hi-po springs and keepers
Rowe Cast Iron guides
Rowe seals
TC598G gear drive cam set
S&S 288908 gear set
S&S 288901 installation kit
Fueling Rivera oil pump
Fueling Lifters
Compression releases
C-9721 & c-9780 gasket kits
Stock throttle body sent out to be bored to 50mm - - - swapped a blank TB for a set of performance muffs
Set of Bassani Mufflers to go with Bassani head pipes already in hand $200 (included shipping)
Bubba_T's O3 SERK already has the H-D SE 6-speed
Will post the dyno numbers and seat of pants feel in a couple weeks when we're done. So far however, it looks like we're keeping this build in the $5k range, Our expectations based on several conversations with Dave Mackie are to go from numbers in the mid 90's to low 120's. And of course as Don has pointed out in his build, Mackie's numbers are street performance numbers, not dyno bragging rights numbers. Also Bubba didn't want to go with a 2 into 1 as he figures he'll have real good power and still be able to pull off the sleeper routine with duals and a trailer hitch on the back.
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