08 Ultra 103" SE255 cams Fatcat Quiet baffle

[nhrafan43]

Originally Posted by ceraaa42

In my opinion this is the best bang for the buck out there for a bagger.

I bought the SE 103” pistons with barrels, 255 cams with gaskets kit. List price $749, Zanotti’s at about $630 shipped. I had the bike in for a warranty oil leak at the bottom of both barrels so it just cost me the labor to change the cams and a retune. The work was done at Latus HD.

When they had the heads off I picked them up. Took the valves out, cleaned all the powder coating paint from the combustion chamber, ports and polished them smooth. Both exhaust valves were not sealing at about a half-inch area. I lapped the valves in to a total seal, reinstalled the valves with new seals. Total time, about 5 hours, cost $14 bucks.

I talked with Mike Stegman before and he said not to put the SE head gaskets in due to increased compression with these cams can cause pinging. So they just used the gaskets that came with the kit.

Riding impressions are; it will just about idle from a stop, pulls hard down low and starts to give up about 4500rpm just as the dyno sheet shows. A perfect fit for my riding style and it really should be this way from the factory. In the Screaming Eagle bikes it pretty much is. Riding at 70mph in 6th gear yesterday, rolled the throttle and it was right to 90 in a heart beat.

If a person can do this build themselves, they can get over 105tq including the tune for about $1000. My last built made 109tq and cost 3 grand more, that’s a bunch of money for 4 lbs of torque.

Great job , thanks for the post, this has me thinking about a winter project

[raymond1ford]

Chris... Raymond Here .... You had directed me to your Dyno sheet... Just to be clear does it indicate that you are getting 89 HP and 105 TQ?... And do you know what it would have cost you for labor had you not had a leak and had just purchased the kit and parts and handed them to the Stealer and had them do it all.... Just wondering.... And as far as when your ride is at high speeds, do you get a wobble??? if so or if you had and since resolved that issue please provide me some insight on what & what not to do...

As far as cash and what I am able to spend.... I don't want to say I don't care what it costs because I am limited to what I want to spend but I have got to get a significant increase in balls, power, Tq and plain old immediate drastic throtle response at all speeds...


Thanks for everything

Ray

[ceraaa42]

Hi Raymond

The sheet is correct on the Hp & Tq.

I've done three builds myself not including this one since the dealer did it. All three took me about 10 hours each. I'm not a HD tech, but I am a ASE Master tech. So if a shop charges 10 hours & $100 per, there ya go, a grand for labor.

I just put on a Bagger-brace 2 days ago. First I have to say my bike rode well first so I expected the change to be minimal, I was right. First impressions are it's a bit more stable in the corners. I've had it to 93mph when I was passing in 6th which seemed to get there before I knew it with this engine kit but no brace. It handled fine then. I bought it because some have stated crosswind improvement and I'm headed for a 2500 round trip to Vegas in two days. Knowing I'll hit some crosswinds I thought I'd try it, the riding in the winds down there can be tough. So i'll give a report when I return in 10 days.

This kit will give you more response in the lower rpm's at all speeds. This is a low tq. bagger kit. If you want something SE that will pull hard all the way through, call Dan Baisley (I'll get you the number if you want). Have him pick your pistons for a 103", do his Pro-street port job on your heads and use the SE251 cams. Put on a V&H Pro-pipe and that bike will pull HARD all the way through, with a good tune of course. I did this with a 95" in my first build and it was the best power band I've ridden. Remember, you're going to be spending A LOT more money. I'd go in expecting to spend 5 grand for everything including the Stg I stuff you'll need, race tuner and tune and if it's less, great.

Chris

[wkohn]

Originally Posted by raymond1ford

Chris... Raymond Here .... You had directed me to your Dyno sheet... Just to be clear does it indicate that you are getting 89 HP and 105 TQ?... And do you know what it would have cost you for labor had you not had a leak and had just purchased the kit and parts and handed them to the Stealer and had them do it all.... Just wondering.... And as far as when your ride is at high speeds, do you get a wobble??? if so or if you had and since resolved that issue please provide me some insight on what & what not to do...

As far as cash and what I am able to spend.... I don't want to say I don't care what it costs because I am limited to what I want to spend but I have got to get a significant increase in balls, power, Tq and plain old immediate drastic throtle response at all speeds...


Thanks for everything

Ray

Ray,

Another good company to check out is www.head-quarters.com

Bill