TC88 204 cam build

[Thomas Howard]

Took a low mileage 06 Dyna TC88 and built 1 of the most fun bikes to ride I've ever been on.
Tom H ported & cc'ed 06 heads with TWT 1.90 intake and 1.58 ext. valves, SE Bee Hive springs, keepers & locks
Heads milled .020
Comtec .030 head gaskets
SE base & all other gaskets and O-rings
SE roller rockers with Tom H mod rocker boxes
Se adj. push rods
SE roller tappets
Se 204 cams
9.5/1cr
SE/K&N intake
Thunder-header
SERT Dyno tuned at Smith Brothers HD
SE Clutch spring
95hp at 5800 rpm
90fptq @ 5250 rpm
Over 80fptq from 1800rpm
Haven't put but 700 miles on it so far, I've averaged 42mpg

Damn this is a fun bike!!

[livinproof]

Interesting build for sure. I just did a VERY similar setup onmy 03 superglide, as follows:

03 FXD 88"
07 heads, street-ported by owner (and a huge thanks to big boyz cycles)
milled .060
.030 head gaskets.
9.8:1 comp.
head quarters 0034 bolt-in cams (236/250, .500/.500)
CV40, etc....
will have an adjustable ignition and 23/36 primary gears very soon.

havent dynoe'd yet, but feels very strong, and is whooping up on the bikes that whooped me last year..........

most here will tell you, just like they told me,that youre wasting your money to NOT go to a 95"....... but sounds to me like im not the only one out there whos having a BLAST with my 88 INCH bike!!!! congrats!

[Thomas Howard]

Originally Posted by livinproof

Interesting build for sure. I just did a VERY similar setup onmy 03 superglide, as follows:

03 FXD 88"
07 heads, street-ported by owner (and a huge thanks to big boyz cycles)
milled .060
.030 head gaskets.
9.8:1 comp.
head quarters 0034 bolt-in cams (236/250, .500/.500)
CV40, etc....
will have an adjustable ignition and 23/36 primary gears very soon.

havent dynoe'd yet, but feels very strong, and is whooping up on the bikes that whooped me last year..........

most here will tell you, just like they told me, that youre wasting your money to NOT go to a 95"....... but sounds to me like im not the only one out there whos having a BLAST with my 88 INCH bike!!!! congrats!

10 years ago 88ci was a "big bore" ,
I really love the Jims 120TC but 25-28mpg takes all the fun out of anything but hot rodding.
40+mpg and 90hp at the rear wheel (that's maybe 100hp at the crank?) in a lite wt. Dyna is not slow by any means.
Next winter I'll pull it back apart and do a 95ci build (it's a sickness, I know) 9.5/1 cr with everything else the same and see just how much more HP and TQ 8ci is worth.
But for now TC88 rules

Thanks

[skyhook]

I guess we are the minority around here. Ninety-nine percent of people go big bore when they do a build. I just reworked my '07 dyna with street port heads, cams, etc. But I couldn't see throwing away a perfectly good set of pistons! Maybe we should start the no-bore club lol.

[livinproof]

Originally Posted by skyhook

I guess we are the minority around here. Ninety-nine percent of people go big bore when they do a build. I just reworked my '07 dyna with street port heads, cams, etc. But I couldn't see throwing away a perfectly good set of pistons! Maybe we should start the no-bore club lol.

we could call it the '88 inch idiots' club hahahaaa....
im in! can i be president?

[Thomas Howard]

Originally Posted by livinproof

we could call it the '88 inch idiots' club hahahaaa....
im in! can i be president?

Only if u change the name to "The 88'ers" or or something.
I get to listen to the "Idiot" thing enough from the ol'lady when she finds the dishwasher full of HD parts being cleaned, or her hair dyer burnt up from drying my bike before the water freezes on it in the winter, or me drying it off with her new "MINT GREEN CANNON BATH TOWELS" (I ask her to buy me some cheap black ones to dry them with and she said "$7.00 for a towel just to dry those damn bikes was out of the question) after she finds black brake rotor stains on 4 of the new $21.00 each "MINT GREEN" towels, the next day she comes home with 10 new Black towels, to as she put it "keep your beautiful bikes clean & DRY"
Really 88ci makes a nice street engine, with plenty of power to be had and without stopping at every gas station you pass or a gas truck to follow you whenever you want to go somewhere over 100 miles away.
I may see how many miles a warm TC88 wile go without major surgery.

[Thorns]

Blue Coral car wash leaves no spots. Use with a Toro leaf blower to dry, and there's no drying with a towel. Use a little spray cleaner/polish on the chrome applied with old underwear, and buff with an old t-shirt...Sparkling. Towels? Now your wife has 10 new black towels for her bathroom. Go out and get 10 new orange wash cloths to go with them. Priceless...

Thorns

[route66paul]

Originally Posted by Thomas Howard

10 years ago 88ci was a "big bore" ,
I really love the Jims 120TC but 25-28mpg takes all the fun out of anything but hot rodding.
40+mpg and 90hp at the rear wheel (that's maybe 100hp at the crank?) in a lite wt. Dyna is not slow by any means.
Next winter I'll pull it back apart and do a 95ci build (it's a sickness, I know) 9.5/1 cr with everything else the same and see just how much more HP and TQ 8ci is worth.
But for now TC88 rules

Thanks

Do the 98, unless you can can get your case bored for 4.25 pistons. Does hillside have a cylinder/piston package this size with the niklesol plating? THAT, would be da bomb.

[Thomas Howard]

Originally Posted by route66paul

Do the 98, unless you can can get your case bored for 4.25 pistons. Does hillside have a cylinder/piston package this size with the niklesol plating? THAT, would be da bomb.

Why? 4 times the cost of a 95 for for 3 ci? not from my check book!!
95 is a no brainer.
if 95 isn't big enough a 110 real close to the cost of a 98, but hell now days a 120 is common and a few of my brothers ride BIG BORES 145ci+.
i've got 2 74ci, a 120Jims that started as a all out 95 build & this damn near stock 88, the 88 gets by far the most rideing time.