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Earlier in the year i sold my 92 bagger which had a pretty stout 80" evo in it, and traded up to a 2000 Road King Classic. Went from 90,000 miles on the 92 to 14,000 on the 2000. After riding the 2000, I REALLY MISS the HP. My 2000 just turned 20,000 miles, and after reading the posts regarding cam chain tensioners and such, I'm wondering if a 95" kit, heads and cams (to over simplify) are worth the $$$ when using a MM EFI system. A buddy had his tensioners fail at 9800 miles and replaced them with the S&S cams and gear drives, put in JIMS lifters, HD oil pump, Adjustable push rods/tubes and buttoned it back up. Cost $1400 and ended up w/ 69 hp. He didn't pull the heads/barrels and stayed 88". Seems like a bitch to have to spend that kind of cash just to fix the "planned obsolescence" of HD's shitty tensioner design. Back to my question...I've heard from a few sources that the 2000 and down EFI (MM) is the weak link in the chain. Is 95-100 HP/100+ TQ possible from this system? My mechanic buddy (Bill Chambers Racing) will handle the boring and headwork, and i will most likely switch to gear drives for the cams. Any suggestions or opinions??? Thanks in advance. Tim