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Good friend/rider has been discussing his bike, and since he doesn't find time to surf great sites like this one, thought I would share his build with everyone and hopefully get some solid feedback.
He has an '02 Ultra that has approximately 35,000 miles. He bought it used from Dealer co-owner, and feels the performance isn't what it should be. AFAIK, it's never been on a dyno as they are far and few between in our part of the country.
What has me also concerned, from my reading and research here, is his compression ratio. He has the documentation from the upgrade which was all H-D and included the 95" Stage II Big Bore kit along with the standard (non htcc/ported) Screamin Eagle Heads. Of course cams are the 203s. What's strange to me is instead of using the included flat cast pistons pistons (10:1) the previous owner had the techs install the #22868-00 forged high comp pistons that yield per the SE Catalog 10.5:1 Compression Ratio. His SE heads are the earlier versions that didn't have provision for comp releases.
He plans on checking the tensioners this winter, and IMO he might need different cams and/or pistions as I'm thinking his CR is too high for the 203 cams.
Sorry for the long post, but any advise/opinions are appreciated.

He has an '02 Ultra that has approximately 35,000 miles. He bought it used from Dealer co-owner, and feels the performance isn't what it should be. AFAIK, it's never been on a dyno as they are far and few between in our part of the country.
What has me also concerned, from my reading and research here, is his compression ratio. He has the documentation from the upgrade which was all H-D and included the 95" Stage II Big Bore kit along with the standard (non htcc/ported) Screamin Eagle Heads. Of course cams are the 203s. What's strange to me is instead of using the included flat cast pistons pistons (10:1) the previous owner had the techs install the #22868-00 forged high comp pistons that yield per the SE Catalog 10.5:1 Compression Ratio. His SE heads are the earlier versions that didn't have provision for comp releases.
He plans on checking the tensioners this winter, and IMO he might need different cams and/or pistions as I'm thinking his CR is too high for the 203 cams.
Sorry for the long post, but any advise/opinions are appreciated.