Hypothetical Build

I was just on Black Widows site and I was looking at the BW-62 grind, pretty similar to the that Reaper 594 with more lift. With both the Reaper cam and the BW, would you consider them to have an aggressive ramp rate? Black Widows site stated the same that the 117" are very responsive.

A lot of compression on the static side, but the corrected factor drops me down to 9.8, can live with that.

the fueling 594 is in a class of its own split lift split duration a hell of a lot of duration on the exhaust side . compared to the other two cams and a lsa of 114.and the intake close @ 56 deg abdc its a runner but it also likes gearing. you meant the crane was similar to the bw

ya I would not try to run that kind of torque in stock cases , a set of real cases is in order . s&s case set are not that pricey for what ya get

Would you use an HD crank or not?

sure after its welded and balanced and got at a real good price. for just a little more you can by one from dark horse DONE AND READY TO GO

$1500 for a DH 4.375 crank is not a bad price and it is already trued and plugged vs. the SE crank that would have to have all of that done. If used an SE crank then you would have about $2k-$2500 in it..

like i said only if i got it at a good price i would use an se . You can put the money toward a set of cases

When I was looking at Wood's site, I was looking at the Prowler corrected push rod geometry support plates. I didn't look at the price, but in an engine like a 117", is that geometry that crucial?

116", 117", 124"????? You all must be founding members of the "If some is good, and more is better, then too much should be just enough" club. JB you just got your hot rod put together and already you're thinkin bigger?? I love it!! lol

Aloha....Mike

Just thinking out loud i assume . But who knows? He is a crazy ! Dude you never know with jb

that center upper case bolt area is very thin after case bore work is done . My buddys softail only has room for a 1/4 24 bolt in that area when his was done only hd cases were being used also

:gah::gah::gah::gah::gah::witsend: I think JB needs to start a shop that customizes bikes and that way he gets paid and he spends their money to produce a nice bike!!! JB thinking out loud gets very dangerous!!! I just need a cocktail, take a deep breath, and try and quiet the voices in his head. :roflmao:icked:

im not going up until its full blown summer so dont worry its gonna be a long time ! you all got plans this summer so dont worry about a thing. ha!

, you didn't like our spring? :roflmao:

it was nice on sat a tad cold but it was very nice to suck down a cold one out in the sun!

No, I am not planning on building anything this year. My goal is to get you on a different bike. Just curious how people would go about building an engine from the ground up. We could just buy one that is already done, sure, but that just doesn't sound like much fun to me. I would rather be the one that has control over how the engine performs. Of course with a 117 CI engine, it is made for only thing really, no matter how it's built. Relax, just going to get this one running top notch for now.