FINALLY, 6 months later

I just don't want to speak before it's up and running, to validate my assessment. If it goes together this time and runs as it should, it will prove my theory.

I have some pictures I'll post up to show exactly what I'm getting at when it's time.

Claviger said:

I just don't want to speak before it's up and running, to validate my assessment. If it goes together this time and runs as it should, it will prove my theory.

I have some pictures I'll post up to show exactly what I'm getting at when it's time.

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WELL help is just a call away any questions call the shop for instructions

Here she is all running and ****e. More pictures of what was going on later, but, it's up and rideable, just not tuned yet, and won't be for awhile, goes on the boat destined for my new home today!!

Sound is...amazing similar to stock head and cam, a touch more burble and the slightest hint of lope when cold. Valve train noise is a bit more, but a different noise, you can hear the exhaust valves letting the charge out, like a manifold leak, but there's no leak. The stock thrashing valve noise is gone . Also, the reversion issue, which sometimes caused those little tiny backfies through the intake....gone.

Once and for all:. THERE IS NO PERCEPTABLE LOSS OF TORQUE BELOW 3000 RPM WHEN RIDING NORMALLY/GENTLY. There may be a loss, but it isn't noticed and the throttle response is vastly improved that the bike will rev up way way quicker.....obviously.

Claviger said:

Here she is all running and ****e. More pictures of what was going on later, but, it's up and rideable, just not tuned yet, and won't be for awhile, goes on the boat destined for my new home today!!

Sound is...amazing similar to stock head and cam, a touch more burble and the slightest hint of lope when cold. Valve train noise is a bit more, but a different noise, you can hear the exhaust valves letting the charge out, like a manifold leak, but there's no leak. The stock thrashing valve noise is gone . Also, the reversion issue, which sometimes caused those little tiny backfies through the intake....gone.

Once and for all:. THERE IS NO PRECEPTABLE LOSS OF TORQUE BELOW 3000 RPM WHEN RIDING NORMALLY/GENTLY. There may be a loss, but it isn't noticed and the throttle response is vastly improved that the bike will rev up way way quicker.....obviously.

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GOOD to see the beast is alive your going to enjoy the ride when you get her dialed in I love riding the modded Rockets they are very nice cruising and smoother than stock and then you open the throttle and it changes into the space shuttle and blasts off LOTS OF FUN so youll never be bored excitement is just a twist of the throttle away. And they sound great not as loud or annoying like the Harleys I love the sound with the open pipe its music to my ears .

Claviger said:

Here she is all running and ****e. More pictures of what was going on later, but, it's up and rideable, just not tuned yet, and won't be for awhile, goes on the boat destined for my new home today!!

Sound is...amazing similar to stock head and cam, a touch more burble and the slightest hint of lope when cold. Valve train noise is a bit more, but a different noise, you can hear the exhaust valves letting the charge out, like a manifold leak, but there's no leak. The stock thrashing valve noise is gone . Also, the reversion issue, which sometimes caused those little tiny backfies through the intake....gone.

Once and for all:. THERE IS NO PRECEPTABLE LOSS OF TORQUE BELOW 3000 RPM WHEN RIDING NORMALLY/GENTLY. There may be a loss, but it isn't noticed and the throttle response is vastly improved that the bike will rev up way way quicker.....obviously.

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Big girl, all packed up. They really went crazy, 5 straps, padded blankets, and air bags on both sides. Never seen a bike packed as well before.

I hope to run into you sometime after you get all settled here. I would love to see that baby run

RocketRoy said:

I hope to run into you sometime after you get all settled here. I would love to see that baby run

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Well don't blink

I land on the 14th, bike should arrive between 1-10th of Jan. Not sure if I'm sticking with R3HOON, time will tell.

With the little bit of gentle riding I did, there certainly a NVH improvement, there's a certain vibration I had before and it's gone now. Couple other small changes like a reduction in the "cricket" noise and smoother/more even idle quality. Starter kick over is changed, the first turn it struggles a little bit but the second and third are smoother than stock, then it fires up, like before.

All really odd and unanticipated changes, no doubt resulting from less mass moving on the top of the motor. I actually wonder, now that my cams are exactly right after being dialed in, how far out of perfect the stockers were. Unfortunately I'll never knoe, the shop got to keep the head for the core charge.

I'm without computer, so I can't edit the pics, but for anyone considering ordering the 210/240/265 kits, I consider it mandatory to tear the head 100% down. Valves out, springs out, valve seals out. The valve seals are not OEM that come on carp heads, they are of inferior quality. They are missing the spring and the material is VERY hard compare to OEM.

After tearing down, clean it in a solvent tank. My head had metal shavings EVERYWHERE. This includes some very large size chunks under the tappets. The first head install failed with two frozen tappets, they both had chunks of metal wedged between the tapped and the tappet bore. Enough metal that it scored the living **** out of the tappets.

Attached are the few pictures showing just a small sample of the metal found in my head.

More pics next month when I get my stuff delivered.

PS: Still not a happy Carp customer, when I pay $6000 for a head, I expect an IMMACULATE product, ready to bolt up with only OEM or better grade components!!

These are the smallest of chunks, the bigger ones were about 3mmx1mm long and wide but thin enough to get to places you don't want a piece of metal that size.

This is what took so long to get right after I originally made this thread.

WELL I can't wait for the explanation on this