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Still Doin Time
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nokesville, Va.
Posts: 8,225
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A lot people laugh at them, but if you wanted to go racing with a Harley, the engine of choice was the Iron Sportster. Because (back then) the superior valve train arrangement allowed up to 8700 rpm's with the right set-up.
Keep in mind that even up till the '80s there were few company's that were making quality aftermarket engine cases and cylinder heads for the Harley racer. Most guys just used the best OE stuff they could find and started building or reverse engineering from there. One popular mod was to cut the trans case off of the Sportster engine and mate it to a big-twin trans or jap-bike trans case because it was much more reliable in drag racing.
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'15 Dodge - 'Dango R/T Hauls groceries and Kinda Hauls *ss
'07 Jeep SRT-8 - Hauls groceries and Hauls *ss Sold
'85 Guards Red Targa - Almost finished after 17 years
'95 Road King w/117ci - No time to ride, see above
'77 Sportster Pro-Street Drag Bike w/93ci - Sold
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