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Message started by freerider23 on 06/08/05 at 10:27:22

Title: which cam is right??
Post by freerider23 on 06/08/05 at 10:27:22

i went to ron ayers.com to buy a cam today, but it lists 2 of them in there. i dont know which one to buy. if anyone knows, please help me. :-[

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by Reelthing on 06/08/05 at 11:52:38

In using the both ronAyers and the fiche pages on alpha-sports.com this looks to be the deal - the 12711-24990 part number is replaced by 12711-24b02 and then by 12711-24b03 and the last part number is
listed for the 1986 -

12711-24b10 is replaced by 12711-24b11 and this is listed for the 1999 -

so what year you have? and i wonder what the difference is - perhaps the 86-88 had a little more performance in them - or there maybe a real physical difference - better to stick with the spec ... I didn't really say that!

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by freerider23 on 06/09/05 at 06:54:29

too many numbers!! my head hurts. ok, i got an 88. so i should go with the 12711-24990??right??

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by Reelthing on 06/09/05 at 09:14:43

So far as I can tell - that is replaced by the 12711-24b02/24b03 cam shaft - check on alpha-sports.com to make sure on the '88 - and then order from who ever seems cheaper (ron ayers most likely and a fine bunch of folks at that)

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by freerider23 on 06/09/05 at 10:03:34

thank you reelthing,

i appreciate your assistance in all this. it is invaluable.

i wasnt sure about this whole forum thing when i started coming to savage .com, but you guys are like a big happy family. i am happy to have found soo many people dedicated to these odd little bikes. 8)

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by lancer on 06/09/05 at 17:21:23

Dude,

Are you looking to just replace the cam? If you are, and you have the original, you may be able to have it reground with a performance profile. When I did my engine rebuild I sent the cam to "Webcams" in California. and about 10 days later I got back a custom ground performance cam for my Savage. Cost about $125. (3 years ago)

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by freerider23 on 06/10/05 at 07:30:05

i went to webcams.com---it was a porn site!!! took me like 3 days to explain to my wife why i was lookin at porn on her work computer!! anyways, i finally found the site, but i am givin the savage to my wife, so a regrind is a little much. i am just going stock now for a while till she learns to ride......except a sportster muffler. gotta be loud!!

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by lancer on 06/10/05 at 07:59:21

Yes, we must be loud enough to make ourselves known!

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by freerider23 on 06/10/05 at 10:12:35

with a sportster muffler, what do you need to do carb wise, air flow wise etc to get it to run right????

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by bobo383 on 07/01/05 at 20:31:41

For a Sportster muff on an otherwise stock Savage, jet up to 155-160 main, file down the white spacer to half-thickness, and set the idle mixture about 2 turns out from seated position. Min ran great that way.

Title: Re: which cam is right??
Post by lancer on 07/02/05 at 02:10:00

lancer wrote:

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I found the site for the performance cams if you are still looking, it is www.webcamshafts.com, Web Cam Inc, and they are located in Riverside, CA.