SuzukiSavage.com - which cam is right??

freerider23 Ex Member	which cam is right?? 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.
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Re: which cam is right??
Reply #1 - 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!

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freerider23 Ex Member	Re: which cam is right?? Reply #2 - 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??
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: which cam is right?? Reply #3 - 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)
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freerider23 Ex Member	Re: which cam is right?? Reply #4 - 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)
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Reply #5 - 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)

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Reply #6 - 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!!

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: which cam is right?? Reply #7 - 06/10/05 at 07:59:21 Yes, we must be loud enough to make ourselves known!
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freerider23 Ex Member	Re: which cam is right?? Reply #8 - 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????
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bobo383 Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Neck=Red Posts: 516 Arlington, TX Gender:	Re: which cam is right?? Reply #9 - 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.
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Re: which cam is right??
Reply #10 - 07/02/05 at 02:10:00

LANCER wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06:

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)

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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.

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