I haven't seen anything about the Andrews N8 cams. Anybody out there tried them. I was thinking about getting a set and just wondering how good they are.

They are nice cams, but, they like a bit more compression and portwork. They will not help much with an otherwise stock engine.
Ted

How do the N4's do with a stock engine? I really don't want to put a bunch of money into heads and getting bored and all that stuff. I am just looking for a little more power.

I haven't seen anything about the Andrews N8 cams. Anybody out there tried them. I was thinking about getting a set and just wondering how good they are.

I am running them on my conversion and I like them. They definitely add some punch to the bike. Don't have a dyno sheet to show but a couple of forum members have ridden my bike and can attest....

Andrews cams are OK, personally the N8's are kind of a waste IMO. N6's if you have enough motor or I would look at the Screamin Eagle line of cams.

Andrews makes the SE cams for Harley! haha

Ran n8 cams in my 1200 for quite some time. I like them quite a bit. Really gave it some punch in the mid 3000 rpm range and up. I have heard the story on how they were concieved, but the details have faded in my memory some, the short of the story was that they were a mix between the n4 and the n6 cams. Was it o'kieefe when (of branch flowmatrics) he went to work for mikuni that convinced andrews to produce the n8(v8) cams? I didnt spend most of my time at the red line, so Im not obsessed with extreme lift and duration cams anyway. 490 or 495 lift is enough for me, I think the stock is what... 450 or so. I dont have the numbers in front of me. I am sure some of the more knowlageable folks on here know... The point is, I like them well enough and they gave me a bit more punch when I got "into the cam". In fact, I am going to try them in my 88" conversion first, before I try something elce. Just my 2 cents...

BigShaft44,

Couple of things:

You want more power, but where? What RPM range do you want that power? Do you spend a lot of time in the upper RPM range?

With 9:1 compression, I would not go with even a set of SE 497's or N4's (basically the same as the 497's). Even those cams require up to around 10:1 compression to work well.

Also, the drag pipes are really hurting your midrange. If you add some grinds of cams, you are going to be hurting the midrange even more. Seriously think about pipes before cams.

Is there anything else I will need to put in a set of the SE cams or just the cams? I have never done anything inside the motor, are these hard to put in?

I have had n8's for about 10 years. I can't remember what my bike rode like before. I have 883 ported(by me) heads and flattop piston. The bike pulled a 74/78 on the dyno. I might have got more with a bigger cam but I am content for the moment. My bike is the smoothest it has ever been right now. Something is bound to break soon.

I added the SE 497's to my conversion with stock heads, and they really are nice, had to run with stock cams until the new ones arrived and it really made a difference. Each gear seems to run high before shifts, with the stock cams seemed to bog a bit if not paying attention to shifts. Really pulls nice when have to pass a semi on the highway. They just "bolted", had to release pressure on lifters on the top but quite an easy job. Just make sure they are lined up right, on tooth out is real bad news.

Is there anywhere I can get directions to put them in?