Recognizing that this is primarily a Turbo site, has anyone used Rodney's headwork/springs on a N/A Gen II for the street?
If so, please provide input. Thanks
Dave
From what I know of his work Rodney is a great tuner and engine man, about any work he does is first rate, I would just to remind you before investing a ton of money in traditional Eng mods that you may want to consider a stage 1 turbo, I'm not talking anything like your other bikes, but a mild stage 1 would give much more than modifying the Eng with old school methods, not knowing exactly what your after in the way of power, but I have done this myself more that once so I do know what I'm talking about, when you port the head and upgrade the valve springs you give the motor a bit more upper mid range and higher rpm HP, however your off idle and low rpm power MAY suffer a little, now more compression would make this back up and then some, also a good set of cams would really enhance this setup and for sure there is very few that better than Rodney on a dyno, I do know if you go this route you may be disappointed with the power results from just the head work, as I got a feeling your a bit like me after you cranked on a turbo about anything else is kind of a letdown, now if you went with a whole package, headwork, bump up compression, cams, springs, adjustable cam sprockets, and a dyno tune, you would like end up with maybe 225-230 HP or maybe a bit more??? and it would be a kick ass motor, but after paying for all this work to be done, I sure you would have a ton more invested than with a stage1 turbo kit, now please keep in mind I'm not going off anything I have read or heard about in this forum or anywhere else, this is shit I have done myself, doing my own work, including most of the machine work, with both cars and bikes. and lastly no matter what direction you go, don't get screwed up and go missing again