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Jersey James

Jersey James
Well it finally happened, I was passed by one of those new Harley 131 motors. NOT going to happen again. So to my post: has anyone here run a "Patrick Racing 131" motor? I can not find any Dyno runs, or any other out put information, like torque or horsepower. For 3K cheaper I could run an S&S 124" but don't think that would be enough... I want to build up my 03 Pit Bull into one little bad ass un~passable machine.. TYIA. JJ
 

john sachs

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Well it finally happened, I was passed by one of those new Harley 131 motors. NOT going to happen again. So to my post: has anyone here run a "Patrick Racing 131" motor? I can not find any Dyno runs, or any other out put information, like torque or horsepower. For 3K cheaper I could run an S&S 124" but don't think that would be enough... I want to build up my 03 Pit Bull into one little bad ass un~passable machine.. TYIA. JJ
Get the S&S, IMO, you'll be ahead of the game. Many more upgrade parts for the S&S engines. Better figure on doing some transmission work also. They're not the strongest part of the deal, with big power.
John
 

aspen874

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Well it finally happened, I was passed by one of those new Harley 131 motors. NOT going to happen again. So to my post: has anyone here run a "Patrick Racing 131" motor? I can not find any Dyno runs, or any other out put information, like torque or horsepower. For 3K cheaper I could run an S&S 124" but don't think that would be enough... I want to build up my 03 Pit Bull into one little bad ass un~passable machine.. TYIA. JJ
Haha, take out a loan, you are going to need it
 

Jersey James

Jersey James
No loan needed, I use CASH..lol.... Seriously, I know the drive train components will need to be pumped up to match the motor, but if a Harley rider can afford to have a 131" Harley motor put in his bagger, I can dam sure afford more power in my little puppy... The Patrick Racing 131" motors are a little north of 12k, each head is machined out of a 60 pound block of bullet aluminum, check out their website. Thanks for the replies. JJ
 

bdm7250

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No loan needed, I use CASH..lol.... Seriously, I know the drive train components will need to be pumped up to match the motor, but if a Harley rider can afford to have a 131" Harley motor put in his bagger, I can dam sure afford more power in my little puppy... The Patrick Racing 131" motors are a little north of 12k, each head is machined out of a 60 pound block of bullet aluminum, check out their website. Thanks for the replies. JJ
Double check the clearance for the motor, I believe the 131 is slightly taller than the 117/124 and you'll have clearance issues at the rear end of the backbone.
 

john sachs

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No loan needed, I use CASH..lol.... Seriously, I know the drive train components will need to be pumped up to match the motor, but if a Harley rider can afford to have a 131" Harley motor put in his bagger, I can dam sure afford more power in my little puppy... The Patrick Racing 131" motors are a little north of 12k, each head is machined out of a 60 pound block of bullet aluminum, check out their website. Thanks for the replies. JJ
The first one of those Patrick engines I built, late 90's, blew the head gaskets out, because of extreme engine/head heat. They sent a set of gaskets to replace them with. I worked on another one, about 2 years ago. I'll look up my build sheet, and post what was done.
John
 

Jersey James

Jersey James
Thank you Mr. bdm7250, completely forgot about clearance issues. I will be using my 03 Pit Bull, the "little 107" is already a tight squeeze. Also, thank you Mr. john sachs, any light you can shed on quality or lack of with any of the Patrick Racing engines, (especially the 131 inch" would be greatly appreciated. JJ
 

john sachs

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Thank you Mr. bdm7250, completely forgot about clearance issues. I will be using my 03 Pit Bull, the "little 107" is already a tight squeeze. Also, thank you Mr. john sachs, any light you can shed on quality or lack of with any of the Patrick Racing engines, (especially the 131 inch" would be greatly appreciated. JJ
I finally pulled my work sheet on the Patrick engine parts I did. It was just a complete REBUILD of both heads. I have a list of the parts I used, including valve sizes, installed heights, and cylinder head CC's after milling them.
John
 

Jersey James

Jersey James
Thank you, Mr. Sachs. Your opinion of Patrick Racing motors in general??? Think they are worth the 3k over the 124" S&S, or am I comparing apples to oranges? TYIA ~ JJ
 

TreeGuru

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I'm just hear for the beer, I would stay with a proven product for a street application with mod's. Using power causes things to give under stress. You might be causing yourself grief in the future unless you have deep pockets. Thirty five years ago I went to after market big bore cylinders, stroked it, head work done by Branch, flowed ported reshaped combustion chamber, over sized valves heavy duty springs, 700 lift cam, S&S G, Dyna dual coil single fire ignition. It ran and sounded great. I dealt with a oil leak between heads and cyclinders oozing out. I don't think there was enough real estate for the gaskets to do their job because of the bore, also I know there had to be alot of vibration on the heads. I had to plug up the oil return and run it outside down to the cases, looked trick. I couldn't get the bike to quit kick back when go to start it. I had to wire it to get the motor to turn in the right direction then after turning over put the fire to it. Also, I would get about 2,000 miles before I would break a valve spring. But I was into it and nothing else mattered. It's what floated my boat. I just wanted to say I know nothing about the Patrick Racing 131 cu in motor. I didn't ride for about 20 years, just got back into it about 4 years ago when I found my Big Dog.
 
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