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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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ok so i am building my motor.. its stock shortblock with new bearings and arp rod bolts.. it will be getting 100 shot. its gonna have "stock" heads for now.. i ran the cc 306 in my last car and i looooovvvvveeeedddd it.. its a 6speed full bolt on car with 3"td's.. what would everyone recommend.
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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Call Lloyd tell him what your building what your goals are and he will custom grid you one. really the best way to go but thats just me
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 06:49 PM
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if your going to have the bottom end apart why would you put the same **** back in it? thow in some pistons and rods at least
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cause im doing this on a budget.. i cant afford to do a forged motor yet.. thats after i grad.. im in college.
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i would save and spring for rods and pistons, youll be fine with the crank. AChotrod did a budget build and it came out great
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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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if u want an off shelf cam and good spray cam on stock heads id run a cc503. but the cc306 loves the juice as well, just depends how high u wanna spin the motor. so if u loooooooooved the 306 just go for it again. with a good tune, full bolt on, m6 car i dont think a 306 is bad. everyone says its too much but if u ran it before u know how it performs. i ran a 503 and a 306 in my a4 car with every single bolt on and full exhaust cam only i liked the cc503 better for driving. the 306 was a screamer up top though and pulled and pulled and wanted more rpm than the 6200-6300 i was giving it. but the 503 liked it.
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You can run the cc503 cc306 or 847 they are all stout cams but depends on how you want to run the engine??
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im gonna spin it.. i did with my last one.. its not my "DD" so to speak.. i shifted my last one at 6500 on an otherwise stock internal. it did fine for the 10k miles i had the cam in before i sold the car. i figure i could hit 6800 or maybe even 7k with the arp bolts
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