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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:05 AM
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The hot cam setup is a good setup, but it has been discontinued. We have put together a replacement geared towards the same performance and street manners, with a setup that matches and or exceeds the quality and performance of the original kit.
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:26 AM
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I would say a CC306 or a GM847 is a good cam replacement for those who are looking for a LT4 HotCam

J/K Check out a CC503 or maybe a CC305. Or like every one else is saying a custom grind.
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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I have narrowed my cam search down to the CC503, CC305, and hotcam. I am going to go with the CC503 probably. Daily driver car
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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Our new kit to replace the hotcam kit is slightly more cam. It is (with the 1.6 RRs) .528/.544 218/230.
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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what about the cc306 cam with 1.6rr's. what vs are you running and costs
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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If you where looking at a Hotcam I would have to say the CC306 is to much cam for you, I priced out a CC306 set-up new and it ran around $850 for parts, if your an automatic A stall is recommend, and gears for a manual, plus tuning for sure. So your around $1,200-1,500 into it. I've done two CC306 cars one stock heads, one ported, and I thought they both ran awesome for what they were.
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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When it comes to cam swaps, everyone always recommends the most extreme cam. "Yeah it makes great power." Yeah so does a supercharger but it's not always for everyone. Like Apollyn said, if you are looking at the hotcam, the CC306 is definitely too much..

Just look up some videos of cams you are looking at. We all know that a bad *** lopey drag cam sounds bad ***, but realistically you may not want to listen and drive with that everyday if its a daily driver, for example.
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Scoggin Dickey
Our new kit to replace the hotcam kit is slightly more cam. It is (with the 1.6 RRs) .528/.544 218/230.
can you provide a link to this cam kit?
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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most of the cars on here are daily drivers too so he will need a cam that he doesn't have to worry about emmisions on
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by speedracer2536
can you provide a link to this cam kit?
Yea im interested in that kit as well
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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its an m6. it is a dd but i dont care about emissions or sound, or gas mileage for that matter. maybe the cc306 isnt the number i was thinking. idk for sure, i know a guy that has an lt1 car full bolt on and he told me the cam was a .510 .540 lift. is that the cc306? and btw the only reason i was looking at the hot cam was because it was a package i havent ever really thought about it, and it just seemed easy but i dont want a baby cam thats not going to help me out but i dont want a full race cam that is hard to keep an idol lol! neways, thanks everyone for the help and keep it comin.
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Scoggin Dickey
Our new kit to replace the hotcam kit is slightly more cam. It is (with the 1.6 RRs) .528/.544 218/230.
i cant find that cam on the website?
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 1994Z28Lt1
there are definitely better combos out there but you'd be hard pressed to put one together for the price of the hotcam kit

so lets just tell it how it is shall we? there are better combos out there but with the hotcam kit you get the cam, rockers, springs, retainers, locks granted the springs are marginal at best but you still cant beat the price, i think thats the reason the hotcam kit has a lot of appeal
I have less than 500 in my cc306 setup. I didn't go for the over hyped and over priced pro mag rockers, didn't get the titanium retainers, and I bought the cam and rockers used. Theres no reason to buy a new cam. Rockers I can see but if you get them from someone you trust then theres no reason to buy new. I bought new springs and retainers though.
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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The specs you listed are off the CC306 on a 1.5 RR. So that is probably what he was talking about. If you dont want to piece together a kit, I'm sure a local speed shop will have know problem "putting one" together for you.
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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honestly we dont have any speed shops around here that i would trust their judgement. i am just wanting a good performance cam that isnt overkill for stock heads. i will go with 1.6rr's and springs but i dont want to mess with my heads right now b/c its a dd. thanks guys.
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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I would say the CC503 is probably right up your alley, but nothing will benefit like a custom grind cam would. Like in the stock headed cam guide the "CC503 is the "biggest" cam you can run on stock heads" Other people might think differently but it's had great results. I think a CC503 would be your best bet.
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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thanks alot guys. i never realized about the cam guide. now i feel like an idiot lol but oh well. i think im gonna go with the cc503 it seems pretty good and for my setup i think it should suit me well.
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by LT1MAN
cause the hotcam doesn't sound much like a cam... (sorry for thinking out loud)
Of course it doesnt.

My 97 z28 with lt4 hotcam, pacesetter lt's, and magnaflow catback warmed up and idling.
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by XxApollynxX
"CC503 is the "biggest" cam you can run on stock heads"
Definitely not the biggest you can run on stock heads.

It depends on the setup, how much power you want, how much drivability is important to you, where you want to spin it too, etc.
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 12:10 AM
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yeah after reading even more the cc503 seems right up my alley. i will spin to around 6400 and surely that will be enough with the proper valve train setup. btw, if i were to get my heads ported what kind of difference would it make and would it be even more suitable for the cam?
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