hey everybody im going to put the cc306 in my lt1 and i have stock gears but im going to put 4.10s in so my question is would it be ok if i drive my car around with stock gears for awhile?

 

I'll help ya out here, redo this thread in the proper sub catagory. Podcast section wont get you much help.

 

Stock gears wont be the problem but not having it tuned for the cam can be a bigger issue , If i was you i would change everything you can and get a tune to match cam gears etc.

 

Definitely need a tune, that cam is pretty big unless you have headwork done

 

That cam in a DD on stock heads is an overall mistake, much less that cam on a DD with stock heads and stock gears. Maybe try a search on what works and what doesn't.

 

no im doin head work too, and im totally getting a tune also. i also heard that i could also have a vacuum problem also?

 

I didn't mind my CC306 when I had one, but I didn't really daily drive the car. I had 3.73's at first, then 4.11's. Knowing what I know now I'd pick a different camshaft for a daily driver. Street/strip do whatever you want, but daily driver I'd look else where with or without head work.

On that note I never had a vacuum issue with the CC306.

-Dustin-

 

I have 3.42s in my 12 Bolt because thats what it came with, switching to 3.90s though. Driven the car like this for a while, it drives fine, very well mannered on the highway. Be interesting to see the difference the gears make since I haven't driven it yet with 3.90s. Far as driving the car untuned with a CC306? Drove the car pretty much untuned after the EFI 24X, just the base line changes and a make it idle tune, nite mare and a half. Car drove like garbage. It still needs a little more driviability tuning, but it actually does drive nice with the tune. CC306 isn't a bad cam, but I am sure on my set up I gave up power using it over a custom cam.