I ran stock rockers on a cc306 for @ a week. Then broke the tip off of one.

 

I'd go LE2 heads with an LE1 cam. It'll keep the rev's down and probably make close to the same power as an LE1 head LE2 cam'ed car while keeping the revs down.

 

eh, i want it to have some lope though and that would seem to be the more expensive route. Even if the LE2 cam is made to rev higher, i would just take it easy on the RPMs anyway.

im also considering doing a LE1 heads and a 503 on a 110 grind.

another option is a hotcam i can get for free(Temporary)... but im not liking that idea.

 

That really doesn't make sense. Why would you get an LE2 cam when you aren't going to rev it into the power band to make the power gained by the bigger cam. You'd probably have a faster car if you'd go with the LE1 cam than you would an LE2 and not rev it. So you'll gain less mpg, more cam surge, and have a slower car for what? Lope? I mentioned the bigger heads and smaller cam because if you did decide to grow its easier to go bigger on cam than it is swapping heads in my opinion.

 

LE2 heads = 1400
LE1 heads = 850
difference = $550

Considering im on a college budget, i simply cannot justify spening more than a grand on heads at this point in my life, they arent something I need and therefore I may end up going the cam-only route for now. I can deal with lope, surge, and a dip in mileage, the car sees less than 3k miles a year. in fact the only cam side-effect that even concerns me is loss of torque, which im sure the LE2 still makes plenty of. Overall less hp or not, one route still costs $550 more.

 

I love my LE setup, but it sounds like a cam-only upgrade is the route for you at this point.
You'd spend in around $2.5 - 3K for the heads/cam package and the supporting components;
and that's if you did the installs and tuning yourself.

I'm not sure how the LE2 cam would perform with stock heads.
You may want to stick with something a little more mild until you upgrade the heads.

 

Well right now im looking at about $1200 for the cam swap doing everything myself, so if that estimate is correct, youre right. I could probably squeeze 2k outta my budget this summer but no more.

 

My shopping list http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2297151/4
That order from Brett was about $936 by itself (Granted, that included the cam itself)
Most of the rest of my paycheck went to Summit LOL

 

My buddies 224/230 owns my LE2 cam down low. I actually just got a new cam from Bret because i don't like reving my car above 6200+ to make power and to me there was a big difference in low-midrange torque. Maybe Bret can come in and make a suggestion for you, but if you're never going to rev much above 6k the LE2 cam seems like a bad idea.

 

the 224/230 cam is the one im planning doing

 

Le2 cam is not a big cam...although my car kept going up to 7k no problem with it.

A general comment is, on the internet you see I did this for xxx$ low ball amount. There are a lot of hidden costs. Head and cam swap, getting it to run relialbly in a race car takes a bit.