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Old 12-17-2008, 03:40 AM
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Beehives are nice for an HR application. If they are w/in your budget, I'd reccomend them. You don't need as much ipen pressure with them.

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okay, I'll check them out.
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Old 12-17-2008, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by rskrause
Don't worry about 7 degree v. 10 degree retainers. Get the retainers recommended for the springs you decide on. That Patriot kit seems way to cheap. Doesn't cost much more than the price for a good set of Ti retainers. Something in it must be junk.

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That's what I thought too, and maybe I'll find out what the catch is, in the future. Had the Patriot Gold Extremes installed a few months back. Something like 150lbs. on the seat and 410lbs. open. How they sell them with Ti retainers for that price is beyond me. All I know is, there are many guys running this spring now and hopefully they last a while. I got the car back to it's regular NA times after a fighting a few gremlins and on the bottle put it in the high tens.
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Originally Posted by rskrause
Don't worry about 7 degree v. 10 degree retainers. Get the retainers recommended for the springs you decide on. That Patriot kit seems way to cheap. Doesn't cost much more than the price for a good set of Ti retainers. Something in it must be junk.

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Its cheap because its made in China.
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Old 12-18-2008, 02:32 AM
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Does anyone have any experience putting a cam close to mine in a stock cube motor? And is it close to the cc306 and gm847 like I was told?
236/248 at .050" .570/.571 105.5LSA
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Old 12-18-2008, 06:17 PM
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I hate to tell you, but that LSA is what makes it a different animal. I mean sure, the overlap is high and the durations are somewhat high... but that low of an LSA is pretty rare if you ask me. My cam has more LSA than that and is still almost too much LSA. From what I understand about LSA, it basically helps move the power higher in the RPM range. I would say that cam would probably like to peak near 6800-6900rpms in a 350. If you got springs that could do it, it might work... I just wouldn't do it.
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thinking about selling it for a tad smaller, I really would have liked it with though.
thinking about going with the gm847
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Originally Posted by twcblackhand6970
thinking about selling it for a tad smaller, I really would have liked it with though.
thinking about going with the gm847
How about a little smaller?
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got an offer on a trade for a 306. think I'm going for that one. plan on getting le2 heads soon.
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