I have the CXN on my VHs and the pitch feels the same to me as my Mako's did (which is what I was going for). However, in addition to what laserrobottime suggested, since you are concerned that the CXN might be too much forward pitch and since some of the pitch in the CXN comes from the holder and some from the blade and since it has been said here that the Step CXN runner does not have the forward pitch in it that the stock CXN runner has, using the Step runners should back you off from the overall +3 of the stock CXN to APPROXIMATELY +2. When I buy my next pair of VHs, if the future of the CXN holder is in question or if the CXN steel becomes hard to find, I'll probably just go with Bauer holders with a heel shim or +3 profiled steel.