Hey guys,
I have finally done something right! and I'm talking from experience, not he said she said.
I just want to say to anyone considering getting this cam, but is undecided due to the size and rumors heard about this cam...
Pay the rumors no mind and GET it
This cam is a blast to drive and pulls like hell from 3k on up, but mine seem to come on a little earlier. It drives like stock around town. I almost didn't get it due to the posts about gas smells, cam surge, being hard to tune, needing steeper gears, etc.
But my brethern on this board who has this cam steered me in the right direction.
I have stock 3.42 gears with 0 problems, but want to step up to 3.73s to come off the line a tad bit quicker. Cam surge is almost non-existant. (its got to be in the tuning). 2k and above seems to be the sweetspot in my set-up. Maybe someone out there is considering this cam but has come to the crossroads between it and a smaller one....Hopefully this post will help you decide whats best for ya
Dyno #s are coming soon.

-Tim

 

glad to know it is working out already, i actually want a nice lopey idle, lol. did you get your cam from cmotorsports?

 

I have the same cam sitting right next to me...waiting on install...I've heard nothing but good things about the XE 230/236 112* LSA...supposed to be the "best off-the-shelf cam"...

 

I am prob going to be going with this cam also, cant wait to feel it.

 

I am also running a similar custom ground cam on a blown set-up 228/236 510/533 112LSA with 1.5 RR's . I'm still breaking the motor in but have made a few runs and the car pulls like crazy , I've had it to 6700 rpm with no hesitation after breaking it in I wouldn't hesitate to spin it well past that.

 

Yep a lot of people talk bad about the steep ramps on the XE grinds. BAH! No problems here. I love this cam and really will go bigger later on down the line.

When people hear your car idling it turns heads.

My recent dyno #'s with this cam and an A4 are in sig.

Ken

 

you need steeper gears. The 3.90's brought my car to life.

 

Numbers with that cam and stock heads are in sig. Yes I need gears too, 4.10's would be a better choice then 3.90's.

EDIT: As for track times the best ET was 13.3 and best mph was 109.72

 

congrats on the success story with that cam...alot of guys dont like it but glad you do!

 

Glad to hear all of the additional testimonies

I bought this cam along with the rockers, springs, hardend pushrods and most of the installation items from Nick @ Nuteck Motors about 1 yr ago.
Then saved up for the heads from Lloyd. Basically just stock piling parts.
You can definately "feel" the cam.
As far as gears...can someone enlighten me. I read a stating that if you had the torsen set-up in your rear, you had to get some special parts from SLP in order to install higher gears

Tim

 

what rpm does this cam pull to? is it much different from the 306?

 

CC306 is 230/244 I believe...the XE 230/236 just has a little less on the exhaust side...

 

Hey Showme, do you have any sound clips of your car? Your mods look similar to some of the things i want to do, just wanted to hear the cam with the headers and exhaust. Thanks.

 

Same cam I was running on my old set up with stock bottom end but with a 110 lsa. Ran a 12.22 @ 112 MPH

 

Interesting

The XE 230/236 cam is the one that is going in my 383 stroker motor. I am glad u and others are having much better luck with the cam.