Sorry but the 224/230 will make More lower end and as rpm rise up to 6100-6200 will make more. I have a buddy with an lt4 kit and i have a 224/230. I gained 42rwhp with this cam. He gained 37rwhp with hotcam and slp headers. xe cams win hands down. And as far as it lopeing i cant even tell his is cammed mine lopes good at 950rpm idle

 

I have to disagree.

I've run a best of 12.0x @ 112.81 on a 1.61 60' (on Nitto's and 2800 stall) with the 224/230 XE 112 LSA grind. This is with bone stock never been off the car heads and 1.6 rollers. All this on a pcmforless mail order tune.

For a comparison gain, in similar weather the best I could muster out of my car with bolt ons (only change being the cam and gears) was a 12.9 @ 104.9.

The cam change picked up on average 5-6 mph in my car.

The 224/230 is an excellent cam and my car has gone quicker on stock heads than most, if not all the hotcam cars I've seen.

 

You dont have to convert to OBD 2 to open your timing chain options, you just have to convert to the 95 opti. You have to get the 95 opti, 95 timing cover, 95 up cam, proper wiring harness from side of manifold to opti, and apropriate vacuume lines and fittings.

Since youre buying a cam that part would be taken care of.

I'll also note that I went from the 224/230 to the GM 847 cam in my 383 and picked up 4 mph and .5 tenths in the 1/4.

A cam has an application and if it is out of its domain it is not as efficient.

 

Well I think I will go with the 224/230. I may go ahead and sneak in that cam gp before the deadline. You guys really helped me out, made it easier for me to decide.

 

this is changing my decision of buying the hotcam and getting the 224/230 , im looking to run atleast mid 12s on boltons and stock heads, seems the XE cams work just as good as teh hotcam in all rpms ranges but the XE produces more power,

anybody have dyno graphs of each of these cams???

 

One more question. Will this cam do fine with the stock injectors or will I need to upgrade?

 

224/230 in my 94, runs 10's, great cam

 

how does teh XE 224/230 run for emmissions?

 

I passed emissions with the 224/230 cam and tuning. It sounded great and ran great until something happened inside the motor that I still have yet to find.
Until that time, it ran unreal. I would never go smaller IMHO.

 

I like the hot cam, I used it for about a year and a half, and it was great. The XE 224 guys (according to this thread) are running quicker than my hot cam, hooker LT, !cat set up was, but the hot cam is easy to live with, cheap to install (about $750 including the kit, gaskets, oil, coolant, head bolts (you don't have to replace your head gaskets, but I did just cause)) I made 345 rwhp & 346 Tq with the hot cam (275/310 stock) and ran a best of 12.9 on street tires (12.7 slicks) @ 110 MPH. With a 100 shot it made 425 rwhp & 491 TQ. And with a 150 shot it went 11.20 @ 123 MPH. It was a nice set up on a budget. I wouldn't get into bigger cams and such untill you do something with the heads/ intake, and by the time you do that chances are both of these cams are woefully inadequate.