is it worth the effort? (cam)

I have a 230* cam in my combo, and when I first installed it, lost a lot of low-rpm torque compared to the previous 223* cam. But I did gain some top-end power. It took several weeks of tuning to get some of the bottom end up to speed but my final solution was a lower first gear. It took all of the 16% in the swap, to feel like it did before. And as a streeter, and IMO, the top end gain was not worth the power loss. So to this day, I still miss that 223/230/110 Hughes cam. I run 3.55s and a manual trans. The 223 did get me into the 12s with 245/60-14s tho,lol.