Cam shootout mild engine, on 350 still useful.
AJ always applauded the .220 duration number for excellent all round performance!
In my 360, of the three cams it has seen; by far, the Hughes HE2430AL (223/230/110 Hydro) was my favorite.
The other two were; the 292/292/509/108 Mopar, and a Hughes 230/237/110
I ran each of those hydros at about the same cylinder pressure, with Eddies, 1.6 arms, a clutched A833, and 3.55s...... most of the time. The rest of the combo was all the same.
I installed the 230* right after the 223* dropped lobes. The loss of bottom end was startling and by seat of the pants, required ~16% more starter-gear to overcome. (3.09 first gear versus 2.66)
The 230* cam has been in there now since 2004, and while it does well using the GVod as a splitter, If I didn't have the splitter, I wouldda chucked the 230* years ago on account of it sucks gas pretty bad, compared to the 223* cam. And while it certainly makes more power over the nose, to me, it ain't worth the aggravation. Both of those cams spin 295/50-15 BFGs to well past the speed limit, so;
I have been patiently waiting for the 230* to expire, and, until then, I have been running it with a lil lash.
With the 1.6 arms, the lift on the Hughes 223* cam(HE2430AL) maths out to .538/.549