As I already said the HOT cam is just too often used without the right supporting mods, the ET page speaks to it's ability to go fast, I know we are talking street cam but it is still a good source of info.
On my ZZ3 cam it was chosen specifically to if anything error on the side of too small and I have thought about swapping it out. It has done everything I asked of it but you certainly can go bigger if you are prepared to deal with any "cammed" manners. Only now with the headers is it even audible as non-stock and it was fine with stock gears and a 1650 stall. If someone wants a little lope and is willing to deal with a possible lowend loss and wants gears and stall then they certainly do need to at least look larger. The 227 cam is barely any bigger but ground specifigally for the LT1 I have wondered how that would be in the same car as the ZZ3 cam I think it would be a little stronger but not give up anything, and if I found one cheap I might even try it.
I know I come off as very anti-HOT cam but mostly I am just trying to make the people think as OFTEN they are newbies and not considering the supporting mods needed it was just the one cam they had heard of, in which case it is usually a bad choice for those people. I also think we need to consider usage here, my car sees mostly 55mph county roads, rarely do I get on the 65mph highway for more than 10 miles. A cam that is strongest down low therfore works best for me, at the track most even LS1 cars are seeing tailights for the first eigth or so then they pass me and MPH 6+mph faster, still gets their attention when the first 300ft. I was pulling like a freight train on them, a lot of guys have commented on how fast she comes out of the hole even though right now my 60fts. are poor around 1.9-2.0 due to too little gear for the tires. I am running 28x10.50 ET drags with 3.42s, with plans to go at least 3.73 maybe 4.10 since primary usage of the cart has changed since the gear swap.
Again I know not talking best track cams but the track is the only data collection most of really have so it will keep comming up if you want measurable data as opposed to strictly opinions. Even track times are hard to compare as for instance the track up here is known 2-3tenths slower than the one down by Milwaukee elevation is probably within 100ft and weather down there if anything averages a little warmer
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