honestly the 265degree cams transform the car.
maybe its not everyones cup of tea, but the engine has less engine braking, and more top end grunt.
i enjoyed driving my old gt with cams, alot more than without, engine ran free'er rev'd harder mid to top.
i know that a with a td05 18g they put all the power way up there and no i dont think that is ideal for the road.
But with a reasonable sized turbo td04 or td05 14b as ramses mentioned, the cams compliment them great, makes power right to the redline and get pickup after 3k without losing the kick in the pants top end.
but then Adam that maybe goes against the theory of what feels fast isnt always the fastest, but big cams in a 4e head (stock cumbustion chamber and ported polish head) and decent turbo is a fantastic road starlet.
probably an even better track starlet
The lads round me have had everything, from ct9 guru (Jay) to spuddy. and cams are fantastic on these cars even with a ct9 they work great. (extra 10hp 20lb.ft with a stock ct9)
Phil