Originally posted by BOBCRMAN@aol.
You can run a 230@.050 cam with .500 lift and not hit pistons. But, who in their right mind would want to? Stick with a short duration cam with .445-.465 lift and save a few headaches... R
Right on!! A 268 comp. should be the max for that application and something a little smaller would not hurt.

Henry is right also. You never answered , What 79----350???
None of the 79s had much horsepower, 165-170-175-195 and a whopping 225H.P. Compression ranged from 8.2 to 8.9.