Quote Originally Posted by thesals
yes thats a safe lift cam for a 289, as long as you match your valve springs a stock head should be able to flow that decently.... i would reccomend upgrading to roller rockers though, i've had issues with stock rockers on a cam lifting that tall pulling out the rocker studs
What kind of perfomance could he expect with a .488 cam... I'm assuming he is around 216 duration?