Thread: ford 289 cam size

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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

thanks for help on cam size im building a 65 ford 289 I wont a hard thump sound mabe 500 to 520 cam what size holley carb im going to change springs vavles to 202 & 190 will they work im going to have heads rebuilt & intake ported also going to put 150 or 200 hit of nos. on it what kind of compression do I need