zyxvutnow Ralph No to hurt your feelings but a .060" 289 works out to a max 305 without any stroke change. Need some ideas about what you are looking for in HP and Torque? What gear ratio for the rearend? What trans are you looking at and what gearing is in it? What exhaust are you going to run, side pipes through the body or under the car and out before the rear wheels or out the back like a street car? What compression is in the motor?? How much work is being done to the heads?? What size carb and intake system are you thinking about? You will need a retro fit kit if you go with hydro lifters. No problem. The biggest question is what are you going to do with the car???
Road race, autocross, dragrace, show and shine, stress control, or second child hood reborn.
To get the BEST and have the motor last the longest you need to match parts. If you want a smooth idle and good lowend power for takeoff and cruising, go with a smaller camshaft. Looking for that hear me coming 1 mile away, bigger camshaft. Without knowing the trans and rearend numbers, no body should be guessing, that alot of money and poor drivability on a $50,000.00 dollar car. I will go on and say that bigger is not always better. This car only wieghts 2,300 lbs. You don't need 400 HP to give you a great cruising car.
Rick L.