.480/230 cam in an 8.5 CR 360?

I don't think it'll be "that bad". I recollect a LOT of us ran big hydraulic cams straight up in low compression motors when we were kids and didn't know any better. They sounded great in the high school parkin lot. They pulled good too startin about 4k. LOL
it's survivorship bias. :poke:

also you old farts can't remember what you had for breakfast let alone fiddy years ago! :p

(i keed, i keed)