Camshafts: What effect does increased lift have on performance?

Good winter bench racing topic. One I've actually wondered about in the past.

On the 0.600" is the 1980s 0.480" the heads, the guide length, spring bind, etc on the same set of heads is still what it was then. So there's that too.

Find a good machine shop. They can install guides, trim them and call that.