Ed Iskenderian

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Posted by Dean on February 05, 2026 at 13:17:30 [URL] [DELETE] :

Only true hot rodders will recognize the name of one of their greats.

Back in the day, having an Isky camshaft was nirvana for motorheads. A full kit was heaven.

My cousin had an Isky roller cam and kit in his 396 CI (bored and stroked 56 Oldsmobile 323) powered 32 Vicky. Virtually no one had a roller cam on the street in the 50s. Though he drove it on the street, the cam had so much overlap that it would not reliably start with the starter when the engine was hot because the dynamic compression was too low. Accordingly, he often parked it on a slope if not intending to be parked long.

Aside from the Isky cam and kit, it had 6 Stromberg 97s on a Weiland log manifold, home made headers, ported and polished heads, and as much displacement and static compression as possible given the engine design.

With only a HD 3 speed transmissioin from a Corvette and a rear axle from a 57 Oldsmobile (open differential), it ran in the 10s in 1958/9, and was the quickest car in the area driven on the street.


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