Cliff.  Is that for both the intake and exhaust lobes?  The standard run of the mill EDB camshafts for the 1957 cars was 0.266” for the intake and 0.284” for the exhaust as checked on some used 1957 camshafts I have reverse engineered.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Exhaust, in the center of the lobe, will make a better check when I get time.

I wonder, has anyone ever sat down with Ed Iskendarian & asked him about it?.. I know he worked on cams for y-blocks some & possibly for the factory?.  I know that the Oval short Track engine builders liked Isky's  E-2 grind alot.. 


Paul

I was going through some old material, and found a copy of a page from some unknown magazine.  It indicated that the 285 engine had an Isky E-2.  I also found a letter written by the late Richard Gaston.  He claimed to have worked at Holman-Moody in the day.  He said the 285 came with the E-2 cam from the factory, with Ford markings instead of Isky markings.  Then in his next sentence he said that the 290 degree cam had a noticeable lope.  The E-2 was a 256 degree cam in those days, with timing events very close to the factory standard 256 degree cam.  Rich was retired when he wrote the letter, maybe his memory was a little like mine is, a little fuzzy at times.  I wish he were still around, I would try to get more info about the 285.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"