I think you meant rocker arms, not lifters.

Decided to go with the Isky 30-1444.  Will I have to make the oil groove in the third journal deeper with this cam?  Found out I have a mixed bag of rocker arms in the engine.  Could use a few of the high lift versions, if anybody has a few spares.  I posted an add in the classifieds.  Any way to change the subject line?  Forgot to put wanted to buy.
  If anybody wants to put an FE in their bird, I have the stuff.

Paul

Yes i looked at my receipt and he lists it as a 57+ cam.  Works really good for me with the AOD. 
Merry Christmas everyone. 

Located in Harford County Maryland 

Very interesting.  To swap an FE engine into an early bird, you need a truck rear sump oil pan and an early truck front engine mount?  The only big issue is the headers and steering box clearance?  I have seen many different engines swapped into early birds from 289s to big block GMs. Even saw one with a Chrysler Hemi once. If I was ten years younger, an FE swap would be in the works.  As it is, my Y-Block TBird is a nice driver and spirited enough for me now. Thanks for the info.

The early Fe equipped pick up trucks used a front mount like the y-block.  To put a wedge FE in the bird you  get the timing cover (iron) and the front mount from an early FE truck.  You can use the bird strut mounts.  Everything lines up, and is a simple bolt in.  It locates the motor in the same place as a y-block.  With the cammer you use the same front truck mount, but you can'y run it with the stock timing chain cover.  I had DOVE cast up a front cover where the lower block section was like the FE truck timing cover.  I knew Jim Dove pretty well, and it was a simple mod to the casting.  I could have machined up an adapter plate for the mount, would not have been too hard.  Just need a level surface to mount the truck front plate to.  Dove had a 57 bird with a 428 FE in it with this mount set up.  It looked like a stock factory install.

Paul

I have read that you can swap an FE into an early Tbird using the stock YBlock mounts.  I am curious, did you mount the cammer using the YBlock front mount and steady rests or did you fabricate new frame side mounts?

Is that the Cam Mummert calls the '57 + ?


Paul

Just another option for you, i am using a isky 301974 i got from mummert 216 degrees intake and exhaust  at .050.  Lobe center 111degrees. 
installed at 110. Its in a 304 with ecz c heads. I am running power brakes and a aod.  No problem with idle or vacuum to power brakes. 
Good street driver.  Hope this helps. 

Located in Harford County Maryland 

I have had the SOHC for over 20 years.  I didn't pay anything near that for it.  I guess it was a good investment.  I should tell my wife, might make up a little bit for what I have spent on the Bird so far.  It really was a rust bucket.  I already have spent twice what it is worth getting it this far.  It is a very early car, #34 built.  I was told the first 100 cars were made per production line, and have a bunch of little differences.

Paul

Every year, a 1955 T-bird is entered in our annual downtown car show. There is a SOHC 427 under the hood, but I think the only original part left on the car is the body. Nevertheless, it's quite impressive, especially knowing I'm looking at a $50,000 engine.