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#1
02-04-2026, 05:45 PM
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Isky
The Cam farther has moved on.
:-(
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02-04-2026, 06:19 PM
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Oh no. That's too bad.
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#3
02-04-2026, 10:25 PM
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Thought they had the best Pontiac cams in the early 80's. Isky Magnum 245/245 on 104 LCA was formidible. But cannot find digital reference to the Magnum series.
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02-04-2026, 11:17 PM
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Sad news, what a pioneer of pure horsepower!
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02-04-2026, 11:50 PM
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Ed had a great attitude. My mental picture of him is in his clown suit riding a bicycle through the pits, after a competitor called him a clown!
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#6
02-05-2026, 09:35 AM
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Mark, This is the closest thing I can find. Stan
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#7
02-05-2026, 09:59 AM
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02-05-2026, 06:08 PM
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I think I still have a new 292 Mega cam setting on the shelf.
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02-05-2026, 08:44 PM
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Stan, yea the Mega series was like 20 years after the Isky Magnum series.
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02-05-2026, 09:00 PM
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RIP Prayers sent. I liked to read his tips at the back covers of car magazines
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02-05-2026, 10:29 PM
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94 years is pretty good "duration"
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02-05-2026, 11:18 PM
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Ed was 104. |
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#13
02-06-2026, 06:41 AM
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Mark I have a 1981 1/2 catalog and a 1988 supplement from Isky.
Only in the 1981 1/2 catalog do they list any Magnum Cam, in fact through out that whole catalog the only Cam they list with a Magnum name IS for a Pontiac. Who knows maybe Isky was just kicking off the Magnum line back then? And this is it here. Note that it’s a solid Cam, and boy was it expensive for back then! The Cam itself listed at $260 bucks! There roller Cams back then listed for $340, so $260 for a hard face solid Cam makes me wonder how many of these they sold.
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02-06-2026, 08:15 AM
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Steve, Fantastic. I had 1 and it idled like a chinook in hover. Know of 1 sitting on a fella's shelf.
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02-06-2026, 12:42 PM
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What's with all the Love for a guy and camshaft brand that gravitated to a 108 lobe center everyone knows you need a 114 to make power? Asking for a friend.. No actually stirring the pot a bit... I admire his passion for speed and his longevity aka. duration in life.. RIP.
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02-06-2026, 04:56 PM
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The first rev kits, first hard faced flat tappet cams, first chilled iron lifters, first cam buttons, first SEMA president, first corporate sponsorship for drag racing. Made a lot of racers first to. R.I.P. Ed
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02-06-2026, 05:58 PM
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One of my college buddies with a 64 GTO had an Isky Rev kit!
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#18
02-06-2026, 08:32 PM
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The first cam I ever had was a 505/310 (I think) Isky cam, it had a hateful lope and sounded amazing.
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02-06-2026, 09:01 PM
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I just used one of his cams it was a 204 dur .411 lift square on a 110... Replacement for a 1970 350 engine with a muncie. I was after mellow ran better than stock which had 4 diminished lobes and was mellow
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02-07-2026, 01:18 PM
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Reaching into the internet for the Armenian connection.
Southern California's Armenian community has been central to American motorsports since the post-WWII era. Of many, here are a few.... Three giants of open-wheel racing that were of Armenian descent. They were J. C. Agajanian, Fred Agabashian, Ed Elisian. Big John" Mazmanian is a historically recognized drag racer was of Armenian descent. Serop "Setto" Postoian was a pioneering Armenian-American drag racer, renowned as an early Top Fuel star and famously engaged in a major rivalry with Don Garlits. Here is a very interesting article about Isky that touches base on his Armenian history: https://hotrodhotline.com/ed-iskende...ous-camfather/ .
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