Anyone have some OLD iske parts books? GOT it identified from Ronnie Iskenderian

I have called Iske and I have to call back after 2 cali time to talk to Ron Iskenderian. Tech guy stated he doesn't know how to look up this gear set. It has Iske's part number on it and the guy kept telling me he had a 200 GDS and I kept telling him that it is 200 GD. I have been told flathead ford, but I haven't SEEN anything to confirm that. I have a couple of 40's-60's catalogs, but nothing of Iske. Anyone have an old parts book, or know this part number? Thanks

 

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It looks like a gear drive for a reverse rotation small block Chevy cam.

 

3 bolts and a pin showing through the sticker, seems like Chevy, and Isky did make one like that. Some info on it in the Smoky Yunick power secrets book. All my Isky catalogs are waaay too old.

 

there was a triangle shaped metal deal that the bolts go thru in the box as well, on the phone with Iske now. Ok it is a SBC gear drive from the early 60's. He said you have to run a custom ground reverse cam shaft(which they still make) and back in the day when they cam out with it, everyone on the oval track ran it. It's modern equivalent is the 200 GDS. Pretty cool that you can call Iske and talk to an Iskenderian!

 

your right, and what would the benefit of this set up have been back in the day?

 

That appears to be a SBC gear drive.

The SB standard rotation is part #200-DGS, the reverse rotation is #200-DGR. The only difference between the set you have is the single crank keyway, the set I mentioned has the multi-key crank gear and a "torrington bearing" behind the cam gear!!

If you remove the tape on the cam gear it may be easier to ID. It appears, from what I can see through the tape, to be 3 cam bolt holes and 1 dowel pin hole.

I'm also assuming this set to be steel, not aluminum??

Thanks, Gary in N.Y.

P.S. The (later) Flathead cam gear would have 4 mounting holes that appear to be evenly spaced, but they are "offset" enough to allow the gear to be installed in only one position!

 

reverse rotation distributor too? what about the oil pump?

 

A friend had one on a 90 degree V6 Chevy. I don't remember what was the good part of it besides a very stable cam drive. It had a belt driven dry sump and I built the reverse distributer drive.

 

I'm not sure how the distrib.m part works, I am going to email them and see. Are these as loud as the Pete Jacksons?

 

Got a 50's Isky book will see if its in there

 

Me again. I believe it was made this way just to avoid the complications of using an idler gear. Also I'm pretty sure the cam used a special distributor gear and spun in the proper direction but if you didn't use a ball bearing distributor it could get damaged since the distributor shaft is being pulled down instead of pushing the gear up into the thrust washer with the cams rotation going in the other direction.