What v8 flathead cam as (King on streets) ?

What street cam was best in street driven flatheads .Mild built engs 1940s to later. cool idle a must.

 

I run Winfield SU-1A's...great sound, awesome power and very streetable.

 

ISKY 400Jr

 

My Weber F-2 was perfect for my .030" over stock '42 Ford (239" +.030)
That was in 1958.

Chris's advice should be followed to the letter. If I could have scored a Winfield SU-1A in those days, I would have used it!
You know the old 'too-little-too-late' lesson? WELL... John DeLong was a cam grinder in San Jose for years and years. (he apprenticed under Ed Winfield, as did Damon Elgin.)
They were both in the San Jose area, had I only known!
Later on, I used Elgin cams exclusively...Porsche, BMW, and Special Projects. It was 1978 before I knew about Elgin's history...Ironic?
It ALL started with Ed Winfield.

 

isky 400JR all the Way

 

my old (sold) coupe i built,,,,,,
i didnt build the motor,,,a friend of a friend did and it was a ISKY 400 jr.

 

3/4 Race! Man!

It wasn't totally 100% race'y, just 75% race'y, but definitely better than 1/2 Race.

 

I've got this 59a, don't know***** about its history. But I'm guessing it has a wicked cam in it. Appears to be stock reground cam.


I can't wait to hear it run

239 bored and stroked to 276

 

Can't argue with that!

 

The 1007B grind is a good choice for a street cam.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=750154&highlight=video

 

400JR in my 8CM

 

I have a Racer Brown regrind in mine. Racer Brown in Baltimore Md. will regrind your stock cam for about 100.00 bucks. My 276 motor sounds awsome and makes gobs of power. I run a 650 holley on it and uses it all. Lots of compliments on the idle.

 

L 100 grind is also an option. Will sound like the 400 jr. in the you tube clip and runs well.

Neal

 

I get a big kick out of these discussions.
If people only knew.
Take 6 cams from the old days with SIMILAR SPECS and degree them.
They were all pirated from one cam grinder to another.

 

I'm running a SU-1A in my motor. It's 284ci, upper 8's for compression. Here's a video of it when I first got the car running. I hadn't rejetted the carbs yet, and it was running a little rich.

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Thats just awesome!

 

Both those videos are awesome. I have an ISKY 1007B as per Pete's suggestion. Small displacement 59A with a mercury crankshaft, two 97's and stock heads. I CAN"T WAIT to hear it.

 

Literio L100

 

There's a thread in the archives with a story written by Mike Bishop entitled "A Flathead For The Road". It is worthwhile reading for anyone planning to build a hot flathead for the street and lists several hot cams, of course, the Isky 400 Jr is his favorite pick.

 

ditto

 

Bitchin!!!! Love that cam!!

 

Do you have a link for this?

 

I guess it's really hard to answer that without knowing what exactly you want it to do but I would post more info specific to your car and build and ask Pete what he would recommend. That's what I did and he thought the 1007B and it was a great choice. I ask for a cam that would actually work well not just one that sounded good. There's nothing worse than an over cammed engine on the street.

 

+1 on this. A lot of variables to give you one specific grind. That being said, those mentioned are some good choices.

Also, a lot depends on how much you can tolerate in terms of rough idle and low speed driviblity.

That being said, I'll throw in two more street cams:

-Potvin 3/8ths- With Bill Jenks' passing, I'm not sure I would trust anyone else's regrind of this cam. As Pete mention, a lot of people say they have this master, but they aren't the same. I would think the best copy would be the one Jerry @ Scheinder has. I was lucky to get mine ground by Bill a few years before he passed. Bill was a great guy and just simply awesome to talk to.


-Clay Smith 272. George @ Clay Smith is also another great guy to talk to. Plus, Clay Smith regrinds are around +/-$100 and they look like a jewler did them. 1st class operation, no doubt.

-I'm also sure Pete (his post is a few back) could hook you up with the right grind for your build.

 

x2 on Pete, ..........

 

Heres that link
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23305&highlight=flathead+for+the+road

 

X3 on Pete

 

I chose an L100 in the blown engine....all of the above mentioned cams are good. Blower tames the sounds a tad imo.

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Rat

 

Every flathead I build has a Isky 400jr in it, period. There is no other cam for sound and performance in my book.

This one is headed to merry ole' England.

 

You dont have any problems with them being out of spec? I bought a brand new Isky 1007B and found it to be off by over 7 degrees on the intake opening. When I posted about it, I had several others reply that they had similar results too.