The Camfather, Ed Iskenderian - Engine Builder Hall of Fame Class of 2024

[@duradim1]

I don't want to sound like a worshipper of men, but these old guys are leaving this world in a vacuum. Classy people I want to hang around and associate with.

[@johnbehneman1546]

CONGRADULATIONS ED ISKENDERIAN !!!!!!

[@daryllect6659]

Spell much?

[@stevewelborn8744]

I was on a team that competed in the Engine Masters Challenge for 8 years. I got to meet some very high profile people like John Kaase and Tony Bishop but the high light for me was meeting Mr Ed and getting to talk to him and listen to him tell some amazing stories.

[@extramile150]

the one and only...Mr. Isky!!!!!

[@tezzrterry7485]

ISKY Cams were always a step above the others, and probably still are. What a genius.

[@kennethbrewer1743]

I'm 77 years old and I always liked the Isky 292

[@mikeh.753]

I grew up in orange county California l in the 60's and 70's a guy named Vic Smalldino lived on the same street. He design and built heads for flathead Fords that set world records. These old guys were all over back then.

[@Kerry-fw6jt]

Me too. Lol it was the place to be especially for little motor heads. Long Beach & Pomona swap meets. I remember going to Riverside when there was a road course there. Good times back in those years.

[@mikeh.753]

@@Kerry-fw6jt Pomona swap meet was HUGE. My family went to watch the drag boats at Long Beach and the Catalina ski race begin and end there. What a time huh. Back when California was truly the greatest place on earth. Lake Havasu and the Colorado River. Do you remember lake Deloris out past Victorville?

[@chrisbrown3925]

Our bmw tech training school used to be in Venice Beach, I remember seeing buildings for traco, isky, Shelby, etc...one day I pulled up to iskys shop, it was closed by this time, and I looked into the windows, the place was filled with various big machines that I could only guess were there to make camshafts...but there was nowhere to walk between them...

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

About 20 yrs ago Al Teague was showing me around his old stomping ground, we stopped for lunch at this place he said was pretty famous & he told me that Ed always has lunch there & has the same thing every time. Right as we were ordering Ed walks up to our table "Hey Al!"

[@moparnut6286]

Congrats Ed! Extremely well deserved.

[@ghw7192]

Where I lived, in the 60s the Isky 505 was THE cam to have. I never could afford one, though.

[@90FF1]

Great interviews. Thank you.

[@bloqk16]

The "Isky" cams were prominently renown among the California Hot Rod culture of the 1960s. The word-of-mouth marketing of the Inskenderian camshafts was remarkable back then when I was a kid. To think I can still vividly recall its prominence, especially with the popular "Isky" nickname the company had, just goes to show the positive status that company had back then, some nearly 60 years ago from my recollections.

[@EngineBuilderHallofFame]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Emprivan]

They built my dads truck, thought the story was when they were in HS, like 1958 maybe, was so long ago, but still drive the truck everyday. 55 1st Chevy 1/2 ton. Had the 261 blueflame set up, with dualram with 2 2bl carbs and the dual exhast off a corvet. Had a nice cam. Had a 6in drop axel too. Loved that strait 6.

[@theohlinsguy4649]

When I started competing in a Porsche Speedster in the mid 60s the go to cam was an Isky 1010A

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT THE VETERAN HOT RODDERS!!!!

[@josephtome9600]

A propane forklift story: We had an old Clark that ran on propane and it had a battery charging problem. To solve it we put a smaller pulley on the alternator. It seems the dead straight cam allowed an idle speed around 120 RPM. The propane fuel allows very little overlap according to Hot Rod. Too much fuel is wasted out the exhaust.

[@daryllect6659]

...an idle speed around 120 RPM" ?

[@explicitcontent9235]

Must have been a hit/miss engine that ran on hot dick soup through a crazy straw with a chocolate pickle injector encabulator exceeding the sperving thruster bearings resulting in a rushing evacuation procedure on the porcelain throne.

[@johnbehneman1546]

SO INSPIRATIONAL!!!!

[@timrayburn2461]

Thank you

[@barrycuda3769]

Absolutely well deserved, what took so long . Iv'e been wondering, are Iskenderian cams still operating? , I think they are ,but not sure . And , amidst all the recent controversy about substandard lifters ,and cams , I'm sure that Isky wont have let quality decline.

[@garycamara9955]

I always used his lifters in my MINIs.

[@michaelbrooks1458]

The man that figured out Suck Bang Blow ! That's what makes it go.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

fastest car I eva saw has ported heads and a iski cam. 😊

[@Bill-cv1xu]

That 427 sock.😂😮

[@jimhrn8522]

The Kelly Johnson of cams😅

[@stacysanders-w3e]

Everything he knew he learned from Ed Winfield.

[@EngineBuilderHallofFame]

Absolutely, That's why we have a video about Winfield as well!

[@HaHaHa-TRUMPSYOMAN]

I thought we were gonna talk about cams and not food

[@JohnDaly-x4i]

Flat_--wounds!

[@daryllect6659]

Ed's cams are over-rated.

[@georgewhitehead8185]

So, how are YOUR cams rated??

[@daryllect6659]

@@georgewhitehead8185 I don't grind cams, I just run 'em, and I've run better cams from other grinders, with better results.

[@craigtripp5509]

The same specs cams

[@kirkshields3585]

What in the HELL TOOK SOOOOO LONG?!?!?!?!

[@flinch622]

I'll second that.

[@larryanderson2766]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@RobertEnglish-g4y]

My first thought as well, the man was a legend 50 years ago...

[@dustbat]

When I was a kid around 16 his name was well know by all of us who had the slightest interest in cars or read Hot Rod Mag. ISKY CAM.🦇