Another Cam question - Isky max 1

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Originally Posted by tubman

I really like the later "good" cams ("8CM, "EAB"), but he has a '40 block. Isn't it going to take a LOT of modification to run a late model cam in one? The thrust is different and then there is the problem of driving the distributor. Or is there some trick I'm missing?

Nope - for what he is doing, there are no tricks if you want the front of the engine to remain as a 1940 (which has a WHOLE lot of benefits as far as the various components that are front of the block --> distributor, motor mounts, belt location, generator, fan mount . . . and on and on).

The only way to use a late 49-53 cam (within a 40 engine configuration) is to have the front of it modified (in a precise manner) to put the T-Slot for the front-mount distributor in the precise location. This isn't hard to do if you have a milling machine, a slot cutter and know how to setup the later cam to index the slot correctly.