Isky '404' NOS Cam --ebay=

Ol racer
Ol racer Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
FYI

There is an NOS 'Isky' 404 Camshaft listed on ebay this wk that appears to fit the 'Splasher' Motor. Item #140212603505 . Its a sure bet to 'add power' to your Hudson.....

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  • mars55
    mars55 Senior Contributor
    Here is the link.



    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D140212603505%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1&item=140212603505
  • Ol racer
    Ol racer Senior Contributor
    You know the splasher engine was no slouch. Many State Police Agencies began buying in fleets using them for Pursuits around 1937 and still seen pictures of them in '47... \



    They take well to few hop up mod's and I recall the bottom ends live suprisingly well...
  • Richard E.
    Richard E. Senior Contributor
    Does this fit the 212ci engine? I had heard that there was a performance cam made for the splasher, but I have never seen one for sale??
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I believe it fits the ones with the distributor mounted down on the

    passengers side of the block below the tappet cover.

    the 41-47 splasher had the distributor gear behind the rear cam

    bearing but this one its infront of the rear bearing.

    thanks,

    PaceRacer50
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    I don't think the distributor drive gear was behind the rear cam bearing ... that would be pretty unusual. This cam looks to be for '40-'47. Too bad the photo isn't a little more clear, but I don't know what that would be ahead of the rear cam bearing except the dist. drive gear.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Both my 1942 175 cid & 1947 212 cid had the distributor gear behind the

    rear cam bearing. its the weirdest design I have seen for a distributor

    drive. The rear engine plate the bellhousing bolts to actually seals up the

    pocket the two gears set in. There is no support for the end of the cam

    behind the distributor gear nor is there room for it!

    This one will not work in the rear distributor 175-212 splashers.

    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

    PaceRacer50
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    It should fit 212 splasher thru 1939.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    The E-Bay site will now allow viewing a larger photo. That's pretty clearly a drive gear just ahead of the rear bearing. If that's not the way the "40-'47s are, I can't think of what other Hudson Six would have a drive gear there.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I just went out to the garage and checked a 35 cam I have sitting on a shelf. It looks to be the same cam with the dist and oil pump drive gears in the same place. Should fit a 212 ci up to about 39 or 40, when ever they went to the dist drive at the rear of the motor.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    This is definitely for the earlier engines, 1934 through to 1940. The main difference is in the opening of the inlet valve @20 deg instead of 11, and opening the exhaust 15 deg sooner, plus an extra .068" lift. This is still well within the range of either the Step-Downs or Jets, as far as overlap is concerned, I'm not sure of lift, so it should certainly bring the performance up at the top end. I'm unsure if it will affect idling too much, but the Jet motor idles nice and smooth with over 70 deg overlap, and the Step downs with 63. Good luck to whoever gets it!

    Geoff.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Sorry; Tried to take a picture of a 35 and 47 cam side by side.

    I don't know how to make the picture small enough to fit on my message.

    Any advice would be heplful

    richter
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Rick;

    Yahoo says that they can't deliver my e-mail, sorry

    richter
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    If that cam had the gear on the end like the bottom one in the picture I would have wanted it for my 212 in my 42 Hudson.

    Any body know of someone in the US that can regrind these old Hudson splasher camshafts with more performance inspired patterns? I have talked to several different companies that regrind cams and none of them could or would do one as the master patterns do not exist any more.

    I did talk to Colt Cams and he was willing to look at doing one as his equipment is computerized. He could read what the cam is now and suggest how big he could grind it. Only issue is having to ship to and from Canada with the expense of the boarder crossing.

    Looks like the seller got top dollar for this one being new and unused.

    later,

    PaceRacer50

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  • Ol racer
    Ol racer Senior Contributor
    FYI

    I had Isky reprofile Cams for me. They were for Hornets but Isky has made Cams since the '20's and made the EBay Cam. I am pretty certain they will still have the old 3/4 & full Race patterns available... Costs (a few yrs) ago was around $105...I think a few other Companys also regrind good cores... While your at it upgrade the timing Gear too.
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