Miata Mailing List: June 1995, Message #154
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   From: gt0648b@prism.gatech.edu (Joshua Benjamin Moore)
Subject: another idea for POWER
   Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 18:05:35 -0400

One thing I haven't heard anything about in my brief time here or in my
scanning of the archives is switching out cams for a performance grind. 
Paeco, a company in AL that refurbishes old parts and makes them into
performance parts, has a mild street cam that (as I recall; haven't seen
the catalog in about a year) can be swapped directly without so much as
changind the valve springs.  There are, of course, wilder grinds, but I
worry about what this does to driveability and fuel economy (very lopey
idle).  Anyway, since it has been determined that on the 1.6L, cold air
induction, headers, and exhaust are good for about 150 bhp, has anyone
done all this and added a cam?  I'd like to hear about it, since its the
sort of incremental performance boost I can afford.  
TANX,
Josh