Miata Mailing List: June 1995, Message #159
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   From: Brian Porter 
Subject: Re: another idea for POWER
   Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 19:17:27 -0400

Scanning through the HKS catalog I noticed cams for the MX-5?? Never 
called them yet.. 
Brian 

On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, Joshua Benjamin Moore wrote:

> 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
> 
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