Poor mans sport cam for a "NG" Motor

[Jim Green]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:14:26 -0500, Kevin Kingan <klkinc123 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi;
> I am sure this subject has come up a number of times.
> I have heard that a cam from 5000(100,200) turbo make for a good cheap
> upgrade in a "NG Motor(2.3l,10v).
> Is this true? Will it fit? (of course being a swap from a hyrolic head to a
> hydrolic head).
> Any other info I should know about?
> I can get the cam for $10
> Is it worth it?
> thanks guys
> Kevin

Well, there are two different NG cams and two different MC cams.  Both
seemed to switch over about the same time, in late 89 I think.  Check
this out.
http://webpages.charter.net/typ85/engine%20Code.doc

You'll see that the MC and NG cam are the same.  So to answer your
question, yes, if you can pick up a newer NG or MC2 cam, it is a
little better.
-- 
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html