Cam upgrade?

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Mon, 21 Sep 1998 MHLIGGINS@aol.com wrote:
> << Where would you get a suitable turbo cam from? >>
> 	I'd check under the valve covers of the V-8 and made sure it had cams in it.
> This is a trick question, right?

I went out to check under the valve covers in the RX7, and I couldn't find 
any.  What am I missing here?  ;-)

Maybe I need to drop a Chevy 350 in there...

> 	Based on comments on the list, comments by Ned Ritchie, plus measurements of
> several cams here in my shop it appears that the difference between the turbo
> and n/a I-5 engines were such that the n/a cam is considered an **upgrade**
> for the turbo engine.  I figure the V-8 would be the same.

I measured the cam out of the '86 5KCSTQ, and out of the '85 5Ks fwd 
non-turbo.   They both had identical lift, and the lobes looked very 
similar, so the overlap probably wasn't much different.   Can you quote 
any numbers or more specific sources for the non-turbo cam upgrade?

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey

"There's alot more to Jazz than just wrong notes"