Spec Cam?
My GP Escort can run as a full prod car. Of course, the 1.6 cams do not interchange with those for the 1.9 because of a difference in cam journal diameter.
On the 1.9(S), some had a neat roller lifter cam set-up.
You can always get cams made fairly inexpensively, as well as reground.
Check to see if you can run that "roller".
Cheers,
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