Anyone know where I can get better cams for my car? Who makes em and how much?

 

Not enough gain to be worth the price. Search for the threads.

 

I need it since I am turboing my car..And I'm not going to be looking at an old thread when the information could be outdated..If that's the case why even bother asking? Gah you're no help..

 

ok i posted a question about cams no more than a month ago. search for this crap you can see the date that everything was posted. if you've donated you can use the search feature. do some homework and quit being lazy.

 

Odd you are asking. Especially when you are in JAPAN. HKS or Tomei I "think" have cams and are based in Japan. You should be telling us.

 

I got gains that were worth it on my SR20DE, suprising that the VQ3.5 doesn't respond well to aggressive cams.

Maxi113: I would think if you are going turbo you don't NEED cams. The extra power will be great but nothing an extra couple of PSI won't cure.

 

SR20RACER i want your sentra. very nice ride

 

I cant believe how much you guys ***** about reposts. Yeah they can be anoying, but this is not like the intake or MAF threads where there are sevral on the FIRST PAGE! Granted I havent been able to spend as much time on the org. as I used to, but I havent seen a cam thread in forever.

If cam threads somehow agrivate you, just dont post and move on with your life.

I imagine there are plenty of people who would like more info on cams. Just let it go man. Geeezzz

 

Actually I am in JP but it's only temp, and most of the crap here isn't for a family car..Ok but thanks for your help..Me donate? Right..

 

What year is your maxima....00-01 or 02-03, if you are going to turbo your 00-01 the stock cams will do fine.

 

01 sweet! ok thanks! =)

 

Then that means you must not spend too much time in the "All Motor Forums" Plenty of cam threads in there ... Though he is boosting, we consider cams an N/A mod..

As most people boost in order not to have to go that extreme but still reap the benefits of the added power.

 

here is another thread from a little bit ago with some good ideas:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....highlight=cams

 

Totally agree. Theres like 5000 MAF and Which springs should i get threads and no one complains about those. I thought this was a good topic...

 

It is a good topic, hence it has remained open.


I get complaints from both sides...some that think the forum is unfair because they arent allowed to post the same questions over again due to the fact that they feel that they have not been discussed entirely, and others that say the forum is not technical enough and focuses too much on cosmetic mods. Id prefer that it become more technical, however most of the members here do not feel the same....I guess you cant please everyone

 

Very few members, (I can probably count with one hand, maybe with very little help from a second) have attempted cams, so in any case, it's still a fresh subject, but has been discussed in detail. But only discussed, hardly ever attempted. ..

 

Cams = big $$$ is why

 

This has more to pertain to the 95-01 .. but the money spent on cams, could be spent on a 3.5L swap ...

Not only are they expensive, but have yet to show a gain to justify the ~1k+ price tag.

 

This is the reason for the flame. I wasn't trying to be a jerk, I just thought this was common knowledge.....

 

Donkey in Frederick, MD claims to have seen huge gains. I know you old guys know him.

 

i just transfered to the max forum a week ago, but I spent plenty of time in my Acura CL forum and the same crap that goes on here is on every forum, for all your 2,000,000+ posters out there, you didnt get to the point you are with out asking questions and sometimes searching though old treads sucks because a hit for cams comes up and then all u read is people *****ing about reposts and pointless mods, what ever happened to the old saying "if you dont have anything nice or constructive to say, dont say anything at all

as for the new cams... you get about 2.5 hp for every pound of rotating mass you remove from your engine/transmission, just because they dont yeild impressive gains on a dyno, dosent mean they arent worth it, a dyno wont show acceleration increases from weight removal or an improved suspension, the new cams will definately effect you 0-60 more than your top speed

for someone like me quickness is more important than speed since its rare i will get my whip up to 140mph

 

Thanks for pointing out the true gains. As to the 140, it doesn't get fun until 150!

 

How much are Tomei cams in Japan ? AIM me with the price maybe I will have you bring me a set and pay a little extra and you can have my brake kit- since you want the brakes anyways. I don't mind doing a little cam work on my Max.

 

Donkey...

He made 239 untuned, I made 233 untuned ... but he has cams

 

I will take a look into it this weekend Black...As for the cams, how much am I looking at here? It sucks how there are all these mods here available for every other car except the cefiro..I haven't seen that much stuff here, and in the states, I thought I heard Venom made cams for our engines. Either way this is something that should be discussed. I sometimes look in here, and when I do I see the same threads...From Y pipes to does this body kit make me look fat...And whenever someone asks things half the time they get flamed..It's quite redundant..Any if anyone knows prices lemme know..I really wanted to do this..

 

hey maxi, i wanted to apoligize for earlier and kind of flaming you. i was having a pretty bad day. as for the cams, a set will cost around 1,000 to 1,200 bucks. then you have to pay to have someone install them or you can do it yourself. the jwt cams take away from bottom end but they are good for up top performance. also since you have the 3.0 and are wanting to go boosted, i'd stick with the stock cams. they are very good with FI applications. hope that helps and once again i'm sorry wasn't helpful earlier

 

There's a group deal for them on altimas.net and here I think , 975, and you also need upgraded valve springs, 250 ...

Venom doesnt make cams, only a useless POS electronic "ignition amplifier"

For more info on cams check the all motor forum ... it has stock cam specs/specifics/opinions/discussions for VQ30's and 3.5's. The 3.5 cams can be had for much cheaper than all aftermarket cams for the VQ, and are more agressive than the stock 3.0L .. ALL MOTOR forum explains what needs to be done to make them work..

Donate, it's worth it.

 

Maxi, how much for Tomei 268s for 350Z ?

 

What about the 272's?

 

Not for me, I need to retain a little bit of low end power still. If this was a 3.5L I would go past 272 even, but its not.

 

Haha it's cool xlcrew I still love you D: haha =) Anyway for anyone who wants me to find things for them pm me a list of what you want, I am hitting up a car store on Saturday..So think about EVERYTHING that you want, and I'll see what I can find..As for the cams I'll look into it, thanks again for your help guys! =)

 

Just wanted to chime in to say that I also wished this forum was more technical and less 'bling bling'.

 

...athough most of the 'bling bling' here is simply 'meh' IMHO.

 

Well look at what kinds of cars we are talking about. Heavy, 4 door, fwd cars. Not the best performance vehicle in the world as much as I love my Max. It seems like most guys here don't do there own work and just want to get sone bling wheels and call it a day.

 

Check the all motor forum/force fed forums, there's a small breed of orgers that do tehir own work, and do it good.

 

lol, in my old acura cl forum people used to say the same thing about the CL, too slow (only 155 hp stock at the crank) to mod.... what else would you mod besides heavy 4door fwd cars, lol. moding is fun if I didnt want to customize my car I would just spend all the loot on a bimmer, but I like challenges and putting my own touches into things

 

These cars are not that heavy.....3300lbs is not heavy at all. now, cross 2 tons and THAT is heavy.

 

my GXE with carbon fiber hood and light weight 17s weights 3021lbs with 1/4 tank of gasoline, and other lighter than stock items- flywheel, pulley etc.

Maxima is not a heavy car- its actually just as heavy as a 350Z, and lighter than a EVO or STi, let alone any of the domestic "sports" cars like the Moosetank and Cumeroh.

 

Yeah but it's still pathetic at the market for this car. I mean a lot of people see it as a family car, hence why there is so little for our car. I wish there were more options available. There are only 4 body kits for this car, I won't even get into engine stuff...On top of that it's hard finding things for this car. Here I've seen sooooo many jdm stuff for the cars there..If only there were engines available for our cars..Sure there's the vq30det, but that's just a turbo version of our car...Eh..Too bad the Altima's v6 engine wouldn't fit..

 

The altimas v6 is identical......

Bodykits are totally useless

If you cant find the engine stuff, you might as well turn the keys over right now