rablaze93

Hey Guys,

I was on carid.com looking for ways to improve the performance, hp, and whp of my 2016 maxima and I came across these camshafts. Can someone explain to me how camshafts work, if these are actually applicable to the 2016 maxima, what performance gains should I expect, fuel efficiency, noise level increase/decrease, and last but not least if it would be good for the engine or not. So far I have the stillen cold air intake and an stillen axleback exhaust, so i'm wondering if having those already installed would aid into installing the camshafts.

https://www.carid.com/brian-crower/c...4&url=80635560

https://www.carid.com/brian-crower/c...3&url=80635560

thanks!
Rich

Richard66

Do you even know where a cam shaft goes?

RickSmith

GOOGLE is your friend my friend.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+...hrome&ie=UTF-8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camshaft

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Fishlet

Do you serious want to rip apart the engine of an almost new car for that?

its good to know replacement parts are available, but I doubt this part would make a noticeable difference. If you were after raw power, perhaps you should have gone with the Z instead.

rablaze93

I love the body, style, and size of the car its also good for family. Its the best I could get in terms of speed, size, and fuel efficiency all in one with my current budget. I'm also an avid Nissan fan. I would've loved to get the Z if I lived alone. I saw some youtube videos of people who modded their cvts with different things like turbos, tunes, exhausts, intakes but everyone here is telling me otherwise so I'm just a bit confused. I wanna take my car to its optimal level in terms of performance but if its already at that level then I guess theres nothing to be done.

A36-SR

Hello, first you need to do cams and valve springs is about $2000 kit from jim wolf . But the bad news are you cant!!do that because it needs to be TUNE witch is not available for right now.so you will looking about 3000 before install remember we have a 3.5 DE not a HE like the 350z , gain will be not much.

dochidalgo

These are an honest, truly and reliable reasons not to carry out that replacement...

rablaze93

Whats a DE and whats an HE? And I've read on another thread on here that someone is working on a tune by january of next year so can't wait for that. I wonder what the gains will be like. I'm not really what my current HP is with the stillen intake and exhaust but i asked a stillen support agent and he said I'd be pulling around 330hp which isn't too bad I suppose.

dmc79

It's the engine family. Maxima and other front drive V6 Nissans have versions of the VQ35-DE engine. I've not seen an "HE" designation, but I assume it's referring to the rear drive application of the VQ engine.

BlakMaxiJoey

couldn’t find “he,” just “hr” designation.

link of a good read..
https://g35driver.com/forums/engine-...omparison.html

not for maxima, still a de vs hr.

whit

Absolutely no use for a Upgraded cam in Maxima.

I own corvette and did my cam and much more. And each mod needs a tune also. But the Vette trans can handle plenty of power.
The maxima Cvt can not ! And it's not even worth it. About the only thing I would ever do to the maixima is Cai and exhaust. Nothing else. If u wanted to mod your engine, you should of purchased a car capable of power and benifits from it.
my 09 Maxima is my daily driver. No engine mods. Soon to upgrade to a 17 Maxima
My 13 Grand Sport Corvette is highly modded.

stodge

If you want more power, buy a different vehicle.