just a cam swap?
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i searched for cam posts on here but never got a solid answer..
Last weekend i was in long beach and took a ride in a friend's Nissan President aka Infiniti Q45.. he had a quad cam swap and straight pipes with cat deletes.. The sound and pull was amazing..especialy for such a large heavy car. My question to you all is to do a cam swap is it just the cams or rocker arms, springs and such? I have 2GS and am interested in the swap but am ignorant to the totality of it all..ie: smog certs, power gains, CPU upgrade, reliability etc...I was told it is at least a 80-100hp gain. a possible 100 horses for around $1000..that is well worth it on on a NA engine as long as it is not hazardous to it's health. Please help.
Last weekend i was in long beach and took a ride in a friend's Nissan President aka Infiniti Q45.. he had a quad cam swap and straight pipes with cat deletes.. The sound and pull was amazing..especialy for such a large heavy car. My question to you all is to do a cam swap is it just the cams or rocker arms, springs and such? I have 2GS and am interested in the swap but am ignorant to the totality of it all..ie: smog certs, power gains, CPU upgrade, reliability etc...I was told it is at least a 80-100hp gain. a possible 100 horses for around $1000..that is well worth it on on a NA engine as long as it is not hazardous to it's health. Please help.
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First off from what I hear removing your cats in Cali is a major no-no. I hear they have the toughest smog rules in the nation. ![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Secondly performance cams alone for our cars are around 1k.
http://www.lextreme.com/Lexus-Toyota-cams.html
Then you need to tune the motor for the camshafts..
If you are looking to tune na... your best bet for the cash is to get a set of headers, intake, exhaust, then tune it up with a neo or something similar.
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Secondly performance cams alone for our cars are around 1k.
http://www.lextreme.com/Lexus-Toyota-cams.html
Then you need to tune the motor for the camshafts..
If you are looking to tune na... your best bet for the cash is to get a set of headers, intake, exhaust, then tune it up with a neo or something similar.
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First off from what I hear removing your cats in Cali is a major no-no. I hear they have the toughest smog rules in the nation. ![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Secondly performance cams alone for our cars are around 1k.
http://www.lextreme.com/Lexus-Toyota-cams.html
Then you need to tune the motor for the camshafts..
If you are looking to tune na... your best bet for the cash is to get a set of headers, intake, exhaust, then tune it up with a neo or something similar.
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Secondly performance cams alone for our cars are around 1k.
http://www.lextreme.com/Lexus-Toyota-cams.html
Then you need to tune the motor for the camshafts..
If you are looking to tune na... your best bet for the cash is to get a set of headers, intake, exhaust, then tune it up with a neo or something similar.
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Anything is possible but people sometimes exaggerate and the Q45 owner may or may not be telling the truth.
I have some Q45 experience and there was at least one I recall with a screw type supercharger. Cams? Possible but very small market and much more than$1000 for parts & labor and the results are hard to predict. 50hp would be impressive.
Precision Industries lists a converter for 90-95 Q45s and someone could also recurve a stocker.
A Q45 is rated at 340hp and probably 250-260rwhp stock. A converter and a tune would wake one up. Interesting to know just what this car had done. The stock 4.5 liter is fairly torquey feeling vs my 4.0.
I have some Q45 experience and there was at least one I recall with a screw type supercharger. Cams? Possible but very small market and much more than$1000 for parts & labor and the results are hard to predict. 50hp would be impressive.
Precision Industries lists a converter for 90-95 Q45s and someone could also recurve a stocker.
A Q45 is rated at 340hp and probably 250-260rwhp stock. A converter and a tune would wake one up. Interesting to know just what this car had done. The stock 4.5 liter is fairly torquey feeling vs my 4.0.
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if you really want the extra power start off with a intake & headers mod because you will definitely need those regardless and see how you like it and if you want to go farther. But be careful with cali emissions. Also i would recommend a new torque conv. while it doesnt add power it helps alot
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