how long did your first LS1 cam swap take?
07-21-2003, 01:18 AM
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how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? my first one wasn't a good one since i broke some gaskets and had to wait on them to come in so it took roughly 2 days, it made me kinda curious who else had spent this much time doing something like this.
07-21-2003, 06:25 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? Took me about oh hmmm 2 weeks :p
Though I was doing heads, oil pump, pulley, LS6 PCV etc... at the same time... ended up loosing a few days due to needing parts, and a few more due to having the wrong tools... and a few more days due to being pissed off about the previous days
oh and a few more days due to having to pull it all apart again cause I didn't align my front seal right and had oil leaking... then more cause I had a tranny fluid leak that I had to fix...
Though I was doing heads, oil pump, pulley, LS6 PCV etc... at the same time... ended up loosing a few days due to needing parts, and a few more due to having the wrong tools... and a few more days due to being pissed off about the previous days
oh and a few more days due to having to pull it all apart again cause I didn't align my front seal right and had oil leaking... then more cause I had a tranny fluid leak that I had to fix...
07-21-2003, 07:02 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? i was really worried about the front seal at first from hearing stories about leaks and such, but i guess i got it right on the first try cuz i have no leaks so far.
07-21-2003, 07:40 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? my boyfriend and his friend took about a week, they worked on it about 2-3 hours a day.....
they said the hardest part was taking the damn pulley off!!!!
they said the hardest part was taking the damn pulley off!!!!
07-21-2003, 08:08 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? the pulley can be a bitch...we broke the first puller we tried to use last week when we did mine, so we took it back and got another one and it came right off
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? My first one took a week, working on it 3-4 hrs a day. second one took 2 days, and i did oil pump/timing chain on the second one.
07-22-2003, 05:50 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? i bet doing the oil pump in the car is a biatch....seems like those bottom two bolts would suck to get out.
07-22-2003, 06:12 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? It took us like a MONTH. 
We only worked on my buddy's car on Saturdays and we just chipped away at it.
This was in the beginning of 1999.
Mine took two days.
We only worked on my buddy's car on Saturdays and we just chipped away at it.
This was in the beginning of 1999.
Mine took two days.
07-22-2003, 06:29 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? Oh man. It was 1 year ago on Sunday. Having only changed the oil in my cars I was in for a rude awakening. Took my time, did everything right and it took 4 days at about 10 hours a day. But man when I fired it up at 1am I yelled a loud **** yeah! Super glad I did it myself.
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07-22-2003, 07:20 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? yeah, when i fired mine i must have looked like a proud new poppa, i was happy as hell that we just got it all back together and it fired right and what not. that's a great feeling.
07-23-2003, 11:35 AM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? where did you guys go or find information on how to do this? I know there are places out there for this info but are some better than others?
07-23-2003, 12:50 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? go to www.LS1HOWTO.COM, it's bad ***, very good info and very straight forward
07-23-2003, 02:46 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? My first cam install on the LS1 took about 6 hours, including the springs. The hardest part was the springs. I kept dropping the keepers and having to hunt them down with the magnet. Other than that, everything went nice and smooth.
07-23-2003, 03:08 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? Im with Josh MTI did mine but ive helped on one before and it took about 5 hrs with springs and all.Just didnt have the time to do my own this time
07-23-2003, 03:11 PM
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Re: how long did your first LS1 cam swap take? hell, the springs on mine took about 30-45 minutes for all of'em. me and my buddy dan had a system, he'd compress the spring i'd get the keepers, he'd put the new spring/retainer on and i'd hold the keepers on until he pulled the compressor/spring up and then uncompressed the spring. it was very quick...easier than me doing it and getting pissed and throwing a spring or something bigger
