Oppinions on performance shops in Houston?
03-06-2007, 12:19 PM
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Oppinions on performance shops in Houston? 1stly,
i'm new to LS1(a month or so old) but nonetheless addicted.
Ok so i'm looking to have a cam swap done on my car a little down the road (i like to research extensively before i do something) and wanted to know if anyone had any oppinions on who i should bring it to?
i know all the major Houston places do TOP NOTCH work, but i'm just curious to know if anyone felt strongly one way or the other...
Thanks for your input!
i'm new to LS1(a month or so old) but nonetheless addicted.
Ok so i'm looking to have a cam swap done on my car a little down the road (i like to research extensively before i do something) and wanted to know if anyone had any oppinions on who i should bring it to?
i know all the major Houston places do TOP NOTCH work, but i'm just curious to know if anyone felt strongly one way or the other...
Thanks for your input!
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Originally Posted by Ceissus
1stly,
i'm new to LS1(a month or so old) but nonetheless addicted.
Ok so i'm looking to have a cam swap done on my car a little down the road (i like to research extensively before i do something) and wanted to know if anyone had any oppinions on who i should bring it to?
i know all the major Houston places do TOP NOTCH work, but i'm just curious to know if anyone felt strongly one way or the other...
Thanks for your input!
i'm new to LS1(a month or so old) but nonetheless addicted.
Ok so i'm looking to have a cam swap done on my car a little down the road (i like to research extensively before i do something) and wanted to know if anyone had any oppinions on who i should bring it to?
i know all the major Houston places do TOP NOTCH work, but i'm just curious to know if anyone felt strongly one way or the other...
Thanks for your input!
03-06-2007, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by stdjsw311
dude do it yourself! if you have any knowledge about your car you can do it! hell with the money you save by doing it yourself you can buy any tool that you would need
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you know i am not bashing the people that do it, but it just bothers me when i try to talk to people about their cars and the only response is, "mti did it" or "hpe did it"!!!! i am not bashing them either, i am sure they do great work! it is great if you have the money to do it, but if you have a driveway then it is an easy weekend swap. once you have done it once, then it would be about a 4 hour job after you know what you r doing.
do it yourself the swap is not hard at all! there are plenty of step by step guides on the net to show how to do it. honestly it is really hard to mess something up! just my .02
installuniversity.com <good site for step by step stuff!
do it yourself the swap is not hard at all! there are plenty of step by step guides on the net to show how to do it. honestly it is really hard to mess something up! just my .02
installuniversity.com <good site for step by step stuff!
03-06-2007, 06:24 PM
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If you don't have any mechanical inclination though, I wouldn't say a cam swap is easy...if you are just one tooth off, you can bend valves.....which is never good 
03-06-2007, 06:38 PM
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If you don't have any mechanical inclination though, I wouldn't say a cam swap is easy...if you are just one tooth off, you can bend valves.....which is never good
+1 i wasnt born with a wrench.. so im not mechanically inclined!! im scared to brake some $hit.
03-06-2007, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by stdjsw311
you know i am not bashing the people that do it, but it just bothers me when i try to talk to people about their cars and the only response is, "mti did it" or "hpe did it"!!!! i am not bashing them either, i am sure they do great work! it is great if you have the money to do it, but if you have a driveway then it is an easy weekend swap. once you have done it once, then it would be about a 4 hour job after you know what you r doing.
do it yourself the swap is not hard at all! there are plenty of step by step guides on the net to show how to do it. honestly it is really hard to mess something up! just my .02
installuniversity.com <good site for step by step stuff!
do it yourself the swap is not hard at all! there are plenty of step by step guides on the net to show how to do it. honestly it is really hard to mess something up! just my .02
installuniversity.com <good site for step by step stuff!
However we had the engine completely out...and engines from the 70's weren't computer dominated like the ones of today~
i think i WILL pull a do-it-yourself~
and then have hpe tune for me~ oo la la!!
thanks all for the input!!
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I would probably go with ICON to tune it if it were me and I lived down in Houston, heck, I have thought about taking my car down there when it is finished to have Mike do the tune. His work speaks for itself.
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