Install cost for heads and cam
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Teching In
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From: Jacksonville, FL
Thats what I was thinking, a local mechanic shop that we use for the company fleet quoted me 600-700 but they are not a specialty shop, and the specialty shop basically said with parts it would be 4 k (now I could get the parts for 1,800 so they want to charge me 2200 for install, sounds way too high).
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Thats what I was thinking, a local mechanic shop that we use for the company fleet quoted me 600-700 but they are not a specialty shop, and the specialty shop basically said with parts it would be 4 k (now I could get the parts for 1,800 so they want to charge me 2200 for install, sounds way too high).
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CMS did mine for 1000 bucks if I remember correctly. I have since learned how to do most of the under hood work myself. Let me tell ya man go get the craftsman 100 piece mechanics tool set and the Chilton manual, bookmark LS1 how to and do the swap yourself. You'll spend initially on tools, and it might take a little bit longer than having a shop do it, but with all the money you will save in labor the tools will pay for themselves and then some.
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Hey bro, look into EFI Alchemy in Jax, brand new shop they just opened, very nice and very cool guys, they quoted me around $1600 for install and dyno/street tune, I would be supplying my own parts. Harrison is the owner, they are not a site sponsor, but look for them in the Florida section. Here is their phone number....904-923-3907
im not a mechanic or an expert in anything but the advice "do it yourself its not hard" that i hear all over this board is wrong. some people dont have the skills others do and a head and cam swap IMO is not the right starting point, maybe an intake but not heads and cam, thats how **** breaks.
just my two cents
i would guess a grand.
just my two cents
i would guess a grand.
im not a mechanic or an expert in anything but the advice "do it yourself its not hard" that i hear all over this board is wrong. some people dont have the skills others do and a head and cam swap IMO is not the right starting point, maybe an intake but not heads and cam, thats how **** breaks.
just my two cents
i would guess a grand.
just my two cents
i would guess a grand.
Its the little things that they don't tell you in the books and how to sections that can get you into trouble. I too am debating doing it myself as oppose to paying a local tuner shop, but at least when you pay a knowledgable experienced mechanic to do it, you know its not their first go wrong, thus if something does break, your not kicking yourself in the nuts for forgetting to do something you didn't know you had to do. Yeah headers and intake is one thing as mere bolt-ons, but the internals are put together with such precision that it can be intimidating to a novice to try and tackle in your garage.
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Teching In
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Well I've done intakes and minor stff before but recently hurt back so I was going to have someone at least help.
I have a friend who has done it before so I figure I'll get him to help me.
I have a friend who has done it before so I figure I'll get him to help me.
Last edited by Splurch; Aug 14, 2009 at 06:44 AM.