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Verdad Gallardo TECH Regular
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If you plan on doing just a cam for $500, you must be smoking crack.... It will cost you way more than that to properly install/tune a cam. The cam alone will be $399. Tuning will run you anywhere from 200-500, depending upon who does it. The "hidden costs" of doing a cam like springs, pushrods, timing chain, oil, coolant, new oil pump will run you at least another $500 for brand new things. To do a cam in any f-body, you are looking at 13-1400 dollars with new parts. That does not even include labor if you DIY. Most reasonable mechanics will charge around $60/hour. This is a 6-8 hour job.
I'm sure you already are doing this, but just in case your not, definately throw in a trans cooler when you put your stall in and a transgo hd-2 shift kit will definately help with the "soft" shifts you'll get after the stall.
