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Feb 12, 2012 | 04:06 PM

JeaneGrae

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How many hrs to install

A set of 243s and ls6 intake, new coils and injectors. Trying to see how many hours it would be. Ball park with all the right tools available.

Feb 12, 2012 | 04:33 PM

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It depends. i vacuumed the block with a wet-vac to remove coolant before pulling the heads. That saved on cleaning time. But, even so, probably took as long to clean the head bolt holes as to tear-down/reinstall everything else.

I also installed ARP studs. That said, probably had 20hrs labor in the job total. This included a cam swap.

Feb 12, 2012 | 05:15 PM

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Depends on your skill level. 1st time it took me two work days, second time took a little more than half that.

Feb 12, 2012 | 06:03 PM

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If you have all the tools and do it correctly and have everything already like gaskets, headbolts, etc. if you do depending on skill level I've done them in 5 hours with all the cleaning and scraping old gaskets off. You'll also have to do a oil change so don't forget that.

Feb 12, 2012 | 06:16 PM

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Give yourself a whole day.

Feb 12, 2012 | 10:21 PM

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I thinking about doing this as well, after reading the instructions I'm planning on 2 days

Feb 14, 2012 | 08:10 AM

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While I'm in there what else should I replace. I have new coil packs, injectors, ls6 intake, plugs, gaskets and oil. If so please list part number and if you got a good deal somewhere, let me know. Thanks fellas. also what gains can i expect from swapping on these parts and a new tune.