How long does it take to do a cam swap?

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Aug 5, 2002 | 05:40 PM

WhynotSS

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How long does it take to do a cam swap?

How many hours did it take to swap your camshaft and valvesprings? Thanks.

Aug 5, 2002 | 07:14 PM

TA_2001

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Re: How long does it take to do a cam swap?

took me all weekend taking my time, doing it
the first time.
It was fun actually, more fun than the headers
which was more work I think.

Aug 5, 2002 | 08:24 PM

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Re: How long does it take to do a cam swap?

Talk to fireball...he has changed cam's in his Trans Am a few times and I think he has done helped a few other people go cammin' too <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Aug 5, 2002 | 08:28 PM

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Re: How long does it take to do a cam swap?

I've go it down to 8 hours. 5 w/o changing springs. I've done 2 camaros, and one Z06. The vettes are MUCH HARDER due to the fact that you have to basically disconnect the whole front end. Steering rack and all. I'll stick with the F-Body's <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

Aug 6, 2002 | 08:34 AM

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Re: How long does it take to do a cam swap?

Recently Andy @ A&A Corvettes swapped his cam in 3 hours. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hail]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_hail.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />
Of course it was the ninth or tenth time he's changed it in the last six months. He said he just wanted to see how each cam would perform. <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" />

Richard <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Aug 6, 2002 | 02:22 PM

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Re: How long does it take to do a cam swap?

The cam swap itself, is a piece of cake. Even on your first time, you should be able to knock it out in 3 hours or so

The valve springs on the other hand....well, that's a different story <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> . The driverside can be done in about 50 minutes, but the passengerside is a fuking PITA....specifically the last 2 cylinders (under the cowl). So count on spending 1.5 hours AT LEAST on that side.

Overall, the whole job is not that hard. Just take your time and have fun with it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

Aug 6, 2002 | 06:17 PM

WhynotSS

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Re: How long does it take to do a cam swap?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm not going to be able to start until Saturday night and I need to finish on Sunday. It looks like that is plenty of time though!