how long did your first LS1 cam swap take?
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my first one wasn't a good one since i broke some gaskets and had to wait on them to come in so it took roughly 2 days, it made me kinda curious who else had spent this much time doing something like this.
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Took me about oh hmmm 2 weeks :p
Though I was doing heads, oil pump, pulley, LS6 PCV etc... at the same time... ended up loosing a few days due to needing parts, and a few more due to having the wrong tools... and a few more days due to being pissed off about the previous days
oh and a few more days due to having to pull it all apart again cause I didn't align my front seal right and had oil leaking... then more cause I had a tranny fluid leak that I had to fix...
Though I was doing heads, oil pump, pulley, LS6 PCV etc... at the same time... ended up loosing a few days due to needing parts, and a few more due to having the wrong tools... and a few more days due to being pissed off about the previous days
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i was really worried about the front seal at first from hearing stories about leaks and such, but i guess i got it right on the first try cuz i have no leaks so far.
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my boyfriend and his friend took about a week, they worked on it about 2-3 hours a day.....
they said the hardest part was taking the damn pulley off!!!!
they said the hardest part was taking the damn pulley off!!!!
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the pulley can be a bitch...we broke the first puller we tried to use last week when we did mine, so we took it back and got another one and it came right off
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i bet doing the oil pump in the car is a biatch....seems like those bottom two bolts would suck to get out.
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It took us like a MONTH. ![Happy](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_stretch.gif)
We only worked on my buddy's car on Saturdays and we just chipped away at it.
This was in the beginning of 1999.
Mine took two days.
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We only worked on my buddy's car on Saturdays and we just chipped away at it.
This was in the beginning of 1999.
Mine took two days.
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Oh man. It was 1 year ago on Sunday. Having only changed the oil in my cars I was in for a rude awakening. Took my time, did everything right and it took 4 days at about 10 hours a day. But man when I fired it up at 1am I yelled a loud **** yeah! Super glad I did it myself.
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yeah, when i fired mine i must have looked like a proud new poppa, i was happy as hell that we just got it all back together and it fired right and what not. that's a great feeling.
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where did you guys go or find information on how to do this? I know there are places out there for this info but are some better than others?
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go to www.LS1HOWTO.COM, it's bad ***, very good info and very straight forward
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My first cam install on the LS1 took about 6 hours, including the springs. The hardest part was the springs. I kept dropping the keepers and having to hunt them down with the magnet. Other than that, everything went nice and smooth.
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Im with Josh MTI did mine but ive helped on one before and it took about 5 hrs with springs and all.Just didnt have the time to do my own this time
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hell, the springs on mine took about 30-45 minutes for all of'em. me and my buddy dan had a system, he'd compress the spring i'd get the keepers, he'd put the new spring/retainer on and i'd hold the keepers on until he pulled the compressor/spring up and then uncompressed the spring. it was very quick...easier than me doing it and getting pissed and throwing a spring or something bigger