How much in labor for heads swap?
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I just did a friends car my shop.....2001 Firehawk
(Shop Purchased)
New Lifters
Trays
Head Gaskets
All New Gaskets
2 HID Kits
Full Wet Sand & Buff With Interior
All New Fluids
New Cam (He purschaed)
Installed Total Price $1500
(Shop Purchased)
New Lifters
Trays
Head Gaskets
All New Gaskets
2 HID Kits
Full Wet Sand & Buff With Interior
All New Fluids
New Cam (He purschaed)
Installed Total Price $1500
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Just remember most people that do a cam/heads upgrade on a high milage motor Spin a bearing or 2 SO if you do all the work yourself you can upgrade to ARP rod bolts & new bearings if all is nice & clean when you start that & put a Z28 oil pump & steal oil pump shaft in too On the heads attention to detail is needed Some rollocks to clean all the mating surfaces helps the procedure Just make sure to stuff rags everywhere & CLEAN the **** out of the cyl walls & piston tops to make sure NO metal shavings get in there Adjusting the valves isnt hard Get the LT1 manual before you start & read it 3 times
Then proceed
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ITs a 15 hr job all day long. Atleast if you go by All data or what most shops and dealers use. So with that said and your paying $90 a hr on average. x that by 15hrs you will get $1350
thats minus all the parts included in the swap.
Now throw a cam in the mix and you are paying for another 2 hrs minimum on that.
SO now your at $1530 and thats only in labor.
you will easily spend over 2k in just the parts and labor if at a shop, but I do these jobs at home with far less overhead. Therefore its a lot less for the client.
thats minus all the parts included in the swap.
Now throw a cam in the mix and you are paying for another 2 hrs minimum on that.
SO now your at $1530 and thats only in labor.
you will easily spend over 2k in just the parts and labor if at a shop, but I do these jobs at home with far less overhead. Therefore its a lot less for the client.
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Just remember most people that do a cam/heads upgrade on a high milage motor Spin a bearing or 2 SO if you do all the work yourself you can upgrade to ARP rod bolts & new bearings if all is nice & clean when you start that & put a Z28 oil pump & steal oil pump shaft in too On the heads attention to detail is needed Some rollocks to clean all the mating surfaces helps the procedure Just make sure to stuff rags everywhere & CLEAN the **** out of the cyl walls & piston tops to make sure NO metal shavings get in there Adjusting the valves isnt hard Get the LT1 manual before you start & read it 3 times
Then proceed
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Changing rodbolts requires having the rods resized by a machine shop.
Exactly why would he want to change to a "z28 oil pump", and why would he want to "steAl" an oil pump driveshaft, a steEl sleeved shaft is reasonable though, the Melling was $8 last I looked, the stock plastic rarely causes any hassles but at $8 to upgrade to a piece that make the engine easier to work with why not.
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Heads are no big deal. Problem is most people overcharge. And the fact that I have know the car for 10 years... We go way back.
Im doing springs on a GTO Now for 300.00 I mean really it will take me all of 2 hrs.
And loose money... No way. Took me all of a day to do it.... I will take 1000 a days work all day every day.
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I just did a impala SS 96--- Show Car--- Heads,Cam,Rear 4.10 Gear Set, Stainless Lines, Pads Rotors All 4 Corners--- Customer supplied all materials.
$1500.00 Labor.
2001 TA WS6
Full Interior- New Seat Covers, Door Panels Skins, Rear Seats Head Rest, Cam, Springs, Pushrods, HID Kit, Interior LED Lighting, Couple Odd & Ends Radio Rewire, Amp Relocation Full Color Correction Wet Sand Buff, LCA Install
$1250.00 Labor All Parts Supplied By Customer.
$1500.00 Labor.
2001 TA WS6
Full Interior- New Seat Covers, Door Panels Skins, Rear Seats Head Rest, Cam, Springs, Pushrods, HID Kit, Interior LED Lighting, Couple Odd & Ends Radio Rewire, Amp Relocation Full Color Correction Wet Sand Buff, LCA Install
$1250.00 Labor All Parts Supplied By Customer.
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[QUOTE=khris99s;16284131]I just did a impala SS 96--- Show Car--- Heads,Cam,Rear 4.10 Gear Set, Stainless Lines, Pads Rotors All 4 Corners--- Customer supplied all materials.
$1500.00 Labor.
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DO you work out of your home or a real business location with overhead?
Any shop out here in Chicagoland area will charge about 550 just for the rear gear install.
Brakes with lines about 250-300 installed
cam and heads about 6-900 installed
so your not that far off.
$1500.00 Labor.
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DO you work out of your home or a real business location with overhead?
Any shop out here in Chicagoland area will charge about 550 just for the rear gear install.
Brakes with lines about 250-300 installed
cam and heads about 6-900 installed
so your not that far off.
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[QUOTE=khris99s;16284115]And nope thats my shop i own it. I can do a cam swap on a LS motor in 3 hr start to finish with it running. Anyone that pulls the heads is crazy... Use the actually tool for keeping the lifters up and boom all done.
I wasnt say that the heads needed to be pulled. Just bringing out numbers so everyone can see what the job actually calls for.
I wasnt say that the heads needed to be pulled. Just bringing out numbers so everyone can see what the job actually calls for.
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I just did a impala SS 96--- Show Car--- Heads,Cam,Rear 4.10 Gear Set, Stainless Lines, Pads Rotors All 4 Corners--- Customer supplied all materials.
$1500.00 Labor.
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DO you work out of your home or a real business location with overhead?
Any shop out here in Chicagoland area will charge about 550 just for the rear gear install.
Brakes with lines about 250-300 installed
cam and heads about 6-900 installed
so your not that far off.
$1500.00 Labor.
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DO you work out of your home or a real business location with overhead?
Any shop out here in Chicagoland area will charge about 550 just for the rear gear install.
Brakes with lines about 250-300 installed
cam and heads about 6-900 installed
so your not that far off.
103 S Federal Hwy
Pompano Beach FL 33062
954-784-1101
Real shop full overhead and tons of cars...
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Ab...87714467958427
Check my facebook you will def see a stack of LSX LT1 and High Performance Stuff plus the everyday cars... Been open since Jan 1st. Only lost money my first month.
Boom that just happened.
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