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Old May 25, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Unhappy cam installing?
well, im going to be installing a cam soon (mti x1) and ive never gotten inside my motor before, ive got all the supporting mods (pr's, springs, gasket kit, timing chain, cam) I dont want to have a shop do it (expensive), the money i have saved up is for the tune. so anyone on here done a cam install? im worried about the lifters falling when i pull the cam, how long should it take? can i drive the car after the swap? im in school now, so ill need to drive it back and fourth in the mean time until the next weekend when i can get on the dyno.

Car has headers, ported tb, UD pulley, !cats!, !air! ls6 intake, m6, ford 9" w/ 4.11's. oh, its also an 88 trans am gta
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pm me i know a guy that would do it cheap
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pm me i know a guy that would do it cheap
really? how much is cheap? im pretty broke right now, i was looking for someone to maybe help? but ask him for me?
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Have you checked http://www.ls1howto.com/ ? i did both my cam swaps and 2 of my friends cams thanks to this site. i also couldnt/cant afford to pay a shop to do any of my mods...well, just my tuning.
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Have you checked http://www.ls1howto.com/ ? i did both my cam swaps and 2 of my friends cams thanks to this site. i also couldnt/cant afford to pay a shop to do any of my mods...well, just my tuning.
ive got money set aside to tune it, but not to have someone install it for me, just wondering if anyone wanted to help
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ive got money set aside to tune it, but not to have someone install it for me, just wondering if anyone wanted to help
im going to do the drill mod this weekend! wish me luck
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ok ill ask he's on another board
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let me know when you get a hold of the guy, I got my cam / push rods / valve springs / to install too! Does he have a degree tool?
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