Houston Area Cam Install Rates
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What are the going rates for a cam install and tune at the shops in the Houston Area? I'm looking to get it done soon and just want to see how much I should have saved up. I called Gforce in Pearland and they quoted me $2000, which seemed a bit expensive. Really just trying to get an idea from some people who have had this done.
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What are the going rates for a cam install and tune at the shops in the Houston Area? I'm looking to get it done soon and just want to see how much I should have saved up. I called Gforce in Pearland and they quoted me $2000, which seemed a bit expensive. Really just trying to get an idea from some people who have had this done.
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You will most likely get quoted higher install prices with you having your own parts. The shop isnt making anything on your parts where normally they would make at least a little profit. The second reason is you may be supplying parts they are not used to using or parts they dont sell. If there is a problem related to your parts you will have to pay for labor again where most of the time if the shop supplied the parts they will eat the labor and stand behind a product they sell. When I still had a performance shop 99% of the time when a customer supplied their own parts there were usually issues, missing parts or wrong parts, etc. It took longer for the same job and netted less money in the end so I could easily see why some shops wont even allow customer supplied parts.
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It depends on exactly what you are going to do. If your installing a cam small enough that you can still use stock lifters and valve springs, you probably could get it done for alot less than 2-3 grand. You wouldn't have to pull the heads in that scenario, that is where alot of the labor is I imagine.
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What are the going rates for a cam install and tune at the shops in the Houston Area? I'm looking to get it done soon and just want to see how much I should have saved up. I called Gforce in Pearland and they quoted me $2000, which seemed a bit expensive. Really just trying to get an idea from some people who have had this done.