I am having trouble deciding if i should have my cam installed or should i do it myself. My tuner will get me a custom grind comp cam, springs,pushrods, install, and HPT with dyno for around $1000. $400 out that is just for labor for installing the cam. So my question is should i do the cam swap myself and just have him tune it or is it to much of a headache to deal with?

 

As a tech myself i think thats a great deal, i mean if u have done a few
cam swaps then u could save 400bucks i can understand that but if ur
a novice wrench, then thats a dam good price!!! Think about it, Hes going
through the valvetrain, remapping, and Dyno not bad not bad at all!

 

Its an 8 hour job in the garage. but that is a low price, just the parts, gaskets, and hardware cost me $800 for my swap

 

A grand for everything is a real good deal. I'd do it.

 

well i personally wouldnt be installing it but it would be Parke10s dad..him and his boss have a shop and they race stock cars. so they have all the tools and have built many race engines so im not sure what to do..

and he also said my truck would be in and out in 1 day

 

that sounds like a good deal to me, i did mine myself and i didn't think it was to hard. we have a nice shop with all the tools and i spent 6-8 hours on mine, but if you have never done it before i would just let them do it for a grand.

 

well i personally wouldnt be installing it but it would be Parke10s dad..him and his boss have a shop and they race stock cars. so they have all the tools and have built many race engines so im not sure what to do..

 

if were me i would just let him do it all. that way you can just get in and go and not have to mess around with it.

 

ya i would like that too..but see i just barely turned 18 like 2 weeks im a senior in high school and i work but its kinda hard for me to save up a $1000 when i have a $270 truck payment every month cuz i only make like 300 every 2 weeks..so im not sure what to do?

 

im not a mechanical genius by any means but i did mine and a buddies you said your buddies dad builds stock cars right just make sure they know about these motors big difference doin a swap on one of these motors then the old school motors the new gens are a hellava lot easier but people brain fart it all the time im sure there is a step by step thread on here, i say DIY and buy gears or LTs with the left over money