I am about to purchase a Z06 cam for my 6.0 Escalade. I called around to a few shops in my area and they are telling me that it will take between 15-18 houors for the install. At $ 75 bucks an hour that is pretty expensive.
Does that sound right? Anyone have any suggestions for me. Maybe a shop close to me, or is it really that hard to do. I don't have many tools or time to do it. I am in Cape Coral ,FL

 

2-3 hours if they know what they are doing. 18 if they went to uti.

 

theres a few shops in texas that charge around $300-400 for cam/springs. You shouldn't have to pay more than $750 TOPS So that is WAAAAY too high.

 

holy ****.... do it yourself IMO... goddam that s high

 

Yeah man, me and joshluther did the cam swap in my truck... did the cam, springs, and pushrods and from the time I pulled in till I was backing the truck out of his garage for the test drive it was only like 4 hours, and that wasn't us killing ourselves to get it does as fast as possible. That sounds waaaay high to me.

 

anything specail needed? I have to open the valver covers and replace these springs right? any special instructions for this?

 

Jeez, it took me 18 hours and all I had ever done before mechanically was change a thermostat. That time includes 90 minutes fiddling with the pulley puller. Medium experience should be 6-8 hours, and an excellent mechanic should be half that.

 

the valve springs took a while too

 

Yeah they did - moral of the story, get something better than the $9 spring compression tool from Sears.

 

All you ever needed to know about cam/spring swap.

Gen III motor cam swap guide

I did rockers/springs on my '94 Z28, and let me tell you, TBSS ain't lying about the $9 sears tool. I felt like an arthritic for days after that.