Originally Posted by Chicago1

I rather build my own car if something ****s up it's on you. if something ****s up all he has to say is "it's faulty parts" and again it's on you. Get your hands dirty and get to know your car consider that 850 mod money or save it and teach your self. Nothing like building your car yourself. a cam swap is easy(IMO) pretty straight forward sure it's time consuming but fun. And the satisfaction that you did it no one else. I respect the fact that people can drop of their cars and pay someone to build them a monster but I don't have that luxury




pin the crank while you are down there..







old sprocket coming out..



Hello stock cam!!



Almost forgot the dowels was so excited to get the damn thing out!!



New "Jam Cam"



Out with the old in with the new..



Putting it back together..



Now they say the pullers from autozone don't work I say they do and like a champ..





All out..Now before I put the new crank sprocket on I put it in the oven so it would slide on easier which it did after it was done BUT don't be a dumbass like me and put grease on it before it goes in the oven..Yeah it got smoky in the kitchen...oooops.....




Looks timed to me..



I had it in when I did the whole thing..





here is the springs coming out..

Take off the coilpacks and remove the 4 8mm bolts and you should see this. Don't mind the crooked looking one I had loosened it before I took the pic



Take out this 8mm on the rocker.



Take the pushrod out..



This is what you should have..



Then take the rocker arm pedestal out and for some reason mine was on upside down...wonder why?



all out



and in order



Here is the tool..besides the guy using it..



I just used fitting you find in a compression tester..Figured I better not drink during this process..



Take out the shrader valve and screw it into the cylinder you are working on. I also used the TDC method because I didn't wanna end up what I did on the first one almost dropping the damn thing..





Tighten everything up and then start cranking down..SOme of the locks needed a tap on them to come loose..





Once you take those locks off you just pull the spring/retainer out and your left with the seal and seat.



old stuff.



I used a pair of plies and a little twist and turn and they come right out and used a magnetic tool for the seats to come out.





The install is the opposite oil everything up drop the seat in. Put the new seals in and I used the tool that your supposed to use I didn't like the socket and hammer idea. It was 7 bucks off ebay..J-42078 Valve Stem Oil Seal Installer







I read somewhere that the locks are a pain to install and use some lube to keep them on the top of the valve. It worked like a champ..



one is done..



15 more to go..It goes quick after the first one..all done!!!

Originally Posted by Corvette_Ed

If you do the work, and something happens, it's on you.

If you let a mechanic do it, and something happens, it's on him. This would be the option I would go with. His price is amazingly low as he's essentially charging you about $300 to install the cam, which is unheard of.