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Feb 22, 2007 | 03:16 PM

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Labor $$...what am I not getting?

This has happened twice now....

I want to get new heads.....not a cam....just heads...I like my cam...

I go to a vendor ....they give a Head/Cam package price and then take out $350 for the cam...

What about the cam labor....

Rough numbers.....
Heads $2300
Gaskets/pushrods...I dunno $300ish
Tune $500
Tax $250ish

Estimate I recieved ....$4500.....

$1100+ labor to swap heads...?.....How many hours are we talking here....?

Feb 22, 2007 | 03:20 PM

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Should be about half of that to swap heads.

Feb 22, 2007 | 03:22 PM

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What cam do you have now, that you're so attached to? BTW, LS1, or LS6?

Feb 22, 2007 | 03:24 PM

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Im not sure who your talking to about doing your labor but thats just wrong. Any sane person would know that $1100 labor to swap heads is absurd !!

Feb 22, 2007 | 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by zeevette

What cam do you have now, that you're so attached to? BTW, LS1, or LS6?

Ls1....patriot stage II heads....ls6 intake...comp cam 226/234 110.....

Feb 22, 2007 | 03:27 PM

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Im not sure who your talking to about doing your labor but thats just wrong. Any sane person would know that $1100 labor to swap heads is absurd !!

Now if I could only get a So Cal vendor to agree with you....

...

Anyone want my $$$$$......

Feb 22, 2007 | 03:28 PM

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I had a H/C swap $1200.00 ( $800.00 cam labor and $400.00 heads install) labor plus parts i.e. timing chain, oil pump, head bolts, gaskets, fluids and tune came to about $2100.00 This was with me bringing in my own cam and heads.

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Feb 22, 2007 | 03:32 PM

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I had a H/C swap $1200.00 ( $800.00 cam labor and $400.00 heads install) labor plus parts i.e. timing chain, oil pump, head bolts, gaskets and fluids came to about $2100.00 This was with me bringing in my own cam and heads.

$400 head install seems fair....

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Feb 22, 2007 | 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by nowwhat

$400 head install seems fair....

+1 Thats about what I would charge maybe a little less. heads only swap is pretty easy.

Feb 22, 2007 | 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 02blackbeauty19

Im not sure who your talking to about doing your labor but thats just wrong. Any sane person would know that $1100 labor to swap heads is absurd !!

Feb 22, 2007 | 05:19 PM

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Should be about half of that to swap heads.

I heard Chris can do it in like 15 minutes...

...without even any tools

Feb 22, 2007 | 05:22 PM

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Who can do this Job in So Cal....?....

Feb 22, 2007 | 05:26 PM

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I heard Chris can do it in like 15 minutes...

Hey, we are pretty good here but not that good..

Feb 22, 2007 | 05:35 PM

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Who can do this Job in So Cal....?....

A&A
LAPD
OCC

they are on the left side of the screen

Feb 22, 2007 | 05:38 PM

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Who can do this Job in So Cal....?....

Call these guys and see if they'd be interested. I've talked to them and they seem pretty sharp. Don't know if they'd do it, but give 'em a try ...

http://www.vbdyno.com/index.html

Feb 22, 2007 | 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 02blackbeauty19

Any sane person would know that $1,100 labor to swap heads is absurd !!

To say nothing of $500 for the tuning effort required after a head swap.

It's not like the tuner has to make a huge cam idle like a stocker.

So basically $1,650 in labor charges for a one day job.

I think you can find a better deal if you shop around.

Feb 22, 2007 | 07:48 PM

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$1100+ labor to swap heads...?.....How many hours are we talking here....?

I would contact the shop that gave you that estimate cause it may be an honest mistake. It happens and it happened to me. The tuner shop I deal with had a computer error, but the shop personnel caught it and adjusted the price. It looks like the person that wrote you up didn't catch the error.

Feb 22, 2007 | 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 02blackbeauty19

Im not sure who your talking to about doing your labor but thats just wrong. Any sane person would know that $1100 labor to swap heads is absurd !!

not if your the swapper and get it

Feb 22, 2007 | 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DT

I heard Chris can do it in like 15 minutes...

...without even any tools

blindfolded and one arm behind his back for $399.99

Feb 22, 2007 | 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by C6 XPLOSVE

This seems to be the case...I sent an E-mail and received both a call and an E-mail in return explaining that the estimate was in error...

revised is almost $600 cheaper.....

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