Well I went to a local tuning shop and just out of curiousity I asked how much they would charge to change my cams and headstuds. I have GSC's and ARP's waiting to go in, nothing to fancy. Well I about died when they said it would be $1050.00!!! WTF!!! Does this sound alittle high to anyone other than me. I guess I'm going to do them myself now. Does anyone know where a good write up on cam installation is? I found one for the headstuds by the link in the How To section for the cam install won't work for me. I'm fairly mechanically inclined so I'm not worried about doing it myself but any help or guidance would be nice. Thanks.

 

Some guys advertise doing the cams for $150. I don't think so. Plus here is a DIY

 

Thanks for the link.

They said it would take 15hrs to complete! At $72hr.

 

Head studs cost me 95 bucks for the install at RRE. I bet the shop that quoted you that does worse work.

Harmon Motive here in Torrance seems to be kinda pricey. Their perogative as I took my business elsewhere. Thanks RRE and TT

 

Thats awful.. im having a complete timing belt change, balancer belt, acc belt which involves alot more then doing the cams.. removing cam gears, installing cams, injectors, new brake, pads, SS lines, re tuned on the mustang dyno for under $600.

 

15 hrs to put in cams and headstuds..took me 3 hours and thats with beer breaks....

 

Sometimes I hate living in a hole with no decent shops around.

 

I think cams and head studs book out at around 6.5 hours, I was quoted $650 here in high price SoCal from a shop with a good rep.

 

I had 264/272 combo and ARP head studs installed and it took 3 hours with tech breaks and engine cool down before they started.

 

ROFL thats terrible i would install both for u for 100$ lol u could buy a plane ticket fly somewhere send the car and have it done and still not pay that much!

evoisdream

 

they are probably doing the head studs the right way

but thats still alot of hours. It should only take about 10 at the most

 

another quote from another rip off shop

 

thats what i was going to say. Probably removing the head. Ask them how much for cams alone and see what they say. Its less than a 3hr job.

 

wow trhat is hella expensive!! i got quoted aroun $400 installed AND TUNED

 

Don't do it man! If you have the right tools, you can have it done in a couple hours tops.