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About how long would the typical home mechanic (with a garage and tools) to swap heads, cam, intake & headers on an L98 Formula? I haven't done anything like that it over 10 years
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87 Formula 350 13.94@96.67
98 Z28 1LE 13.15@107.59
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87 Formula 350 13.94@96.67
98 Z28 1LE 13.15@107.59
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48 hrs??!!! are you nuts?? he has to take all that stuff of to put the cam in anyhow. so after he gets his cam in he just puts on his new parts. it shouldn't take more time than a regualar cam swap. i'm guess 8-12hrs.
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Depends how hard you work at it, it took me about 8 hours to pull the intake and reinstall it. I was not pushing so it was like 2 days. If you let me know I will help, it's easier with 2 people and you could do it at my house.
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Car: '87 IROCZ
Engine: 395 ZZ4
Transmission: ProBuilt 700R4
Axle/Gears: 9 bolt 3.70s
It took me about 22 hours to swap cams with the motor in the car the last time I did it and I work very slow, but I know what I am doing.
Your additional work to do everything that you are propose involves only removing and installing the heads. If I were doing this job, I would take about 25 hours of total work.
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'87 L98 TPI IROCZ, AFR190 heads, 3.70 gears, ZZ9 cam, 2400 Art Carr TC, SLP 1 3/4" headers, SLP cat-back, no cat, no AC, no MAF screens, Accel manifold base & SuperRam, Edelbrock double roller timing chain, MSD ext coil & distributor, trans cooler, 52mm TB with airfoil, TB coolant bypass, AFPR(58psi), K&N filters, Hotchkis lowering springs, my custom chip, Lay Ind. ram air kit, SS Brakes 1LE upgrade 12" rotors dual piston calipers, 265/45R16 Kumho V700 tires.
ET 13.39sec @ 107.21mph
'90 Eagle Talon AWD, no rust thru 9 winters
'99 Camaro SS, red, 6-spd, T-tops, Mcleod clutch, Pro 5.0 shifter, MAF processor, Direct Flow airlid, K&N filter, next mod: 4.10 rear gears
313.7Hp & 320.6ft-lbf, ET 13.55sec @ 105.1mph
Your additional work to do everything that you are propose involves only removing and installing the heads. If I were doing this job, I would take about 25 hours of total work.
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'87 L98 TPI IROCZ, AFR190 heads, 3.70 gears, ZZ9 cam, 2400 Art Carr TC, SLP 1 3/4" headers, SLP cat-back, no cat, no AC, no MAF screens, Accel manifold base & SuperRam, Edelbrock double roller timing chain, MSD ext coil & distributor, trans cooler, 52mm TB with airfoil, TB coolant bypass, AFPR(58psi), K&N filters, Hotchkis lowering springs, my custom chip, Lay Ind. ram air kit, SS Brakes 1LE upgrade 12" rotors dual piston calipers, 265/45R16 Kumho V700 tires.
ET 13.39sec @ 107.21mph
'90 Eagle Talon AWD, no rust thru 9 winters
'99 Camaro SS, red, 6-spd, T-tops, Mcleod clutch, Pro 5.0 shifter, MAF processor, Direct Flow airlid, K&N filter, next mod: 4.10 rear gears
313.7Hp & 320.6ft-lbf, ET 13.55sec @ 105.1mph
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