XM15

Hey guys, I was just wondering what people have payed to have cams installed. I have a 2.2, so if anything I could only go with the comp stage 1 which doesn't need tuning. How much should the labor be to do a cam swap? I'm not talking about the price of the cams or tuning, just the labor. Thanks.

Sunburst_SS

well, book time is about 3.5 hours........might vary a little bit depending where you go, same with labor charges. I'd probably do an install for like 200 bux or so.....if I did it at work it would cost about 350-400

XM15

Okay, good to know. Thanks alot sunburst!

anthonyS88

when i did cams on my dohc focus, it took me about an hour, but 2 totally different cars

XM15

Well, I figured that it couldn't be too time consuming, especially for a shop. After all, they can get to the cams just by removing the valve cover.

Sunburst_SS

yes, two totally different set-ups......however, the cobalt doesn't have those stupid inverted torx bits on the camshaft bearing caps like the focus does. I hated taking those things off when I did the few head-package installs I've done of the focus'

still have to pull the front cover off to get to the timing chain Not a bad job if you know what you're doing.

anthonyS88

lmao, i forgot about them, lol its been awhile. i never was able to mess with the timing on the adjustable cam gears