i have a comp cam 216/220, ls6 springs, ls6 ported oil pump, 7.4 texas speed pushrods, gm basic cam install kit, ls2 timing chain kit with ls2 heavy duty chain and was wondering how long this will take to install?? and maybe a ls6 intake...maybe i have a 2001 4.8 rcsb silverado auto... thanks for all your help i plan on doing it tomorrow with a buddy

 

12hrs Of Day If You Have Everything You Need 6am Til 6pm And If You Know What You Doing And The Right Tools
Maybe Less If You Have Doe It Before

 

does your buddy know how to do it?? if not you might wanna think about letting a shop do it. im all about learning something new but if i dont have any idea how to do it i just pay somebody to do and watch them and ask questions.

 

i did my own swap without having any experience, took me 20 hours total, thats being very careful with everything that i was doing, but i was happy with the result, check out www.ls1howto.com they have a damn good write-up on there on how to do a cam swap

 

Well i am confident i can do it myself but my truck being my dd i would need it done in 1 day without any problems. If you are up for it go ahead i have read the write-up myself and they do make it sound fairly easy.

 

my buddy has a 2000 z28 and he has put two cams in his cam and taken 3 out(ls1,texas speed cam, and f13) i trust him

 

ok no problem then go for it. should be a great learning experience for ya!! post up any kind of special tips if ya come across any. and dont forget sound clips!

 

ok will do

 

Spring swap is the most time consuming part of the swap. Do the springs first. If those go well, then go ahead and pull the front end apart and swap the cam. If you run out of time, just finish the springs and save the cam for a later date. Nothing wrong at all with running the stock cam with LS6 springs.

I found that I was much quicker with two spring compressors. I used the screw type to compress the new spring and the lever type to compress the stock springs. The lever is quick at removing the stock springs and I could have a new spring already loaded in the screw compressor ready to go right back in.

Oh yeah, keep a magnetic pan and a pen magnet handy. Those locks don't always cooperate with oily fingers.

 

we cant get the oil pan to drop so we can connect the oring? to the oil pump how else can we get the oil pump on??