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Originally Posted by thePill
Depends on the car, on an LS3 Vette, I would drop the cradle so I didn't have to mess with the rack. Pulling the engine makes life easier and there are not many professional garages that will do the swap with the engine in (labor cost quoted for 15-20 hours of work but, it is actually much easier). From what I see, most guys can do a cam swap on an LS3 in 6-8 hours, the Vette (example) is faster if you drop the cradle. I have heard 5.0 guys doing a full swap in 2-3 hours with the Stage II Comp Cam without a valve spring swap (4 hours recommended time with phasers), 4.6 3 valve swap in about 3-4. The timing chain lock/cam timing lock/timing suppressor helps make timing easier...
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you like comparing facts against heresay.. it takes X amount of time to do a cam swap in an ls engine, and "have heard of" time with a 5.0. i'm sure there are guys that do ls cam swaps in 3-4 hours as well when you do alot of them. hell there were several times i have had the cam out of a first gen small block in one hour in vehicle. you just have to know the procedure. you're retarded if you think you can have the cams out of a 5.0 in vehicle "before you even get the intake off" of an ls.