Well, you are gonna remove the front clip, drain rad fluid, remove rad support, remove intake to get access to the front of the engine and the valley to be able to hold the lifters. Then you can pull the water pump and the timing cover. Most of the time heads are removed because the lifters cannot be removed through the head, but I think that it is possible to hold the lifters up off the cam by supporting the "dog-bone" with some object. I believe that was done on a recent episode of Engine Masters.

Anyway, if your standard shop rate is $100 that's 20hrs to get the job done. I couldn't do it but I am just a monkey with Wal-mart tools, seems possible for a pro.

I am at a loss for how it works without a tune though, seems like the cam is not making much of a change if that is the case. But if the ECU can squirt enough gas for the increased volume of air then it should work!

 

I'm going to get a couple of more quotes. One shop in the Phoenix area that specializes in MOPAR mods told me it wasn't worth their effort to do it. They said they don't do drop in mods. Kind of strange.

 

 

Yea,I got a $5600 quote. I'm gonna pass on the 30hp. Lol

 

sounds reasonable, but what will the gain in hp be.

 

MMX claims that the CAM put in a RAM 1500 added 30 whp. Pretty impressive if true.

 

The shop I went to only charged $1000 in labor. I provided all the necessary parts. I think I got a really good deal, especially considering I had the MDS delete done and new springs installed.
The cam you’re doing should be way faster since you don’t even have to remove the heads.

 

Yeah I was expecting the quote to be around the $1 G range.

 

time wise it will be easily 15 hr of labor ,plus coolant ,oil, gaskets and shop supplies(wipes ,rags and cleaner) most garages around me charge $110 + per hr.and then we got sales tax, mine cost around $2300 with springs ,lifters and tie bars and mds delete