So I'm doing my hci swap this weekend at my uncles (who is a mechanic and mopar fanatic). I'll have full access to any tool and air tools. Myself, my friend (LCBlackDep183) and my uncle are doing it. How long do you all think it'll take? I'm going to try to disassemble the motor to the block friday night in about 2-3 hours and reassemble on saturday. Thanks for an input!

 

vig i wish u luck, i want to c what ur car is like when done. we are gonna have to meet at cecil sometime this summer

 

Fo' sho'

 

bump!

 

six hours (plus 10percent budget run over for stupid little odds and ends)....two hours spent driving back and forth from the local auto supply store/coffe shop/mcdonalds. Two hours trying to get it to idle decent, adjust and quiet the valvetrain, and not buck, two hours on here asking about idle, bucking, surge, hesitation . Finally once she's running right...two hours till your completely bored with your new found power. LOL

 

What little odds and ends did you run into needing? I've got esentially everything short of rod bearings to do this HCI lol.

 

there's always something that goes missing or is needed....maybe not every single time..but most often you end up in the car on your way somewhere for something at least twice . Good luck I always enjoy a day of assembly...just HATE the gasket cleaning and prep work. I would definately be looking at now for a fresh water pump and stat if they have any miles on them since everything is apart...and new belt if she's worn.

 

Tstat has 1,000 on it, water pump about 4,000 on it.

 

im about to hit hte 2 month mark with mine.... i dont think ull be that bad tho... i did mine all on my own and its my first time... and yes i did make a ton of trips... way words of 10.... and its not done... if u have to ppl helping and u all know what you are doing u can get it done pretty quick...i would make sure you ahve sunday avalible just in case... that what u have 2.5 days to work... fri nite thru sunday... if u in fact do get all the prep work done fri ntie... which i think will take longer than 2-3 hours.... putting it all bak together doesnt take long at all... as long as u have all the parts and put everything together rite the first time around.... this wont really give u much of an idea but ive logged 100ish hours on everything... which is h/c/i, new rims, new head lights, new fog lights, and smoked my own head lights.... mine is a lil harder to work on that yours cuz i have less room.... puts i pulled it to paint everything so mine was more than just h.c.i and put half the time into make the car look good too.. i want to get mine done sometime next week... i want the engine bak in tomorrow nite then put stuff on a lil every day when i have time until its done.. i want it to be done like tues or wed... so i can try to get a tune in the weekend or around there...i would love to get it tuned next thrusday nite but im not holdign my breath becuz something else has to go worng.... cuz tis my first time and its like a given or something lol... gl with yours tho... with all taht help and no how in the room with u u shuld have no problems... and u got a lotta nice tools to work with too... i dont

 

Brady did you drain your ac? Your going to have to remove the ac condensor to get that cam out.

Do you have the quick disconnect tools for the ac condensor and fuel line? You going to need it so you can disconnect the fuel line and get the ac condensor out of the way.