New cams time

[C2HYM]

Thought this day may come.

Car is with Richard at Dulford having a 12k service, along with a few other bits and bobs the cams need replacing.

Oh well, I thought she was going well before. Should be like new when I get her back

[central]

Had new cams in mine earlier this year. ££££££££££££££

But now runs silky smooth.

[THE BIG DOG]

Tell more!

[AlVal]

C2HYM said:

Thought this day may come.

Car is with Richard at Dulford having a 12k service, along with a few other bits and bobs the cams need replacing.

Oh well, I thought she was going well before. Should be like new when I get her back

extra £1300 parts on your bill then, and 10 hours labour in addition to normal 12k service, if my current experience is anything to go by. (exact same situation) apparantly a heap of labour caused by cam followers/buckets not fitting properly and having to be ground or something, even though they were supplied by the "official" tvr parts outlet

[C2HYM]

Cams with labour should come in about £1600, with the rest of the bits, including wheel bearing, few bushes, clutch master cyl, handbrake shoes, new headlight reflectors, bit of fuel pipe & 12k service: another £1600. Thats with labour and if it gets my baby back in top condition its worth it.


She'll be running sweet for my trackday at Oulton in November

[central]

C2HYM said:

Cams with labour should come in about £1600, with the rest of the bits, including wheel bearing, few bushes, clutch master cyl, handbrake shoes, new headlight reflectors, bit of fuel pipe & 12k service: another £1600. Thats with labour and if it gets my baby back in top condition its worth it.


She'll be running sweet for my trackday at Oulton in November

My total bill was about £3K. Cams/buckets, big service, two tyres, MOT.

Carried out by these guys - http://www.scaredstifff.co.uk/ Can't fault their work.

[AlVal]

C2HYM said:

Cams with labour should come in about £1600, with the rest of the bits, including wheel bearing, few bushes, clutch master cyl, handbrake shoes, new headlight reflectors, bit of fuel pipe & 12k service: another £1600. Thats with labour and if it gets my baby back in top condition its worth it.


She'll be running sweet for my trackday at Oulton in November

you think you'll get the cams into stock and fitted by then?! mine took ages to come :|

if I pick mine up in time , I'll be raring to take it out to a track day and test her out, itd be interesting to compare ours on the track both having cams done etc, (mine had shocks clutch and other crap too, bill currently stands around £5500)

[C2HYM]

Cams in tomorrow I think Richard said, car should be ready for begining of next week.

The Oulton day should be good, always got the M3 to fall back on if 'if' its not ready by then.

Edited by C2HYM on Tuesday 16th October 19:09

[gattor]

Cams should be about £400 a piece plus vat and labour.

[Billy_rfc]

Dont the cams have to come out when they do the tappet adjustments or am I just being

[AlVal]

Billy_rfc said:

Dont the cams have to come out when they do the tappet adjustments or am I just being

well that was my original understanding also, but my garage seems to claim theres more to it than that ?

[julian64]

The cams do have to come out when you do the tappits, so extra time charged at a 12K service for removal and refitting is a bit strange.

The cams also obviously have to have the tappet clearances checked and if you're using a decent indie they will retime the cams, so not sure what the extra work they are talking about is.

But what would really poo me off more than anything is that you asked the question and the answer was 'theres more to it than that'

I'm afraid thats how I'd talk to my six year old. Not how I'd explain something to someone who was footing the bill.

[SimonSparrow]

The only thing I could see beyond swaping the cams over, is that you'd probably need to reset the clearance on all the valves. So more shims and labour required, but shouldn't be too much.

[julian64]

SimonSparrow said:

The only thing I could see beyond swaping the cams over, is that you'd probably need to reset the clearance on all the valves. So more shims and labour required, but shouldn't be too much.

but being charged twice then. Once for fitting the cam, and reseting the clearances, and twice for checking the clearances just set in the 12K service?

[optimax sniffer]

Mine is down at dulfords as well. Rich rang me with bad new too for my 48k service. Valve clearances have closed up on a few of them. Could be valve seat receding into the head or the valves stretching!!! Also need to have the wishbone bushes replaced.

[Billy_rfc]

I would be pretty pissed if I was charged any labour for changing the cams when they have them out for the service!

C2HYM is that £1600 for just the cams and another £1600 for the srvice and other bits you said need doing? £800 per cam

I think I would be asking questions!

Edited by Billy_rfc on Wednesday 17th October 20:03

[C2HYM]

Got the car back yesterday and didnt stop smiling the whole drive home.... Thanks to everyone who recommended Dulford.

The car needed a fair bit of other work doing besides the cams thus the price.

And the weathers going to be good this weekend.

[C2HYM]

Billy_rfc said:

C2HYM is that £1600 for just the cams and another £1600 for the srvice and other bits you said need doing? £800 per cam

Thats cams and labour, cams were £390 ish each.

[central]

C2HYM said:

Billy_rfc said:

C2HYM is that £1600 for just the cams and another £1600 for the srvice and other bits you said need doing? £800 per cam

Thats cams and labour, cams were £390 ish each.

I think mine were around £390.

Does the the engine seem smoother?

[C2HYM]

God yeah, could be mixture of plugs, throttle ballance, etc but its like a different car to drive.