How long did it take you guys? any tips?

 

shouldnt take you longer than 3-4 hours, but im not a good person to ask because i dropped a valve
i ended up doing heads/cam while i was into it.
jesse

 

I just swapped my 1.6's for 1.5's to get them off new ones on adjusting and taking the alt. off and on to get the passanger valve cover off and back on.... took me about 2 hrs total... took some time because the valve cover gaskets " made of rubber" like to come off.... i just used some gasket sealer just to hold the sucker on there for 5 seconds while i put the cover back on.

 

I think I had a half hour per side tops.

gaskets are the biggest hassle when putting the covers back on

I used some high tach sealant to hold them into the cover. worked MUCH better

 

are those times including changing the springs?

 

it should take you a few hours to change springs and rockers. i used compressed air and had to remove the headers to get the air fitting in the plug hole. perhaps the TDC method would be quicker?

 

Not mine. He only asked about rockers though

 

hopefully i wont have to take off my headers to change mine, i have a flexible hose for my air fitting plus i have slp headers so well see i guess. im changing the rockers,springs,seats,retainers,valve seals,studs,adding guide plates,and new locks. i guess itll probably take me like 3-4 hours easy lol

 

i had the flexible hose too, but i couldnt get it to go straight and i was afraid of ruining the threads...so i just pulled the headers. but your headers may be different than mine, just giving you a heads up. any other questions feel free to shoot me pm.
jesse

 

Thanks for all the replies fellas,hopefully itll go pretty smoooth(yeah right lol)

 

just dont drop a valve like me but if you do it will be ok just pull them heads gettem ported and put a nice cam it her. im very glad i dropped a valve
jesse