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Old May 26, 2010 | 09:10 AM
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Default Estimated # of hrs needed to swap heads

Anybody know approximately how many hours would it take to swap both heads on a TT vq35de?
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Old May 26, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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depends if you are dropping the motor, and then on which method you are using to drop the motor.

i'd figure 10-12 hours, esp if its your 1st time.
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Old May 26, 2010 | 09:26 AM
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do yourself a favor and drop the motor, it would be ridiculously hard to do it with the motor in the car
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Old May 26, 2010 | 09:47 AM
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Thanks guys. If I do proceed, will definitely drop the motor
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Old May 26, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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( binder ) on here did his head gaskets with the motor in the car... Id ask him how long it took to take the heads out
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Old May 26, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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I believe cam R&R flags for 12-13hrs with motor in car.....so its going to be similar to that.

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Old May 26, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Really depends on many factors. Is there forced induction on the car already? In most cases, you are R/R'ing engine and taking everything apart except for the shortblock and trans bell housing. That is quite a bit of work.
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Old May 26, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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Since you will need to remove 90% of your twin turbo kit, you're looking at a pretty time consuming swap. Best way to go would be to drop the motor/trans out the bottom and disassemble everything outside of the car.
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