LS1 Camaro Cam and Valvespring swap 

Great video. Be back in 12 min.... gotta go cam my car.

Nice job man, you made it look pretty painless...clearly you've done this a time or two. Wish the vid had sound, I'm sure it sounded sweet.

I did my cam swap based on this video and everything went well..:) i suggest u people buy the 3/8 wooden sticks from home depot to keep lifters up..alittle sanding but went very well"!!!! Good video!!

you are my ls1 hero you have brought back the diy dream back alive for ls1 noobies

I think that was the best cam swap video i've seen... good job

Wheres the sound? Drives me crazy i thought i went deaf!!?! Lol

Nice video. If you delete that resonator box and buy an SLP lid, that would free up 8 or so horsepower.

This is probably the best video I’ve found on this!!!

All that work and yet still have the stock LID😑 haha just messing, but great info video! I'm halfway done my swap and using this video and it's been a huge help thus far. Will keep you updated, hoping to have swap done tonight. Thanks again!

Just got a 98 formula. I was scared that I had to pull the motor to cam it. But you showed me the way. 10x as stoked for the BTR3 cam kit to come in

man, I can do it in my sleep after watching this, best cam swap video ever

great video! I'm installing my cam and new valve springs using this video, everything was going good until the second to last valve dropped. ahhh!!!

I've seen a whole lot of miles on stock lifters. No problem there especially with that mild Cam. Great video, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for making this video. Now I know what to expect when I do the cam swap myself.

I give you a lot of credit doing it all on your own AND video taping it! Nice job.

I am blown away at this video and I currently own an LT1. I was hoping I could learn something and I def did. not sure what relates to the LT but I'm more apt' to doing the cam now. Thanks swisscarvideos

nice vid man! I watched every second, very detailed

Amazing, it still has the oem steering cooler in the upper hose!

bravo! very well put together. i love the music too. i enjoyed this very much.

Nice vid, very informative. Thanks for the effort and sharing this.

They hold up the lifters the same way as the JPR Cam install tool in the howto does. You can make them yourself, just google or search on LS1tech for more info. Good luck with your swap!

Dude great video, this will be a tremendous help this summer! Thank you very much! :-)

changing even a sparkplugs and wires is little nightmare, great job.

everything about this was awesome

not a single beer the whole job???? that's impressive... sweet video

Mann you did a great job...

It took about 20hours... but i ported my TB in this time and made some tools myself like the "Pen magnet" or the two D-shaped aluminium rods to hold the lifters etc. It was my first Cam swap so i did it slow an carefully. The next time i'm sure i will do this in half the time.

Had a 99 pewter SS T-tops LS1 6spd..Sent a Copy of the Vin to SLP & they sent me the information about it . It was a pretty rare little Camaro... Started showing it's ass every time I drove it, which wasn't that often.. I kept it in my Garage, put less than 8.000 miles a year on it & started once a month just to let it run & idle.. When I sold it in 2011 the damn thing was falling apart like I had dogged the shit out of it. A car we have all had. The more you love it, the more it shits on you

Cool vid man thanks for sharing!

your a ls1 god for making this

great job man!

The memories of doing these swaps. Wish it was that fast. Honestly, I just drop the whole K-member so I don't have to deal with the cowl and getting under it. You went with a pretty small cam. Guessing you trying to make emissions.

man that thing sounds good

You don't have to pull the rad completely out. It helps for sure and its a tight fit other wise, but its no 'required'. Once you get a few cam lobes hanging out, you can remove the bolts on the end and just hang on to the lobes...just to save a bit of mess from coolant splashing all over.

very soothing to watch

thats a hell of a job!

Nice work!

ive changed plenty of cams without doing lifters its all in the condition and mileage of the motor. by the look of the cam he pulled out it was semi low miles. ive played Russian roulette spinning the cam and hoping the lifter retainers hold havent had an issue yet

Great video Ty for posting I have a 2000 camaro ss covertible

It depends on the cam if you need a tune to run the engine or not. If you take a mild to average cam like 216/226 you can drive it to get tuned. The Smoke comes from assembly lube and oil, it goes away after some minutes Choosing the right cam for you isn't that easy, it depends on your setup, your expectations, your driving style etc....maybe reading, or asking the people on LS1.tech will help you to choose your cam.

i love 4th gen camaro's but i fuckin hate GM for shoving half the engine under the car.

Sweet video man

well documented vid.how long did the whole process take you start to finish?

Nice video, im planning on doing the same thing for my camaro and was wondering if u had take out the ac condenser as well to make more room to take out the stock cam?

Nice cam the magic stick 3 will give some good gains. but this is one of the bigger cams so maybe you should get the special mail order tune from texas-speed too. And i would take the double springs. If a singe spring brakes your engine is dead, if a double spring brakes most times it still holds the valve up and avoid major damage. My cam is a small one, custom grind 216/226 @116LSA compcams XE Lobe, gain = 90hp ;-)

you're right this cam is emission legal, no problem passing smog tests. it's small but much better than the z06 cam which is another smog legal option.

guess im buying a cam. you are a gentlemen and a scholar sir. wish it had better music though, mute is my friend

Nice video! Wish I knew how to do work on cars.

Hey bud, great vid. I tried watching the end twice but still got no sound of the car running. I want to do a cam swap but want something aggressive sounding with no clearance issues. Did the cam you installed have a good sound to it as well? Lopy maybe? If so what cam did you use. Sorry if you already answered that. It's a bit hard to scroll through on my phone. haha

i didn't take out the AC condenser, you can move it out of the way without removing any connected lines.

Take off the egr pipes, 2 10mm bolts straight down under the engine oil dipstick, move the hoses out of the way then I took a 3 inch extension with spark plug holder, fed it onto the spark plug first then put my ratchet in the extension, u only get very small turns though so patience is a virtue. Do the same putting it back, put the spark plug in the plug holder bit with the 3 inch extension, feed it in manually until its hand tighten then feed the ratchet in to the extension

you make it look so easy lol

Very nice man..

Great damn video! Honestly

Nice video man. Im doing my CTS V in a couple of weeks and will use your video as a guide. :) VRX4 going in. ? for you. Did you use compressed air to keep the valves up or did you use the top dead center method (elegant way as explained ins ls1howto)?

sick video. lol damn radiators.... took me like 2-3 hours when i replaced mine

great video

dudw nice I just installed some AFR's on my z28 and was preety straight forward

Old video but nicely done !

Nice work

i will be doing this with in the week and was wondering which method did you use to keep the valves up i didnt see in the video?

I would have changed the lifters as well, I don't know much about rollers but I know its a must for hyd cams

dude knows his way around an ls1. any chance you could do a vid of switching out spark plugs? I am having a hard time with passenger side on mine.. If I knew exactly what to take off it would help out alot dude

Oh, btw, these comments are hilarious. I love it. even learn from them and answered some Q's

You dont have to drop it complete, just loose all the bolts until the pan drops enough to pull the pickup tube out.

Did you have to drop the sump in order to remove the bolt for the pickup line on the bottom of your oil pump?

Are the rods that got inserted before the camshaft was removed used to stop the pushrods and valves from dropping?

what did you use to keep keep the valves from falling? about to do my first cam swap this month

Hey, correct me if im wrong but did you put the valve springs in a bucket of oil prior to installation? Is that necessary? Can i do that with the rocker arms,timing chain,lifters and push rods if they are new?

u might have had answered this question already...but whats the spec of that cam? i have a stock 1999 camaro ss slp and want to change the cam and do headers

What type of tuning would you have to do after this? Would you just be able to tune with a hand held tuner or is there more. I'm wanting to do this to my 04 gto, but I'm not sure what else I have to do after the install.

Great video. Im about to do my swap. i was wondering how hard it actually is to put the harmonic balancer in. Do you just tap it in with that piece of wood?

he could also jack the car up and change 8 from the bottom as well you wont see it but you can kinda feel around for it the top three i just remove the air tube and im good from there.

very cool vid !!!!!

How long did it all take you to do? I know you had the video moving fast lol.

yes you should, its the most easy part of it, just pull them out an put the new ones in. :-)

I'm just wondering what method did u use to keep your valves from droping when u removed the springs

Nice video wanna swap out my cam and springs for me lol? This video makes me wish I had a garage and driveway

Coming from someone who’s done this, you made it look too easy 😂😂😂

Hardest part is the left side valce cover removing plastic egr and bracket 10mm nut back there

Did you have to drop the pan to get the pick up tube off the oil pump?

What did you use to hold the valves from falling into the cylinder or even moving downward slightly while compressing the valve springs? Compressed air? Nothing at all? Thanks.

did u have to tune computer?? and did u change to a stall speed converter? and one more ?? sorry can i flip the engine upside down if i have it on a engine stand instead of running dial through the engine so the lifters wont fall into pan??

do u have part numbers for the pulley puller, the spring remover tool and what size r the 2 rods u used to hold the lifters up?

There are many different cams out there it depends on what you expect from your cam, and if you have to pass smog tests. For a bone Stock Camaro wihtout any Bolt-ons and stock like idle i would take a cam like 216/224 @ 114 LSA with Lift between .550 -.580 on a CompCams XE Lobe. Nothing Big but with really noticeable Gains and good top end Power. But there are so many other cams you can choose from... maybe LS1tech.com helps you

how exactly do you get the cam to be aligned properly. I know you have to line up the dots on the cam gears, but is there anything else to it?

thanks for sharing man, you might have just given me motivation to do it on mine. how long did it take you

where did you get them long poles from that you stuck in that slots before you remove the cam

My question is, where do you get the rods to hold the lifters up?

nice job, thaks

where did you get that tower brace?? lol i know.. and why am i looking at that... lol you think that will fit on a W-Body like a Grand Prix GXP... i like it Bc it can go over my alternator.. Nice Vid by the way... thxs

did that have to be tuned if i wanted to do one without a dyno or going to big what spec cam would suit

i don't remember the exact numbers, about 60-70cm long 5/16". Just about 4-inch longer than the cam, so they don't slide in completly. You need to sand one side so they have a D-shape. You will see it when you 're on it. ;-)

Next on the list: SLP lid/long tube headers/AIR delete

Align the dots on the gears properly, spin the motor around by hand after you did it to double check if it really works. There is nothing else to do :-)

Were did u get the tubular bars tht held the lifters up very helpful video

where do i get the two rods that you use to hold the lifters up ?

-- bucket of oil prior to installation? -yes -- Is that necessary? - no, but i recommend it. the oil film protects them a bit from scratches while installing.

Wait was the cam you swapped in bigger?

What's the trick from keeping the valves from dropping ? I have a new cam with springs but I do not want to pull my head's of ? Thank you