Well, I've got a friend whose in a bind. He's got a 99 Cobra and tried to install longtubes himself, but didn't quite succeed. He got the car back together and is going to pay to have them done.
I'm very mechanically inclined, I've done tons of longtubes on 5.0's, transmission jobs, and am just finishing a 351W swap into my 95 GT which I assembled myself. But I've always been scared to death of working on modular motors, especially the 4.6L DOHC V8.
I've got a garage, engine lift, air compressor, etc etc. The thing is time, which I'm limited on. I could set an entire day aside for just his car, but would that be enough? I did the homework and found excellent writeups on removing the K member (which I've done before) and installing the tubes. Is this a day project or a week project? I can't have my garage tied up for more than a day. He's got all the parts necessary, should I offer to knock them out for him for a nice steak dinner?
I'm very mechanically inclined, I've done tons of longtubes on 5.0's, transmission jobs, and am just finishing a 351W swap into my 95 GT which I assembled myself. But I've always been scared to death of working on modular motors, especially the 4.6L DOHC V8.
I've got a garage, engine lift, air compressor, etc etc. The thing is time, which I'm limited on. I could set an entire day aside for just his car, but would that be enough? I did the homework and found excellent writeups on removing the K member (which I've done before) and installing the tubes. Is this a day project or a week project? I can't have my garage tied up for more than a day. He's got all the parts necessary, should I offer to knock them out for him for a nice steak dinner?