Originally Posted by mar778c

Nylon rope, threaded thru the sparkplug hole. Make sure you swap the springs and retainers one cylinder at a time. I made the mistake of pulling all of the VT off at once and dropped 4 valves. I had to remove the head to get everything done.

Originally Posted by mynameizstitch

ok today i went to a local tuner shop to get a quote on how much it will cost to install my itr cams, itr dual valve springs and itr retainers. what the guy quoted me was $350 and to me that seems high. anyone here ever paid anyone to install their valvetrian and for how much or how much should i be paying for them to install it? i know it's pretty straight forward but i just dont got the tools and if i had someone who can guide me through it im pretty sure i can do it but i rather get it professionally installed.

Originally Posted by sde780

You can rent a valve spring compressor for a $60 deposit from advanced auto

Originally Posted by American.Graffiti

Now there's a thought. Im about to change my valve springs, retainers and seals and thought that by just putting each cylinder at TDC as I worked through it would be good enough but the nylon would help to add some insurance. Thanks for the info.