JunIntegra

what is the avg price to throw in pistons, rods, head gasket, and studs? not including price for parts. just labor. i wanna know if 800 is good or bad.

advanracing62

depends on what all has to be done to the block to get these parts to fit. If there is a bore/hone that needs to be done, balancing, etc..

yeer

if the your engine is already out the car and ready to get worked on, 800 bucks is way too much.

bore/hone doesnt cost alot. cost me around 40 bucks to do that when using std size 81mm.

probably around 100 bucks to do the pistons and rods.

headgasket, probably charge u a nickel and 2 dimes, cuz they have to slap on a headgasket anyways so they shouldnt charge u to use a new gasket.

theres a bunch of stuff u COULD do since the motor is already out.

Suprdave

800 is cheap if they are pulling the motor. Still cheap if machining is included...

At my Machine Shop, Bore\Hone\Jetwash is around $300...You gotta pay for quality work.

~700 is reasonable to have a motor pulled and put back in...$400-500 to have the motor assembled to spec, and ~200 is a nice round number for good machining...

$800 is cheap...

Suprdave

JunIntegra

yes, the shop does everything. i bring the car, they take it from there, pulling motor and all. so i guess 800ish is good>?

TREVER

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by omniman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oats always cost less after they pass through the bull.

time=quality and quality=money
i charge about 125-150 per cyl for complete short block assembly
considering the tools that measure and check the clearances in a motor can cost several thousand dollars. like the mitutoyo digital bore gauge set i use for measuring clearances (over 3k) .000001 accuracy. its not like you can buy a tape measure to do the job right. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree you get what you pay for.

dmotoguy

time doesnt always equal quality, one of the mechanics at our shop does engine swaps with a fuel rebuild on semi's over 20 hours faster than they should be done, he is just super efficent, and he has never had a comeback..