I know a lot of people do this themselves before the motor is in the car, but suppose it's in there already. How much does it usually cost to get pistons installed?

 

no one?

 

DIY

 

hmmmm, i would say around 200-400 bucks. to get the pistons pressed on the rods and the old one pressed off. Bore and hone the block and clean it.

 

The engine is in the car and running.My guess would be around 12-16 hours for a typical shop to pull the head and pan,swap the pistons and reassemble.At $75 an hour your looking at $900-$1200 for labor.
Glenn

 

900 - 1200 huh? How difficult is it to do yourself? Anyone have any writeups? books or how tos?

 

Are you wnating to send the block out to have it done or have someone do all of the work?? Send a PM for Pricing

 

I was thinking about having someone do it w/ it already in the car, but it might be more cost effective to buy a block get it serviced and the pistons installed, then just swap it out w/ my stock block.

If I get Standard P30 pistons, in a gsr block, would I need to alter the head at all to accomidate the new dome size?