Anybody know someone or even a shop for a simple d17 engine swap and how much it would cost? I'm willing to pay, all shops are telling me it will be about 800$ and after doing research it seems it shouldn't be that much or take too long it should be very simple. I don't have hoist or most tools to do it myself not very much a car guy ither don know much about them besides what I've found reading though different forums

 

Is that including the engine? Because if so, that's pretty cheap.

 

No i bought one straight from JDM

 

[QUOTE=Jvega1691;51239150]No i bought one straight from JDM, if I get one from mechanic they said it will run around 1500

 

That sounds like dealership price. Go to a local shop. That job should be no more than a $500 if you brought them everything needed

 

Nope the cheapest at a local local shop was 700 with only labor, dealership quoted it at about 20 hours @130 an hour so 2600 which is out of question

 

20 hours????????? At $130 an hour?.....wow...it's way different here...first of all dealership rates are under $100 per hour here. And I work in a dealership. An engine swap in a 01 civic can be done in an 8 hour shift. I can't believe how bad they are trying to rip you off. It blows my mind away

 

yeah tell me about it the shops are about 1 day at about 100 an hour

 

Around here you can get a shade tree mechanic to do it for about $300 or so. Not the best warranty though. And if the new motor is no good, you gotta pay a second time to swap it about again