spazegun2213

whats the time a shop would charge for an engine swap? is it 10 hours?

josephsc

A couple years ago, a shop gave me a labor quote of 30hours for an engine swap.

spazegun2213

I'm glad i dont use that shop! lol

Van

I think the book rate on a head gasket is 10 hours... I'd say an engine swap is twice that. There's a lot of little ****.

PorscheDoc

I can look it up in the morning, but IIRC it is something around 10 hours.

schwank

Nice... good to know my efforts in the engine bay take about 10x book time

PorscheDoc

Lol, I dropped the motor out of my turbo in just under 3 hours and I was trying to let things drain as much as possible. 2:50 minutes of sliding around on a oil/coolant/PS fluid soaked floor, and 10 minutes of actual "dry" work

AznDrgn

10 hours for an engine swap? Wow that shop must be DAMN good. I consider myself to be a pretty decent mechanic and it took me nearly 25 hours to pull off a swap with a full shop at my disposal. I would consider 30 hours of labor for shop time to be about right.

PorscheDoc

I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I charged a customer 30 hours for something that takes about 7-8 hours.

xsboost90

i could do an engine swap in my garage in 10 hours- w/ an ATV lift and a floor jack!

AznDrgn

Well I guess I just suck at it.

xsboost90

practice makes perfect young grasshopper. Oh and air tools- they make perfect too.

PeteL

We pulled an engine out of a 944 using a lift in a few hours. Not too bad. Going in took only a bit longer. 10 hours, being meticulous sounds about right. But at what 75-90 bucks an hour, I would rather take 50 hours in my garage. But that's just me.