I agree, although, like I said before, I have done it in 3 hours with ALOT of help at the butt crack of dawn and a couple of cases of Red Bull and Jagermeister!!!

 

evo8dad ya i woulda had u do it but im stuck 600 miles from where i live in connecticut lol there is no way i could drive it to you the way it is now

 

Oh well. If you ever need anything else just pm me. I know how some shops can be with charging for services on an Evo. Its like they think since we can afford the car we can afford to pay out the ying yang in labor I always try to work with my customers to charge them a fair and seasonable fee for services.

 

Well I wont say totally bs but this guy could be pulling a fast one. But I will put money on it, and my shop did mine in 2hr 15min.

 

well they are charging me 85 an hour :/

 

My god, did you shop around?

 

Evo8Dad you have a PM my friend.

 

let us know how long it eventually takes. If they put three guys on it, you might get out today before they close, unless they stay open till 10 pm or something like that.

A clutch in 2 1/2 hrs? You'd need at least 3-4 guys working on it, no way someONE can do it in that time by themselves, and do it right.

 

well its 85 an hour for evos and 100 for everything else at this shop. no i didnt really shop around because everyone around here is like booked 3 weeks out and i cant really drive around the way it is. so i was stuck with the shop that is close.

 

i agree i have been working on cars for 30 plus years , my first clutch ona evo, my 9 took at least 15 hrs in my garage, i tore a haveshaft seal removing, and had to wait 2 days for the dealer to get one, but 2.5 hrs i dont care who you are thats just impossable

 

I am not trying to back anyone up but, like I said before I have done a clutch on a '04 (no ACD) in about 2/3 hours. Keep in mind though I had 3 other guys helping for a total of 4 guys. Granted I was the only one that really knew what they where doing but, I just put them to work and got the car back together for a SCCA Touring 2 event.

We needed alot of and but, got it done . I do agree that it would be nearly impossible to do it solo though.

 

4 guys X 3hours = 12 man hours. I dont have an issue with that, but 1 guy 2.5 hours??! not on this planet..........i have a car lift in my back yard, tranny jacks air tools....It takes me and an apprentice 6 hours, 8 if we are slacking......

 

I just did my clutch in the evo and it took about 7 hours to complete...

 

I believe Gil (superz) has it down to under 3 hours standard...

 

should an amateur attempt a clutch install on bythemselves. I dont mind spending 1 week doing it haha