Well, that really does sum it up. I have an evo friend who needs his tranny/block/head pulled out for him. I did his clutch a while back and charged him $400...I realize now why its so much more at shops (I did it in the drive way with no lift etc too!). Basically I gotta pull the tranny and that gets sent off, pull the engine and split, block gets sent off as well as the head. It's definitely not stock by all means so there isn't a lot of stock plastics etc in the way. He's asking me how much I'd charge to do something like that...then later once he gets everything back reassemble and reinstall (I've done this many of time before, but not an an evo - a dsm ). I honestly have no clue what to charge him...he isn't broke by all means and doesn't want to have a shop do it. Thanks for your opinions evom

 

Well, i wouldn't be sure on how much to charge him either. How about you call a couple of shops around your area and see how much they would charge. Then if you think you could do better charge him a cheaper price.

Or look up the service manual and see how many hours it will take to do all three. Most shops charge like $60 - $100 / hour. So come up with an hourly price or something.
Good Luck

 

well i can give you some insight.....i live in the north east and prices are def higher but this is what things that i have done cost from a very reputable shop.

head removed/installed........$700
clutch....................................$550
engine swap.........................$1500-1700(rough quote)
of coarse prices are subjective ......

 

^^^^^^
sounds fair to me.

so glad i do my own work though lol.

 

supply of beer for a year

 

going through this right now.. i wanted my motor built.. new clutch .. blahblah.. A good friend charged me 1390$ to do everything labor wise which is not bad at all.

 

+1, but at times i wish i just paid someone. finishing up my build now and man. m over it. lol

 

yeah feel the same.......looking at my labor bill from the last year or so i could have died!!! but id feel better knowing that it was done right the first time. but i wish i could do the work myself like you......i like money in the bank more!!!

 

my tuner will pull a motor for $700, and does a complete 2.3 build for $1500 which gets people machine work, balancing and tune. good price in my eyes. now i just need to go get the parts.

 

About 1,500 bucks is the average, 400 bucks is a steal in a consumers eyes! Although I've seen as high as 2,200 for a complete swap.

 

$1500 is fair for everything.

 

this is what i was thinking.

 

it depends on how good of a friend he is

 

If he's a good friend, I'd only charge him food and beer through out the duration of the project. Then again, I have done way too many of these to count on DSMs and Evos, so it really isn't too complicated.

 

$1500 or $1000 and beer/food. The second one could end up being higher or lower then the first so its his choice