Quick question about motor swaps!!! hurry

[sasquatch094]

Alrite, so whats a pretty good price to do a motor swap for a buddy of mine.. he has a 99 suburban with the 5.7 BS.. He already has a 5.7 vortec to drop in . how much im i looking to get out of this swap for him?? direct drop in, a couple things to switch over.. basic price- what do mechanics charge??? thanks alot.. I owe you guys:thumbsup:

 

[treepete]

1000$

 

[sasquatch094]

Really?? geez i almost told him 600 bucks

 

[treepete]

how long do you think it will take you? get 50$ an hour.

 

[Sepiroth]

Realistically, I would charge him bout 300-375. I mean you mentioned he is a friend. Are you a mechanic?

 

[sasquatch094]

Alrite, technically not a friend, but someone i met online.. And i guess im a mechanic.. i do all that sh*t.. and real mechanics charger about 80 to 100 bucks an hour.. So im thinking itll take me about 10 hours to do this as long as he has everything and direct bolt on crap.. so somewhere on the lines of a grand and 800 i think would be good.

 

[Rollin Thunder]

if he is a friend, case of beer, or somthing like that, thats all I would charge, your buds. But if he is just someone looking for an engine swap. 500 bucks.

 

[sasquatch094]

Im going to call around tomorrow to some local mechanics shops to see what they charge on this sort of deal.. thanks guys

 

[Kevs98hoe]

Have you done engine swaps before, some idiot wanted to use are lift to do a engine swap on a accord and i asked him if he had done a swap before and he was like yeah about 3 and i was like alright took him 3 days and had to have a mechanic finish it because he was clueless.

 

[sasquatch094]

Yes ive done motor swaps... heres one..
Itll take me about 3 days but ill finish it, the only reason it would be 3 days, is because im a student and i have highschool and technical programs during the day.. so id be putting in about 4 hrs aday, and im positive ill have her out in 3 days, one day with everything labeled and pulled out and then a day to put her in and bolt the tranny and exhaust then a day to do all the hoses and connections.. so ill be fine...

 

[treepete]

I remember that engine.. dude thats so awesome.