For those of you who have had to replace their engines..

[evanl85]

If you had it done at a shop, how much did parts/labor end up costing? I'm just curious, I was looking around car-parts.com and KA's are around $500-1000 or so, but I have no idea what a shop would charge for labor. Anyway, just wondering, Thanks

[blaze1]

if you got a garage just do it your self because most shops will charge a 1000, a 240 specialty shop will charge alot less though.

[evanl85]

I know it's a lot less to do it yourself, if I personally have to ever replace the engine (I better not anytime soon, it only has 101k) then I would probably have a mechanic do it on the side. Anyway, I'm just asking those who have had it done at a shop the total cost.

[Enemy]

I scored a left over KA+Tranny once for $300 from some dude that swapped in an SR. The shop charged $600 labor. Had like 90k miles on it or someshit.

[evanl85]

$600 for labor is pretty reasonable, not bad.

[infinitexsound]

yah 800+ for a shop vs 1 weekend... free just labor

[420sx]

takes a day to do a swap. just do it urself. especially if its one ka for another. meh

pull plug and play biach

[aa87]

I paid 300 for a KA motor and installation at a local shop, runs awesome minus bad headgasket leaking coolant somewhere, and a slow motor.

[TheSnail]

If you cant install it your self, and need to have a shop install the same damn engine that you have, I recomend seeking the advice on NICO. Their members could help you out more.

[infinitexsound]

ehhhhhhhhhh why u guys always raggin on nico........ i never go on that forum..... but just intrested in as why?

[TheSnail]

Its clusterd with newbies asking bizarre questions, yet people still answer them kindly. Such recent topics as "Should I go with a SR20det or RB26dett?"

[evanl85]

Guys, I'm not doing an engine swap, my engine has 100k on it. I was just curious to see how much it would cost for the hell of it. If it came down to it, I would have a mechanic from work do it on the side.

[SochBAT]

arm and a leg. About 600-700 sounds just right.
I charged people 150 for removal, and 150 for installation, but they found THAT outrageous.
I laughed, and shoo'ed them home.

[420sx]

^^ wtf? i wouldnt wanna do work that CHEAP. your insane hahaha

[HyperTek]

my friend overheated his motor til it died, so he paid over 1k to have a shop drop a used ka into it.. he wasnt really into mechanics or cars, so thats what happens..

[ciGARRETTsRbad4u]

i had to replace my single cam about a year back. It cost me about 350 for a 97-98 s14 ka, harness, and ecu. I did most of the hard swap myself and had a shop do the wiring and power steering for about 300.

[broken_s13]

arm and a leg. About 600-700 sounds just right.
I charged people 150 for removal, and 150 for installation, but they found THAT outrageous.
I laughed, and shoo'ed them home.

He charges that much because he calls me over and i do most of the work and he pays me with a hamburger and a thank you. Then he grabs my ass and sends me home. Plus were surrounded by a bunch of cheep ass people that dont want to pay 50 bucks to swap springs and want to get hooked up left and right.

[infinitexsound]

400 street sounds just about right......... any wiring issues must be added........... umm but a swap for 300 eh........ killin me buddy all that labor... i could do a clutch job and make 250 easy........

[SochBAT]

He charges that much because he calls me over and i do most of the work and he pays me with a hamburger and a thank you. Then he grabs my ass and sends me home. Plus were surrounded by a bunch of cheep ass people that dont want to pay 50 bucks to swap springs and want to get hooked up left and right.

+1

Bulls Eye
Right on the dot
Verbatim
Correct

Cheap Ass bastards. "can you hook it up? Cmon, i'm a homie, right?"
Homies tend to stick around for a while, not show up out of the blue for crap. :rl:

[infinitexsound]

u guys got family issues

[420sx]

yea homes. issues dawg

[GForce]

Its clusterd with newbies asking bizarre questions, yet people still answer them kindly. Such recent topics as "Should I go with a SR20det or RB26dett?"

Isn't there something to be said for not going into auto-flame mode everytime somebody doesn't know as much as they do?

[420sx]

^ why dont you spray that on Nico? no love for Nico on Zilvia. go home.

[ThatGuy]

What is NICO? I know there aren't any other 240SX Forums out there, only Zilvia.net.

[420sx]

^ you are FunnyGuy. hahaha. no. its real. it exists. yet. sir...... requesting permition to terminate Nico's operation sir!

[SimpleS14]

where in VA are you located? I might know someone that can help you.

[GForce]

It was a rhetorical question, and I even get flamed for it. Wow.

[evanl85]

I'm near richmond. You know anyone who is good / reliable at doing swaps? Lemme know

[SimpleS14]

I'm in NoVA area....so yea...your quite a drive :/ but your looking at $800 IMO...but don't quote me on that.

[aznpoopy]

i just did it over the weekend with some friends

its not PURELY plug and play

it depends on what year engine is going into what car.

but it is pretty simple. get some friends together and make it a fun day or two.

[SochBAT]

get some friends together and make it a fun day or two.

Or get all pissy and bitchy at each other cuz ___ dropped it in too fast, and ___ crushed a few lines. You should tape it, correctly done, or failed. Always fun to see friends yelling at each other, and spraying someone in the face with brakeclean. :whip:

[420sx]

^ yea...... well thats great. dont crush your powersteering lines or u will bitch about it here if ur still gonna do it yourself. and use throttle body cleaner to spray someone, double it up with a torch

[infinitexsound]

thats why i dont want any help really with my car.. just when im under , and i say i need a 14mm in a 3/8
5 sec later is laying next to me to be used.......... i love go getters...

[aznpoopy]

Or get all pissy and bitchy at each other cuz ___ dropped it in too fast, and ___ crushed a few lines. You should tape it, correctly done, or failed. Always fun to see friends yelling at each other, and spraying someone in the face with brakeclean. :whip:

that's pretty accurate

aznpoopys engine swap:
-sprayed myself in the face with throttle body cleaner
-bent powersteering lines because we didnt get to actually dropping in the engine until 9pm when it was dark
-everyone was yelling at everyone else around the 8 hour mark

[420sx]

^ thats how shit goes down. all the way or none at all

[ghostchild316]

I usually do shit myself.In my driveway.Where everybody can see.NAKED.

I pulled out my KA24E and everything associated with it,installed and wired KA24DE harness dropped in in new DOHC motor with a broken motor mount which turned out to be a oil burning POS anyways.month later I pulled POS motor,pulled another KA24DE out of parts car,swapped intaked manifolds then dropped it in with a fresh set of URAS motor mounts.While all this was happening I was piecing my own turbo kit...fast forward to to last month I'm laying down 14's all night at the drag strip...Total-about 3k thats including the cost of the damn car itself.With 2 extra KA24DEs and ashitload of parts that I dont even know what to do with.Thats what most pay for just an SR swap alone...

I woulda had to pay out the butt in labor...

if anybody cares :eek3d:

[420sx]

yea, work by yourself is priceless. i dont trust shops to touch my shit. plus it feels good knowing ur saving 60 bux an hour huh ? hahaah