Sharpe

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How many hours and how much do most shops charge for a heads and cam swap? A clutch swap?

Just looking for a baseline. Not some sort of exact quote.

beezer1519

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you also need to take into acount the tune... i don't know about the rest since my buddies and i did them... but a tune will cost anywhere from $350-$450 for a decent tuner and a licensing fee is usually $100

Sharpe

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Thanks, but I didn't ask about a tune. It will be tuned by Speed Inc., which lists their prices on their page.

toothdoc

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Why don't you ask Speed Inc. what they will charge you to do it all?

outkast6991

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a well known local non-sponser shop around me is getting $1000 labor on a head swap

Sharpe

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Because that would be rude, IMO. I'm sure I cannot afford their prices.

Sharpe

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I'm hoping for around $1,000 for the whole thing. Maybe $1,200.

toothdoc

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It wouldn't hurt to ask them. I think it was last year that they ran a special during the winter for heads/cam install.

ABadMother1999

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I think your looking at about a grand or so as long as you have the parts.

Personally, I would post up on the forum asking for help. Grab a case of beer, do some learning and enjoy it. Or see if anyone PM's you...

But... If your curious what a shop is doing... PM a sponsor on the forum, they love helping out and would probably cut you a deal to get your business. It's winter and its probably slow for them!

Bump anyways, to get you a solid answer.

Sharpe

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Thanks, ABM99.

I wish I could do it myself as it wouldn't be a problem, and yes it would be fun ('cept when frustrated at points). But, I've had this cam for a year now. I just have to admit that with this job, I'm never going to take the time to do it. I'm just not.

LS6427

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Don't know about cams and clutch.

Just to do a head swap, only warrants about $400 labor. Any more than that is just too much. A friend of mine pulled my heads for me in my driveway so I could have them rebuilt for $400. Took him 2 hours to pull them and about 2 hours to put them back on a week later. Thats $100 per hour, plenty.

I also know a bunch of people in my area that will do them for about the same, $400.

Shops will probably charge much more because they have overhead.

Dave 96TA

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Clutch replacement is about 4-5 hour job for a competent shop on a lift. Depends if you are replacing other things like slave cyl and master, pilot bearing/bushing, etc.