is this a fair price
03-16-2007, 10:00 AM
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1200 isnt bad. The clutch alone is about 350 to 400 for labor. A real dyno tune on a mustang dyno will run you $450. If its just a dynojet then the tune should be no more than $150. Its not a great deal but I would say it's in line with what a shop should charge. I've paid as much as 95/hr for shop and and as little as 42/hr. I do most of my own work but there are some things I sub out, like the dyno tune.
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03-16-2007, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by brad8266
Thats a good deal for all that work.
03-16-2007, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
1200 isnt bad. The clutch alone is about 350 to 400 for labor. A real dyno tune on a mustang dyno will run you $450. If its just a dynojet then the tune should be no more than $150. Its not a great deal but I would say it's in line with what a shop should charge. I've paid as much as 95/hr for shop and and as little as 42/hr. I do most of my own work but there are some things I sub out, like the dyno tune.
Where do you get a dyno tune for $150???
03-16-2007, 01:45 PM
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thats all a tune on a dynojet should cost. It's only a WOT tune. It doesnt take long. If the tuner is doing over the road logging and tuning then thats different. But to just sit on a dyojet and tune for WOT $150 should be the going rate. I paid $470 for my last tune. But it was on a mustang dyno and he had a lot of time into it.
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
1200 isnt bad. The clutch alone is about 350 to 400 for labor. A real dyno tune on a mustang dyno will run you $450. If its just a dynojet then the tune should be no more than $150. Its not a great deal but I would say it's in line with what a shop should charge. I've paid as much as 95/hr for shop and and as little as 42/hr. I do most of my own work but there are some things I sub out, like the dyno tune.
If I owned a shop I would take offense to that comment. If you should be able to dyno tune a car for $150, then what should 3 dyno pulls cost? Ten bucks per car?
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03-18-2007, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by FloridaGoat
Having long tubes installed, cam, springs, pushrods, retainers, ls7 clutch, and a dyno tune for 1200? this will be on my 2004 gto.
250 headers
250 clutch install
500 cam install
550 dyno tune
So, your price doesn't sound too far off. It's cheaper than replacing a motor if somethign happens during your cam install or cheaper than swapping out a clutch if it wasn't shimmed right and gets ate up in 2K miles.
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03-18-2007, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Studytime
Headers, cam, clutch, and tune for $1700? Sounds like a fair price on labor, but I've never paid a shop for services. You were quoted $1700, I'd have GUESSED around $1550 for the same labor charges;
250 headers
250 clutch install
500 cam install
550 dyno tune
So, your price doesn't sound too far off. It's cheaper than replacing a motor if somethign happens during your cam install or cheaper than swapping out a clutch if it wasn't shimmed right and gets ate up in 2K miles.
Ben T.
250 headers
250 clutch install
500 cam install
550 dyno tune
So, your price doesn't sound too far off. It's cheaper than replacing a motor if somethign happens during your cam install or cheaper than swapping out a clutch if it wasn't shimmed right and gets ate up in 2K miles.
Ben T.
