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Holy ****. $17k would be about retail for my V6 swap as it currently stands. That's with the built engine, baller turbo, new T5z, etc.
But as they said there, if you do it yourself you can save a ton. I'm just under $10k with it in reality.
I am in the wrong line of business.
But as they said there, if you do it yourself you can save a ton. I'm just under $10k with it in reality.
All said and done, FM is only charging me $2400 in labor for this project. That is about a full day of labor.
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Dyno time is usually $125-200 an hour depending on where you are at. So 2 hours of dyno time could easily been $300-400 out of that $650. That leave $250-350 for install times. At $100 an hour for labor I could seem them taking 3 hours to do a perfect job. While overall for us it sounds expensive, for good quality work it may be worth it.
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Dyno time is usually $125-200 an hour depending on where you are at. So 2 hours of dyno time could easily been $300-400 out of that $650. That leave $250-350 for install times. At $100 an hour for labor I could seem them taking 3 hours to do a perfect job. While overall for us it sounds expensive, for good quality work it may be worth it.
They did the gauge install in 20 minutes, and i wouldn't call it a perfect job. The pod doesn't sit against the pillar correctly, 2 of the pushpin holes were drilled too large so they constantly fall out.
I bought a new pair of A-pillars and i'll be moving the gauge under the radio myself and taking a whole 45 minutes to do a perfect job.
As for the tune, the car is barely drivable.
I love the guys there to death, they're all great people, but like i said, i've never been big on paying a shop to actually do work, and this reminded me why. It rare that i can find a place that can do better work that i can without charging obscene amounts of money. Will i buy parts from FM in the future? Probably.
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