Tuner shop cam install price?

Wookiefoot · 09-22-2003, 03:14 PM

What would be a fair charge for a local mechanic to install 91 cams in my 97? Engine internals are something I dont mess with, but i wanna make sure they dont shaft me on labor charges. 2 hours?

Harris · 09-22-2003, 05:06 PM

It could take anywhere between an hour to two hours, depending on how good the mechanic is.

silversx · 09-22-2003, 06:49 PM

the most i'd pay is $150.

kesi24 · 09-22-2003, 06:58 PM

50 bucks. MAX for one cam, you only need intake cam buddy..kesi24

SHAWNATGERBROCK · 09-22-2003, 07:10 PM

Flat rate on one cam is 2.8 hrs, 2 cams is 3.8hrs , so 2.8 x $70 is $196 plus a new VC gasket unless you have one already .... I charge 2 hours for a basic cam swap in the SR's , if its just a in and out and I dont have to do any other seting up ... so about $140 ....

Wookiefoot · 09-22-2003, 11:18 PM

damn i want kesi24's mechanic! thanks all

Andreas Miko · 09-22-2003, 11:37 PM

I charge $120 for both cams and $100 for one cam change.

boostn92se-r · 09-24-2003, 04:21 AM

Man I can't see it taking anywhere near 3.8hrs. But of course that is what mechanics flat rate is. That is why I along with everyone else try to save a buck and learn how to work on our cars ourselves. But for 150.00 I think is worth a cam install if you don't know what you are doing.

boostn92se-r · 09-24-2003, 04:21 AM

Man I can't see it taking anywhere near 3.8hrs. But of course that is what mechanics labor time is. That is why I along with everyone else try to save a buck and learn how to work on our cars ourselves. But for 150.00 I think is worth a cam install if you don't know what you are doing.

Sunny · 09-24-2003, 04:42 PM

$100 would be a fair charge for cam r/r install.

Tevs

99SE-L · 09-25-2003, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Andreas Miko

I charge $120 for both cams and $100 for one cam change.

That's a really good price. Last time I was shopping around, all the shops charge at the very least $150. So I decide to just do it myself. If you live around there, you should take up his offer. I don't really trust the shops to know much about my car. Rather have a real ethusiast do it.

Jaketips42 · 09-26-2003, 01:13 AM

or...you could do it yourself. It isn't hard to do at all.

Jaketips42 · 09-26-2003, 01:14 AM

if you fly me down to Kentucky, feed me, smoke me up..oops did I say that?! I'll do it. HAHAHA

SHAWNATGERBROCK · 09-26-2003, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 99SE-L

That's a really good price. Last time I was shopping around, all the shops charge at the very least $150. So I decide to just do it myself. If you live around there, you should take up his offer. I don't really trust the shops to know much about my car. Rather have a real ethusiast do it.

Or take it to a shop with "Enthusiasts" working there .... I will admit , I have seen alot of scarry things come out of shops, but its good to find a good one that has people that enjoy what they do and like working on cars like ours !! ...

mYseRgOesvrOOm · 09-26-2003, 10:04 PM

damn. id do it myself...luckily i have a retired mechanic to help me...so i usually buy him a 12pack of beer and some lunch...then maybe a lil tip! hehe...i got him to do my header for a 6pack! haha...he did my moms clutch for 120!! and a 12 pack. haha...but they gave him 200 for some reason...HELLO, save money...

anyway...do it yerself. if your not wanting to get into engine internals...ahem...maybe you shouldnt be buying those parts...ahem...

Wookiefoot · 09-26-2003, 11:06 PM

im in college. I'm not a mechanic, and i'm not studying to be one either. i'll be the first to admit my limited mechanical skills, and that I dont have the time, money, or place to have to do things twice because i fu*ked it up the first time trying to do it myself. i've learned this lesson from other enthusiasts as well as myself-if its beyond your ability, get someone who knows something to help.

mYseRgOesvrOOm · 09-26-2003, 11:24 PM

eh...get a car thats fast stock then. well...faster than ours! with all that money you spend on labor, you coulda got a faster car. JMO ***. and if you dont have money...well...how can you pay for labor?