Ghettodeffender Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 How many hours should it take a shop to rebuild the engine, how many hours does the manufactor say it takes? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter72 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Let us know what did you asked them to do?. Hot tank the block, New bearings, Pistons, rings, seals, and gaskets. That plus 3 angle valve job on the head. No head work. Camshaft upgrade, Replacement crankshaft?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghettodeffender Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 I have not taken it to a shop yet as im still in the process of saving money for it, however id like to have a rough estimate of hours of labor involved that nissan says it takes so i can figure out the labor charges for the rebuild and begin saving. The rebuild would conists of all the parts in the master rebuilb kit on this site http://www.rpmrons.com/Nissankits.html (at the top of the page it explains what it consists of). In your opinions what is a fair price to pay for a rebuild if i provide the kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickiewicked240z Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I would say one week.. N cost would be if they provide parts is about $1,000. I spend around $500 in parts, hot tanked n honing block n rebuild head n used same pistons. I did all the labor myself and took the machining part to the machine shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghettodeffender Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 1000 sounds a little low... especially if there providing the parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickiewicked240z Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 My dad just got a Ford 352 FE engine rebuild for $1,100 with new pistons. Rebuild P79 head,hot tank block,honing $200. Parts oil pump,main bearings,rod bearings, gasket kit,water pump, $320. The guy at the shop is actually selling a P90 Rebuild head for $200 that a client never pick up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghettodeffender Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 really! that sounds good, i called a shop to ask for a qoute and they said theyll get back to me tommorrow. Has anyone on here first hand had to get there l series motor rebuilt at a shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) Completely depends on the shop. Normally they have set rates for certain thing ($100 to tank it, $80 to deck etc...) Time also depends a lot on the shop and how busy they are. I dropped my block off in April, paid $100 every week for like 3 months and they still hadn't finished. I got it back in late August becasue I was telling them I was about to go to college and needed it back unless they wanted it taking up space. During those early summer months they got a lot of work for drag engines and people paying a lot of $$$. I had it done at Burbank Speed and Machine in Burbank CA. Total cost me close to $3000, that was with the cost of new forged pistons($700), Exedy clutch ($300), and Fidanza Flywheel($300) plus new bearings/seals/gaskets. So you can see parts were probably half my cost. Machining the other half. Edit: On another occasion I had an L28 block refreshed through sunrise Z in Glendale CA and it cost about $1300. Dropped it with them and they did the outsourced the machine work, then assembled it at their shop. Edited April 12, 2012 by BluDestiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78zstyle Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) For my l28et, cost me about 250 to get the block honed, cleaned and a 3 angle valve job and cleaning on head... New gaskets, rings etc cost another 350. To put it back together was easy. Edit: Forgot, I bought a new clutch, flywheel and pressure plate that ran me another few hundo. Edited April 12, 2012 by 78zstyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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