Anyone have some idea? Getting a WIIIIIDDDDEEEE variation between 6 and 20 hrs for the removal and replacement.

 

When my engine was replaced, the mechanic at the dealter stripped a stud. They pulled the turbos with engine in the car; took 6 hours total.

 

Hey Kathy,

I was gonna have my waste gate ported at one time. I have heard between $500-600 to pull and reinstall the turbos. Are you going to upgrade??? Go BIG or GO HOME..J/K

 

Go big or go home....LOL!
Nah, no upgrade for my lil beast. Would love to but funds need to remain someone intact to allow for every other fix she will inevitably need over the next couple yrs.

 

**** I would do it for 300. The problem is the 500 mile drive.

 

Iv'e just replaced my turbo's. It will take me about 10-12 hours, when im finished tomorow. I have a J-Spec FD so i have the stearing colum in the way, so it's alot more difficult. But hey it's working

And it's only my second time removing and instaling a original Twin. The first time in my car tho.



JT

 

I usually hear about $600. After doing it a few times, I can R&R a whole engine in 20 hours and I'm not fastest.

Jack

 

Great replies - thanks so much.

 

where I live they quote 7 hours, about 700 bucks.

 

With the stock intake and O2 pump already out of the way, even I can R&R in less than 4 hours. (I am no professional mechanic either!) Any reasonable shop should be able to do the job in less than 6 hours start to finish with all stock items in place.

 

I have a set of '02 JDM Spirit R turbos waiting to go in when my original twins die. I was thinking of having someone install them for me, so asked around for estimates. The three places I checked (all rotary specialists) quoted me 6-8 hours total. Depending on shop rate that's $450 to $800. Sounds fair to me, but I'll probably be doing it myself for the experience. Probably take me 3 weeks to get it done!! :^)

 

Do it your self, unless you are made of money. Either way I would definetly not pay more than 6hrs for the labor.
I took mine off the other day in 1 1/2hrs, by myself with one jack!

 

Kath for you and only you ,David said R&R for3 hugs and 5 kisses bacause you are the GLSYT .

 

If you were close I'd take you up on that. 4hrs? Come on...

The problem actually lies in the fact that many times the small 8mm stud breaks off. When that happens you have to remove the exhaust manifold, if your luck sucks then one of the studs that holds the exhaust manifold will strip out of the BLOCK. In that case you better hope your good with a drill and helicoil otherwise it is goodbye rotorhousing.

 

I'll admit that everything went smoothly (they had been out approx 2 weeks before), but I had them off and mostly disassembled in UNDER 2 hours. I don't remember the exact time because I wasn't racing to get it done, nor keeping exact time. Believe me, I was shocked too. I went out at noon and decided to take a break. I was suprised to see that it was before 2:00. You sound like you don't believe me?

But seriously, once you have done it a time or two, you learn what NEEDS to come off and what doesn't. And like i said, I didn't have to deal with the stock airbox or O2 pump, which i can imagine could add over an hour total.

Next time you are in IA, look me up, I'll have those turbos off for ya in a Jiffy

FWIW, one time that I took them off, a stud did break off in the log. It wasn't terribly difficult to remove, but it wasn't much fun to drill out. And I was lucky enough to not run into any other problems with studs breaking/stripping.