who was that ffs!i was quoted about £2.5K for a swap by a local well reputed indy
Thanks Sean, that's kind of what i hoped only i was quoted about £2.5K for a swap by a local well reputed indy and i thought that was a bit steep, when you should be able to get the whole car for that! How long should it take a garage to do it? (bearing in mind i'm probably going to have to go up country for it)
How long should it take a garage to do it?
Pretty much, he said it usually works out 2300-2500. He gets his engines from a source up country and says they're very good but not reconditioned. I guess there would be some kind of warranty on the labour and parts as he's a dealer, so he would have to price that in too, but the thought of 2.5K made it completely non-viable (the car's OK but not worth that much just for an engine - maybe engine, chassis and gearboxes!) - i guess at that cost it would be better to flog it for whatever and plough the money into getting a proper 200 with reasonable boxes and chassis etc. But for a grand i'd probably do it tomorrow! (except i need the car for work!)when you asked for a price did he just say "yes we can do that for 2.5K"?
did he itemise exactly what he was going to do?
for that price i'd expect a fully (properly) reconditioned engine and a warrenty
Pretty much, he said it usually works out 2300-2500. He gets his engines from a source up country and says they're very good but not reconditioned. I guess there would be some kind of warranty on the labour and parts as he's a dealer, so he would have to price that in too, but the thought of 2.5K made it completely non-viable (the car's OK but not worth that much just for an engine - maybe engine, chassis and gearboxes!) - i guess at that cost it would be better to flog it for whatever and plough the money into getting a proper 200 with reasonable boxes and chassis etc. But for a grand i'd probably do it tomorrow! (except i need the car for work!)
Thanks Sean!
Anyone fancy a weekend in Cornwall this summer???