People...or anyone who has ever done this,

What is the cost on average to do something like this? What are some pro's and con's you can think of?

 

It all depends on the shop that is doing the work.

I believe the FS engines have an iron block, which makes the 8 to 10 hrs of labor to remove the iron cylinder jackets (like Aluminum honda blocks) null and void. What info did they give you? I believe I read somewhere else that you had some cyliner gouging? If it is just a matter of pistons (not bearings and rods) then you should come out about $1000 to $1200. That is around here were labor is in the 30 to 40 dollar and hour range. I know you dropped some money on your FS-ZE, but another alternative (IF you are going turbo, which I think I also read somewhere else.) would be to go to a junk yard and find an FS engine with low miles. Find a probe SE or a 93 to 98 626, or even another protege that took one for the team in the ***, and still has healthy engine components. I don't know if you have access to do any work on your own, but you could swap an engine in your own garage and then your turbo and be set. This could come out to be cheaper, again, depending on the labor and what all needs to be done

Hope everything works out man



P.S. If you are going turbo, and your shop gives you a preference on pistons (compression wise) I would recommend getting closer to the stock engine 9.whatever:1 than the ZE's 10.whatever:1 It could save you a lot of head aches with detonation

 

Right, That is what I put it in the shop for....to get the pistons changed, and that clattering sound fixed. My Rod bearings were toast. The shop says that it will be cheaper to bore it out, and get the oversized pistons rather than buying another block.

 

Sounds good then, If you had it in the shop to begin with, it will not be a whole lot more expensive than just changing the pistons. All he will have to do is bore out the block, that is the only extra labor involved. ****, half the time they take it to a separate machine shop (if it is a small shop they may not have a lathe or a hone thinger or whatever they use to bore the block) so you may only have to pay that shop's service charge and you should be good to go

I would expect maybe $200 to $300 more than your original price quote.

hope that helps

 

Thanks. I just hope this doesn't take too damn long to accomplish. I need my ride for work, and didn't plan on any of this **** happening.

 

The time it takes is another damn thing that depends on your shop. There is a large difference between giving them the time to do the job right and bending over. Tell them that you need your car for work, sit down with the mechanic and go through everything that is going to be done. I don't think I ever got a car back when I was told I would. If you don't have your car back the day they said they would be done, call them every day after that. They are not doing you a favor at all, they are doing a job you "hired" them to do, so again don't let them stick it in.

Sorry, I am not trying to tell you how to go about this, I am sure you know how to handle those squirly mechanics, but from my experiance with repairs the more the mechanic knows that you know about a car, the less likely he is to **** you.

Keep us posted on how things work out man...