See my statement to Hoffman that I flubbed, senior moment or something.  I see no reason to give this response again, for anyone else who noticed my error.  mcneely

---- Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> 80 hours at $80/hr (usual for shops in this part of the world) is $6400. so your "turnkey" would have been $13.4K to be really turnkey. 
> 
> Hmmm...... . 
> mcneely 
> 
> You will notice that the shops listed on the referenced document, state that their conversions are charged at their hourly
> rate times 15 hours ….. uh, er, well, the 80 just seems spontaneously contrived … or something?
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/subaruvanagon/files/Engine%20Costs/
> … at a cost of $1500.00.
> 
> bob … admittedly, this document, from the files section of the Subaruvanagon/Yahoo group was placed their quite a long time ago,
> probably in the early 2000's, when Warren established the group/list. H&R, listed on that document, doesn't even do Subaru
> conversions any more, hasn't for maybe 4-5 years now.

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David McNeely