It still shouldn't cost the kind of money that started this thread.  One
can buy a quality rebuilt long block from a good rebuilder such as AVP for
under $1400.  Many on the list like these better than the VW rebuilds.
Here in the Tucson area, a couple of good shops are charging about $600 to
do the exchange.  That still puts the total in the $2000 range, or a bit
less, while the price quoted to the list member was over $4000.

At 07:40 PM 3/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
>You'll have to go to mexico to find prices like that. No self respecting
>repair shop (i.e. a competent one) charges less than $40/hr in most areas.
>Many places it will be much higher. To properly remove, rebuild, and
>install a vgon engine would be billed at 20-30 hours at most shops. 30
>hours * 40/hr = 1200. If your labor rate were $50/hour (not uncommon, and
>quite reasonable for good work) that works out to $1500.
>
>To conclude, I'd never trust a person who'd remove, rebuild, and install an
>engine for $500.

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