NitrousAcid069

im looking for a good shop in the tampa bay area that will swap a low mileage gs-r or a civic si motor in my ek coupe. my current transmission is shot and i cant see rebuilding it or buying another one b/c i want to do this in the near future anyways. Im preferably not looking for a backyard mechanic, what i am looking for is a shop that will get the motor for me and install it for a relatively good price with a warranty on the motor. Im not looking for JDM here b/c i dont have the money for it.

Thanks,
John

mtber

You will pay more by taking it to an expensive shop.
They will order the motor from a distributor such as hmotorsonline.com or osakajdmmotors.com & they will mark it up.

They will then charge you $600-700 to install the motor & they will keep your old motor ontop of that.

Your best bet is to purchase a obd2a gsr swap from a motor distributor that is well known & have it shipped to a local mechanic that does swaps or a well known person's house that does swaps etc.

Then pay $500-600 to have the motor installed plus the minor parts you need like a rear b16 mount bracket & a delsol dohc vtec ac bracket & a throttle cable etc...

Good Luck.

FerioVtec94

call neal sutton
hes good at what he does and has reasonable pricing
813 842 5517

tell him that phil referred you

SickOfAlltezzas

ok...that makes 2 of us in favor of neal

alternativeauto

If you have a shop order the motor for you, yes, you are paying a mark-up, but if the motor goes in and has a problem, then the shop will usually not charge to take the motor back out, have it replaced and put the new one back in. If you order it yourself and have a shop put it in and there is a problem, you just cost yourself a lot of money in labor. I only mark up my swaps at my shop $100-$200, and with that I overnight the check for the motor so to get it delivered faster, and honor the suppliers start-up warranty. I do charge more than a backyard mechanic though, $750 Labor, but once the motor is in my shop, the customer drops their car off at 9 am and drives home that afternoon with their new motor.

InsaneCivicCoupe

See Sig... Talk to Collin, he will hook you up....