Any swap shop recommendations?

[RobertC]

Depends on what kind of a swap do you want?

Do you just want to take a used engine and do nothing to it and simply pay to have it installed. Also keep in mind there is quite abit to do in converting from OBDII to OBDI, intake manifold, wiring harness, sensors, oil pan, pickup, cooling system, etc etc.

Or,

Do you want the shop to go through the engine, replace all the maintenance items such as gaskets, swapping over the oil pan, OBDI intake manifold, etc rebuilding the VANOS, water pump, T-stat, cam, crank, detonation sensors. Clean and flush the transmission, do the required TSB repairs to the shift detents (G320), rebuild the driveshaft, swap in proper differential, etc, etc..

So you can have a swap only and have a unreliable swap that ends up having all kinds of issues, or do you want a complete 100% reliable turn key swap?

So just to toss in the provided engine, trans, driveshaft, wire it up and get it running in its current state, $1,500-$2,000. (ignoring the labor and parts costs to convert from OBDII to OBDI)

For the whole complete turn key deal expect to pay upwards of $5,000-$6,000. With added engine, trans, differential costs, expect upwards of $8-$10K. I think that is being somewhat conservative as well.

how much im looking at to get a s52 installed into and e30, on a budget but done professionally.

Ever heard the term, 'You can't have your cake and eat it too'. Same applies here, you either got the cash flow to pay a shop to have the job professionally done, Do it yourself, or don't do it at all.

Curious as to what this "ridicioulous quote from a reputable source in philadelphia"

Not trying to bust on ya, I have a shop and have done a few S50/S52 swaps, its what they cost. As a shop owner time is money, if a customer can't afford to pay for the time, then the work doesn't get done.

im looking for much cheaper.

Might want to see if you can round up some members in your area to help you do the swap yourself. You would save a huge amount of money and most of these guys will work for fun, food, and beer.

Good Luck with the project

[frankie591]

how much was this ridiculous quote?

[essi1553]

Looking to price out how much im looking at to get a s52 installed into and e30, on a budget but done professionally. I got a quick ridicioulous quote from a reputable source in philadelphia and im looking for much cheaper.

Price for labor, and misc, I can source the engine and trans myself. Really only looking for a reference in the pa/south NJ area, who know wtf they are doing...

Thanks..