Engine rebuild was dragged out over a year ??

[sugarwood]

My engine and car are just fine. But, my friend happens to mention that he knows someone whose engine rebuild was dragged out over a year at a local shop. That got my wondering" How long should it take a shop to rebuild an engine? Let's just say 3.2 engine.

[JohnJL]

Depends on whether all the decisions that needed to me made were, what expectations were communicated, how quickly bills were paid, what issues were discovered along the way....

If everything is all lined up and done, a weekend. I have personally taken to showing up at a shop and hanging out to make sure they got things done. (then I learned to weld and build myself)

[VFR750]

It can take while if you are talking a full teardown, inspection, repair and replace and rebuild. One year is a long time, but the shop may have been fitting it in with other, higher profit work.

My experience on a 3.0 was 5 months.

[sugarwood]

I guess I am interested in the 25%, 50%, and 75% percentile of typical completion.
Let's assume a stock rebuild, and not a bespoke racing performance one.

[stownsen914]

Remember that if parts are sent out - e.g. crank, rods, heads, etc. - for reconditioning, the engine builder is at the mercy of how long the other shop takes. Some machine shops are faster than others, but weeks is common.

Scott

[cmcfaul]

Waiting for parts takes the longest. Good time to clean everything. Three months is probably about average. Longer if things are ordered sequentially and not all at once. Longer still if the shop is busy with priority projects (race customers with hard deadlines).

Chris