| emcon5 | 
			02-16-2004 02:03 PM | 
		 
		 
		 
		
		
		
	Quote: 
	
	
		
			 
			
				Originally posted by rdane  
You guys seem to be talking the parts alone.  I am talking a turn key conversion to twin plugs. 
			
			 
		 | 
	 
	 
 
   I was under the impression that you were doing your own work.  Yes, I am talking parts alone, with the exception of:
 
-Having Steve convert the distributor 
-Machine work for the second plug  (heads, valve covers, chain box) 
-swapping the gear on the crank.
 
This is the only work that isn't DIY friendly, above and beyond what would be done in the course of a rebuild.
 
David, my $1700 figure was everything I spent to convert my SC engine to twin plug.  If you take your car to a shop and say "twin plug this" it will be MUCH more expensive.  I removed the engine, I tore it down, I took my heads to the machine shop, I did the wiring, I mounted the CDI box, I modified the engine tin for the lower plug wires, etc.
 
Paying someone else to do all that labor, would raise the price significantly.  All that for $2800 sounds like a hell of a deal
 
I am glad my labor is free.
 
Tom  
	 |