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Originally Posted by Superman
Not necessarily. Engine assemblers make, what....#35/hr? (calculations way higher than that are padded with executive and retiree "labor" expenses). Dealer shop rates are near $300/hr. In the time it takes dealer mechanics to swap out two cylinder heads, the factory could likely assemble two engines.
Not say you're wrong but if it were cheaper to swap out the heads then they'd probably do that.
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I think people underestimate how cheap an engine is for a manufacturer. Even on the Viper V-10 the one piece hood cost more than the engine.
And in the risks of a repair failure, and an engine swap makes more sense. Not sure where the old engines go though....