hey everyone, my friend has a bhg and the car has overheated. im not to sure but how much would an estimate be to have a shop fix it? thanks.
bhg repair estimate?
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You'll be lucky to find anybody willing to do it under $1600. That's assuming he didn't warp the head, and I had estimates as high as $2200. That was when decided to learn how a forced induction motor works and started reading everything I could here. I did it for $700 including having to buy a bunch of tools, and that's how I got addicted to my Supra. 
You should really ask your local shops. They can give you an estimate without seeing the car.
It's really not that hard to fix, if you wanted to do it by yourselves. Let's face it, if Shytheed can do it, how hard can it be? Just kidding Kurt, you know I love you, plus, you have really brought your car a long way in the past year...............:love:
It's really not that hard to fix, if you wanted to do it by yourselves. Let's face it, if Shytheed can do it, how hard can it be? Just kidding Kurt, you know I love you, plus, you have really brought your car a long way in the past year...............:love:
Thanks Jay, but you're right. I hadn't done much car work when I tackled the hg, and it really wasn't much harder than following a recipe to bake a cake. The TSRM and this site are the perfect Idiots Guide to Repairing your Supra. :biglaugh:
I hadn't done much car work when I tackled the hg, and it really wasn't much harder than following a recipe to bake a cake. The TSRM and this site are the perfect Idiots Guide to Repairing your Supra. :biglaugh:
It's SOOO much easier on the wallet to do this job on your own. You can bet your ass that the cost of labor will be, at the least, what you'll be paying in parts, if not double .
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To have a shop: you're looking at least 1800, and thats conservative.
Lowest estimate I got in my area was 2 grand.
Lowest estimate I got in my area was 2 grand.
Most local shops that you will go to will not have worked with a 7M before, so they probably don't understand the tight tolereances with the head and block needing to be as straight and smooth as possible for a MHG, not to mention the torque specs being inacurate.
My god! I should get out of the Fabrication business and start fixing BHG's, 2G's you could buy two 7M's for that. Sounds like a little bit of "blue sky" money involved.
Just working out cost for mine as it has bit the dust two. So far i am up to £975 and that is mates rates from group A supra. That includes cometic gasket set arp studs, greddy timming belt ,water pump, rolling road set up for safcii and apexi boost control and trailer collection from my place to Steves shop.
No decent shops where i live that i would trust to get this right.
Getting an expensive hobbie this.
No decent shops where i live that i would trust to get this right.
Getting an expensive hobbie this.
For some reason i just have the feeling not letting a shop work on my car. I feel that they would not do wat i would normally do. They may over tight or miss something. Thats just me, i'll try to fix it my self.
i would do it for her but the thing is she lives in cali, i have a long block in my garage id be willing to give to her along with a new head. but it looks like she wants to just junk it i told her she could just get a jdm for like 600. shes n/a btw. but she says shes tired of it and wants a low maintenance car even though she loves the supra im kinda mad at her lol shes my supra sister, she said she would sell it to me for 650. its pretty clean inside and out but someone did a hit and run on her and her pass. door is messed up but im thinkin about gettin it from her, and fixin it myself cant hurt to have 2 mk3s.. and i dont want to see one going to the junkyard just cause of a bhg. any idea how much a junkyard would offer her for it though, shes curious?
cant hurt to have 2 mk3s.. and i dont want to see one going to the junkyard just cause of a bhg. any idea how much a junkyard would offer her for it though, shes curious?
i would do it but she lives in cali and i live in new mexico lol. but i might buy the car from her if she doesnt junk it. she just wants to know how much a junkyard would give