Blower installation..

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HogStang

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How long would you guys estimate a blower would take to be installed? I dropped my Vortech off on Wednesday at 5:45 (they close at 6:00) so they've had almost 2 days to work on it.. should I call tomorrow or is this too soon? Sorry I don't know if this should be in talk, but it's a semi-tech question. Thanks guys.

 

GoneMad96

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with tune and all 3-5 days

 

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Just the install? About 5 hours. Install and tune? Add a couple hours. Two days is more than enough provided they had a complete kit and a space on the dyno to tune it.

 

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Should not take more than 2 days. I'd call the shop.

 

stang976

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just curious how much did you shop charge you for the install alone? my shop wanted $800!!!! no way

 

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It's no big deal to give a call to check the status...

 

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Crap, I forgot I need my stock UD Pulley.. anyone know where I can purchase it?

 

02mingreyGT

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How much are they chargin your for they install? Are ya getting a tune to your just using a mail order chip? Check Ebay for the stock crank pulley ive seen them there

 

StngStr

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I'm sure the shop has more than 1 customer. They probably aren't going to do nothing but work on his until it's done. So, a few hrs per day for his job should make it 3-5 days tops.

 

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stang976 said:

just curious how much did you shop charge you for the install alone? my shop wanted $800!!!! no way

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I know of a guy being charged $2000 to install a KB..took the shop 20 hours at $100/hour..california labor price tho..

 

02mingreyGT

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OMG thats close to the price of the blower ALONE did that include a tune?:amazed:

 

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stallion98gt said:

I know of a guy being charged $2000 to install a KB..took the shop 20 hours at $100/hour..california labor price tho..

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Did they give him a tube of KY? That is crap.

 

stallion98gt

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well KB provides the chip..i think he just got a "free" dyno run..lol..that was the first KB that shop installed..

 

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stallion98gt said:

I know of a guy being charged $2000 to install a KB..took the shop 20 hours at $100/hour..california labor price tho..

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that's f-ing crazy

 

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I was thinking that a KB Blower should take 8 hours at the most (intercooled) and around 4-5 hours for the non-intercooled kit, maybe less time than that. Shouldnt the non-intercooled kit pretty much be the same as a manifold swap, plus installing the boost-a-pump and whatever other little things are involved. As for a centri type blower Im thinking 6-8 hours for the install, but Im just going by what most people say it took them to do the job.

 

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KB is like an intake swap the way I see it which took me only ~4 hours total time to put my new intake on (old one craked) and I had no idea what I was doing lol. Putting on my Novi, the intercooler, injectors, all the piping, radiator mods, 03 Cobra fuel tank / pumps took me 10-13 hours total time spent over a Fri night Saturday, and Sunday, and again I had no idea what I was doing. I'm sure a mechanic(s) could do it much faster but they probably have a bunch of other stuff going on too. I only had my oil pan tapped for the blower oil return line before I started by a shop. It's just brackets, and pipes -