greggors84
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| posted on 12/5/06 at 09:43 PM |
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Rolling Road Costs
Got a quote for a rolling road session to tune my Webers, £185 inc VAT. Thats a flat rate for the session.
My car seems to run ok ish, but there is a slight misfire, this also means the emissions are too high for the SVA. I just want a rolling road session
to fine tune them.
I don't want to pay £185 if it turns out that they only need an hours worth of time.
Their hourly rate is £65 not sure if it includes VAT. How long would it take to set up carbs bearing in mind they only really need tweeking.
What is a good price, shall i go for the £185 for the whole session, or pay £65 (+VAT?) per hour and see how long it takes.
I hopefully will be changing the engine this summer from the Pinto to something modern with mega squirt.
Also i dont currently have a vernier pulley, is this essential, i bought the engine complete with the carbs already running, i just think the carbs
have gone out of tune.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/5/06 at 09:57 PM |
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i gave boggs brothers (maltonish) £70 for 3 hours on the rollers and some simple custom fabrication, which i thought was very cheap. I suspect you
need to find more of an enthusiast and less of a business, IYCWIM.  That was twin 40 webbers on a crossflow.
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RazMan
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| posted on 12/5/06 at 11:17 PM |
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If you find someone who is familiar with your kind of setup I doubt that it would take more than an hour to tweak your carbs. He will probably do an
initial run first off and then a couple more after adjusting the problem areas. It is simple screwdriver stuff anyway.
£185 for a flat session is probably allowing for more sophisticated cars (no offense) with twin turbos and ECUs with re-programmable chips.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 13/5/06 at 10:22 AM |
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£60+VAT approx is fairly typical for a rolling road rate and also 2 hrs minimum is quite common too.
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greggors84
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| posted on 13/5/06 at 06:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
£185 for a flat session is probably allowing for more sophisticated cars (no offense) with twin turbos and ECUs with re-programmable chips.
And i though a pinto on carbs with dizzy ignition was pretty sophisticated!! 
The price was after i told him it was a pinto on carbs.
I might give them a call back on Monday and explain the just need tweaking, not a complete setup from scratch.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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