One of my mates runs the drift club up here, has a fully decked out shed with a hoist and air tools the LOT. I asked him if he could do my gearbox,clutch and flywheel swap for me and the cheapest he could do it was $900. I found a local shop that's going to do it for around $600, i was upfront with my mate and told him that i simply can't afford the extra $300 labour EVEN though i know i'm taking a risk because my mate does really f*cking good work and knows these cars well.
I am going ahead with the shop though, he understands that and we're all happy at the end of the day just be honest.