Cylinder Heads

Cylinder Head Reconditioning

Service     Prices
Strip & assembly   Car & light Commercial Commercial Diesel
Strip head & bead blast, check for cracks 4 cyl from £ 90.00 £ 110.00
Strip head & bead blast, check for cracks 6 cyl from £ 110.00 £ 140.00
Strip head, bead blast, decoke, degrease, lap valves, assemble & vac test 4 cyl from £280.00 £320.00
Strip head, bead blast, decoke, degrease, lap valves, assemble & vac test 6 cyl from £300.00 £340.00
Strip head, bead blast, decoke, degrease, lap valves, assemble & vac test aluminium etc   from £280.00  
Strip head, bead blast, decoke, degrease, lap valves, assemble & vac test Ford BDA from £340.00  
       
Valve Seat Refacing      
Valve seat recutting each £ 8.00 £ 8.00
Valve seat recutting with 30deg relief each £ 10.00 £ 10.00
Valve seat recutting with 3 angle relief each £ 10.00 £ 10.00
       
Valve Refacing      
Valve refacing each £ 6.00 £ 6.50
Valve refacing inc bead blast to decoke & reface stem end set 8 £40.00 £50.00
       
Guide Replacement      
Fitting valve guides and hone to size - See note*      
Cast iron heads set 8 from £60.00 £80.00
Cast iron heads set 12 from £80.00 £90.00
Aluminium & m/cycle heads 1 or 2 from £80.00  
Aluminium & m/cycle heads 3 or 4 from £60.00  
Aluminium & m/cycle heads 5 to 8 from £80.00  
Aluminium & m/cycle heads 12 from £80.00  
       
Ream & hone guide for o/s stems set 8 from £60.00  
Ream & hone guide for o/s stems set 12 from £80.00  
       
Bore & Fit Guides      
Machine Ford, Vauxhall heads etc., to take guides and fit. 1 only from £50.00 £60.00
See note* 2 from £60.00 £80.00
  4 from £70.00 £90.00
  6 from £80.00 £100.00
  8 from £90.00 £100.00
       
Inserting      
Fitting valve seat inserts - cast iron heads 1 only from £50.00 £60.00
See Note** 2 - 4 each £50.00 £70.00
  5 + each £40.00 £60.00
Fitting valve seat inserts - aluminium 1 only from £60.00  
See Note** 2-4 each £60.00  
  5 + each £60.00  
Make valve seat insert each, from £60.00  
       
Bucket Sleeving      
Renew bucket sleeves (Lotus, Jaguar etc) 1 only from £ 120.00  
  2 from £180.00  
  3 from £200.00  
  4 from £260.00  
  5 from £280.00  
  6 from £300.00  
Note: prices exclude machine cam lobes. 8 from £380.00  
       
Spring Seat Machining      
Machine valve spring seats BLMC or Ford head from £ 90.00  
Machine valve spring seats Ford T/C head from £ 100.00  
Machine valve spring seats Ford BDA head from £160.00  
Machine valve spring seats Ford V6 heads (pair) from £ 110.00  
Machine valve spring seats Rover V8 heads (pair) from £ 140.00  

Note* Prices for valve guide fitting and honing, machining and fitting valve guides do not include the cost of recutting valve seats afterwards, nor do they include machining guide diameters or stem seal grooves where necessary.

Note** Where valve seat inserts are fitted to OHC type heads with restricted tappet adjustment an extra charge will be made to ensure the seat is at the correct height.

 

Cylinder Head Modifications

Service   Price
Most 4 cyl BLMC and 5 port heads to stage II spec £480.00
Most 4 cyl Ford & 8 port heads to stage II spec £ POA
Ford Twin cam heads to stage II spec £ POA
Ford BDA heads to stage II spec £ POA
Most 6 cyl heads to stage II spec £ POA
Ford V6 heads - pair to stage II spec £ POA
Rover V8 heads - pair * to stage II spec £ POA
     
Burette cylinder head and calculate compression ratio   £ POA
     
Match and polish inlet manifold - most 4 cyl types from £ 80.00
Match and polish inlet manifold, most 6 cyl types from £ 100.00

Note* Stage 1 spec on V8 heads, blueprint mods only.