I haven't had anything like this done in 10 years.
i found it to be expensive but some are much more expensive than others
I have head work done by Dermot at PowerforPeanuts. seats guides etc but keep in mind you don't need hard inserts on the inlets just the exhausts
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ask him to check guides and come up with solution to fix. make sure you ask him to machine guides for the type of seal you want to use.
check his facebook see some action shots....
he put 2.02" in and 1.6 Ex in my head. new guides and seats on the exhaust
bored and honed my block.
cranks that are too big he sends out to a Jag and Daimler place in surrey and it gets expensive mine was a long crank yours is shorter.
he profiled my pistons to fit my head
fitted the pistons to the rods.
i paid per job..... just popped in and handed over cash when he wanted it. which spread it out nicely
he'll join 2 sets of oil pump gears together and make a new drive and a recessed cover so you can double the capacity of you oil pump if you ask him nice....we didn't go that far....
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but let him tell you what he thinks you need and discuss.
very reasonable... his area of expertise is really ford/jag 6 and v12 but a chunk of cast iron is a chunk of cast iron, he builds escort engines and well anything really... from midget speedway engines to the kind of special clearances you need to run an motor with little cooling for banger racing. been at it since the 60s
knows his stuff...has is machine shop in his back garden. but you must be quite when you visit. 1) it upsets the neighbours and 2 ) it upsets the neighbours
and i have had heads skimmed and crank ground by
https://www.cramersltd.co.uk/index.html in watford. all good not cheap but not the most expensive either... helps to go in and speak to the chap that does this work. ask at reception.
and although i have never had anything done by them JenkinsMotorEngineers in whitton have a good rep with the retro ford boys.
they have a full engineering shop tucked in a back alley behind a pub in whitton. you knock at a stable type split door tell em what you want and they say Yes we can do that or No.... They said no to me due to the complexity of what i wanted them to do with a fragile aluminium casting, but the shop is full of engines and machines to work on them. they too have been at it for years
It pays to shop around and this list have all been around so long that they must be doing something right.
Dave