I am in the process of removing my cylinder head on a 1971 4.2 XKE.
I live on Long Island and I’m looking for a machine shop that I can bring the cylinder head to.
The cylinder head will have to have the valves redone I might like to have it ported and polished as well.
I would think that a machine shop could set up the valve clearance to the correct clearance while they were doing the work.
Any thoughts and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Fred
Call Bobby at Jags Plus been working on Jags & British cars for over 30 years very knowledgeable.631 331 7939
Contact Dutcher Automotive engineering, 95 Sherburne Road, Greenfield, Mass, 01301, Phone 413-773-3937. I had Steve put seats, true the head and grind 1954 Jaguar crank, Knowledgeable, personable, reasonable and has a neat clean operation. I’m satisified. I brought the items to Steve from NY near West point because I couldn’t find anyone here who had what I would consider a feasible operation. around here. I checked him out and he came with references from various sources. Actually, that is how I found him, asked around just as you are doing now.
I am in WI (Milwaukee area) and have used a nearby machine shop that primarily caters to the racing hobby (…mostly drag racing) It seems like an unusual route for a Jaguar (or other classic car) but I was looking to have valves, springs and guides replaced in a 1960 MGA. When I brought it in and explained, what it was and what I needed, they said they could so it if I could source the parts. As they explained, “it is simply a machining task”, although they didn’t normally deal with foreign or classic cars - they were willing to do it. I ordered the parts and they did the machining. (I had to do my own valve clearance adjustment). They did a fine job.
The company is C&S Performance (Butler, WI) I am not necessarily suggesting them if you are not in the immediate area, however, you may look to a specialty racing / automotive shop in your area that does their own machining. Just don’t start by saying “…Do you work on Jaguars?” …the answer to that is usually an emphatic -No. Good luck Tom A.