Tuning and Engine Rebuilds

Our team of technicians can deliver anything from a gentle tune to a full engine rebuild, all within our own engine shops here at Bridge Classic Cars.
We use only the highest quality parts and materials on our total engine rebuilds.
Thanks to highly creative team of true craftsman, we strive to ensure every engine is built to the original specification unless upgrades and modifications are requested.
An engine restored by Bridge Classic Cars will look, sound and perform no less than the original designer intended.
Services include:
- Head porting and gas flowing
- Valve seat cutting
- Valve refacing
- Unleading and unleaded conversion
- Reface cylinder head
- Helicoil and timesort threads
- Remove and fit new valve guides
- Reface cylinder blocks
- Rebore cylinder blocks
- Hone cylinder bores
- Crankshaft regrinds
- Balance engine components: crankshaft, pistons, conrods, flywheel, front pulley, clutch
- Lighten flywheels
- Reface flywheels
- Recondition most water pumps
- Recondition carburettors
- Propshafts, replace stake joints, balance
- Engine upgrading



Latest project news

Another Happy Winner
Lucky winner Gareth took delivery of his 1998 Mercedes SL500 recently. After a pre-delivery inspection, the car was loaded into our trailer and delivered to Gareth’s door. As one of our latest competition winners, everyone here at Bridge Classic Cars

New Arrivals – Jaguar E-Type & Rover Tomcat
As we come to the end of another week here at the Bridge Classic Cars HQ, we’ve got a couple of new (old) arrivals. Our 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 has been in the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop where

Competition Car Insurance
We are very excited to announce a brand-new partnership with Lancaster Insurance, one of the UK’s leading specialists in classic and high-net-worth car insurance. From Thursday 4th September 2025, when we launched our Caterham Seven 310 Encore competition, every winner