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
Recommissioning a 1956 Land Rover Series 1
Just before New Year, the Bridge Classic Cars team welcomed this 1956 Land Rover Series 1 into our restoration workshops to recommission the classic offroader for its owner. Our technician Dave has dug deep into the engine bay of this
Handformed – Repairing the doors on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage
It was the first week of 2026 for the Bridge Classic Cars team and we have dived in head first! Greg, one of our amazing technicians, has been working on repairing the doors on the 1970 Aston Martin DBS Vantage
Update on the 1954 Jaguar XK120’B’
It’s not just stunning restorations that our workshop deliver, we also like the more bespoke project – like our 1954 Jaguar XK120’B’. It’s classic Jaguar underpinnings are being tailored in a one-off, artisan aluminium body crafted by our master fabricator