Machine Shop Services

STAGE 1 AUTOMOTIVE can meet all your performance needs! We've been building high-performance engines for more than a quarter of a century! All Muscle cars welcome! We service all makes, all models. We don't just build hot street machines and fire-breathing drag strip terrors, we eat sleep, and dream high-performance.

Custom Exhaust Work

	Custom fabrication
	Kooks custom headers
	Street/strip or competition

Cylinder Head Preparation

	Pressure test heads
	Boil and glass bead
	Street/strip or competition valve job
	Machine valve guides for oil seals
	Machine spring seats
	Install bronze-wall guides
	CC and mill heads and intake side of heads
	Glass bead valves
	Magnafluxing
	Assemble heads, including checking spring pressure and shimming for correct spring heights
	Cylinder head porting for street/strip or competition
	Intake manifold porting
	Remove stock studs and install screw-in type
	Enlarge pushrod holes

Connecting rod services

	Magnaflux rods, bolts and nuts
	Shot peening
	Side grinding
	Press rods on and off
	Install bushings
	Glass peening

Engine block services

	Tap oil gallery plugs for screw in plugs
	Restrict lifter oiling holes
	Boring
	Honing to custom specifications
	Check piston to valve clearance
	Align boring and honing
	Deburr block Magnaflux rods, bolts and nuts

Miscellaneous services

	High performance engine and transmission rebuilding
	Assemble short block and check all clearances
	Assemble complete motor
	Degree camshaft
	Measure chamber volume/compression ratio
	Resurface flywheels
	Disassemble motors

	STAGE 1 AUTOMOTIVE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE SPECIALISTS