Recommended head machine shops?

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Mart1n95
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Recommended head machine shops?

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I'm probably going to need my head skimmed, some guides replacing and depending on price have 3 angle valve seats cut

Is there any particular head shops that are recommended that are used to these Lotus heads? There is a head shop about 100 miles thats the closest to me, so I'd happily send it away anywhere in the country to somewhere that specializes in these

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Re: Recommended head machine shops?

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Where abouts are you located?

Mart1n95
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Re: Recommended head machine shops?

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I'm up on the north coast of Scotland, the nearest is Inverness which is 110 miles away! So I may as well just ship it off as it would cost the same to get it to my nearest anyway

I might not have to, I've bought a 9/32 guide reamer to try and ream out the 2 tight guides, and I'll see how it's all looking once the new exhaust valves come, getting it skimmed was just a nice to have if I had to send it away to get guides done anyway

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