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Arlington AutomotiveMachine Shop

Our services

Complete machine work

Arlington Automotive Machine Shop offers a complete array of automotive performance services. Listed below are our popular services and operations, which include state-of-the-art quality performance at a great price.

01

Cleaning & Mag Operations

Every job starts clean. We tank, wash and magnetic-particle inspect your parts so cracks turn up on the bench instead of in the car.

Engine parts laid out in a cleaning basket
  • Clean & mag blocks, heads & crankshafts
  • Mag connecting rods
  • Glass bead intake manifolds

02

Block Operations

Torque-plate boring and honing, align honing and decking — the machine work that sets ring seal and squares the short block.

Close-up of a bare engine block deck and cylinder bores
  • Bore & performance hone cylinders with torque plate
  • Align hone blocks
  • Deck blocks
  • Measure deck height
  • Install cam bearings & freeze plugs
  • Clearance block for strokers

03

Crank Operations

Crankshaft grinding and polishing held to spec, with journals measured and reported before they go back in the box.

Black and white close-up of a crankshaft seated in an engine block
  • Clean and polish crankshaft
  • Regrind crank on mains and rods

04

Piston & Rod Operations

Rods resized and pins fit so your rotating assembly goes together with the clearances the builder actually asked for.

Gloved hands fitting a piston to its connecting rod on the bench
  • Pin fit pistons & small end of rods
  • Resize big end of connecting rods
  • R&R rod bushings & size

05

Balancing Operations

Rotating assemblies balanced on our own equipment — smoother idle, less bearing wear and more usable RPM.

A crankshaft with its pistons and connecting rods — the rotating assembly that gets balanced
  • Balance 4, 6, & 8 cylinder engines

06

Flywheel Operations

Flat, clean flywheel surfaces so a new clutch grabs the way it should.

A milling cutter resurfacing metal under coolant spray
  • Clean & resurface flywheels

07

Cylinder Head Operations

The deepest part of our shop: multi-angle valve jobs, guide and seat work, and head machining for whatever valvetrain you are running.

A cylinder head with its valves and springs during a valve job
  • Size guides
  • Performance three angle, 5 angle & radius valve jobs
  • Remove & install valve guides
  • Resurface heads
  • Install hardened exhaust seats
  • Vacuum test heads
  • R&R & machine for screw-in studs
  • Machine heads for Viton valve seals
  • Machine heads for larger valve springs
  • Machine heads for larger valves

08

Other Services

The finishing details that save you time on your own bench at home.

An engine block on the bench with tools racked behind it
  • File fit end gap on rings
  • Assemble pistons on rods
  • CC cylinder heads

Do not see what you need? Call the shop — if we cannot do it, we will tell you who can.

Need our services?

Let’s get your engine on the bench

Call the shop and talk to someone who actually does the work. We will tell you straight what your parts need — and what they don’t.