Sabre Heads : Lotus Tuning, caterham, westfield, Gtm, Ferrari, Radical, Ford, Toyota, Rover, mini, Bristol, classic/historic all catered for inhouse. Modification/upgrading of heads in all aspects. Flowbench testing, 3 angle seatwork. Camshaft sales, valve springs, uprated/performance valves.

Unit 21 Boleness Road, Wisbech, Cambs, PE13 2RB 

Please phone Roger on 01945 585381 / 07773 124 580 or email roger@sabre-heads.co.uk for details.

I AM NOT VAT REGISTERED at this time

Site under construction.

Welcome to Sabre Heads ! Not heard of me ? Well with 60 million people or so living in the UK alone, are you surprised !

I have been 'working' heads as a sole trader since June 2002. Prior to this I had been an employee, using my skills and love of headwork for my employer's benefit, this since 1985.

My grounding was 4 1/2 years in reconditioning heads at an award winning reconditioners - Taylor Automotive. During that time I passed 2 years of A grade mechanics studies - doing 2 nights a week of nightschool and using holidays for the block courses. I greatly enjoyed the knowledge imparted. 

6 months into my 3rd year and unable- at 29yrs- to get a short apprenticeship(required to sit exams/get certificate) I decided to leave for new pastures. I started working at Janspeed in their headshop- Janspeed is most famous for their performance exhaust systems rather than their performance engine / head departments. I worked in this dept. through 4 years of Nissan Japan factory BTCC Primera's, group B Alfa Romeo's, plus numerous projects for the Rover group, as in production of 6- 350hp turbocharged 1400 K series for the MGF landspeed record. The car achieved an average of 217mph using just one engine, testimony to the quality of the work.   A staple part of our production through many years was the good old A series Mini, all modification levels and in hundreds. There were also- in the early days- many X flow/pinto/cvh fords etc

My K series induction came with PTP's arrival at Janspeed. Janspeed was used as labour for their heads and engines, much of which went to the Lotus factory. Around 500 135's, all the 340R's, 700 Exige and numerous others, but many as in the 165 and 220hp engines for general PTP sales. The 170 was a later creation first using the motorsport casting, then the Vulcan- both superceding the 165. We also did behind the scene work for Rover, this included headwork on the now badged 'Bmw Mini' some 2-4 yrs before they hit the street!!

My biggest claim to fame during all this, was prior to Janspeeds forced closure due to financial problems(and my redundancy)- that the Vulcan casting as it is known(produced by PTP)& a copy of the Rover motorsport head- incorporates port & chamber changes/improvements developed by myself on the flowbench to replace the Rover Motorsport casting(Oft referred to as a 'Vhpd')

Since becoming a sole trader, I have been enjoying the far greater diversity of manufacturers product, heads from most modern vehicle types including Honda/K20, Toyota Age 5Vlve, Celica VVTi, GT4, Skyline/Subaru Turbos, Zetec/Duratec Ford, Peugeot, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault. Some of this supplied from other businesses who trust/like the quality of my work and investment in the machines to do them. I spend many hours on the flowbench, this is the fun part of job! I don't have all the answers but I try very hard to keep improving my knowledge with the aim to benefit my customers.