About Business
Residents of Huntsville, AL, Huntsville have long trusted Southern Cylinder Head & Engine LLC for their expert Car Repair needs. Whether you need assistance with Auto machine shop, Auto parts store, Diesel engine repair service or general Car Repair support, they are well-equipped to help. They are well-regarded for their quality of work, maintaining a 4.1/5 rating with 95 reviews. Throughout Huntsville, and particularly in Huntsville, AL, Southern Cylinder Head & Engine LLC is recognized for upholding the highest standards of the Car Repair industry. Don't hesitate to contact Southern Cylinder Head & Engine LLC for any Car Repair inquiries or to schedule a visit to their Huntsville, AL facility.
Google Reviews
Tyler Fey
★★★★★
6 months ago
Okay guys I wanted to give an honest review. My experience started with a call me asking them to reseat one valve in a cylinder head for a 3urfe. He sounded like he was annoyed and explained they don’t do that. I then became annoyed and tried calling around. Upon further research the only people offering a single valve reseat where companies with lack luster reviews. Gathering pricing it made no financial or logical sense for me not to have the whole head worked once I saw the pricing. I called them back and they had my cylinder head done by the next day! Not only that the price was extremely resonable. Note on the “attitude” I thought I heard. It wasn’t attitude. The guy who answers the phone is also working on parts so he has to run back and forth. He’s extremely knowledgeable and very pleasant in person. So if you feel like he’s blowing you off or annoyed on the phone please realize he likely ran across the shop to answer your call. Only for you (or me in this situation) to ask for something that not only doesn’t make sense it costs far more than the services I got rendered. In all this place is the bees knees and if you have apprehension due to a hard working dude on the phone sounding like he’s mad, rethink that apprehension. I brought my head back home and did measurements. Not only did they get it within spec, they had it OPTIMAL! I can say without a doubt I’ll be going back to this place everytime. But for real the phone thing I’ve seen mentioned here a few times is just a misunderstanding. The dudes at the shop are super chill and know their shit. Even when the guy running the front wasn’t there when I dropped off my parts like keepers retainers and springs, the other dudes in the back came upfront helped me out and where super personable. These dudes rock! Pic attached in post machine work. They even assembled and tested it all, I checked the torque and it’s perfect too!
Blair Brothers
★★★★★
5 months ago
Absolutely remarkable work….they took a head I thought could not be repaired and done it in 3 days decked it and welded it with new valve seats and cleaned it to the point you cannot tell anything even happened. Just exceptional work and quality! This is 100% the place to go and prices are as fair as you can get! A+++++ in every category!!!
Andrew Littleton
★★★★★
5 months ago
These guys are great. Had a Ford 302 bored, honed, and new cam bearings along with cylinder head work and it's running well. Very quick turnaround, 2 days tops.
Brogan West
★★★★★
6 months ago
Big thanks to Shawn Anderson and the team at Southern Cylinder Head in Huntsville. Shawn really knows his stuff and took great care of me. The work was done right, the turnaround time was quick, and the price was more than fair. You can tell they take pride in what they do. I’d definitely recommend Shawn and Southern Cylinder Head to anyone needing engine or cylinder head work.
Rafael Anderson
★★★★★
8 months ago
They do great work! Shawn was able to have my cylinder head fully reworked and block bored 20 over they had it ready for me just the next day of dropping them off at the shop. Prices are pretty fair considering how fast their turn around time is. I’ll for sure be coming back for any future projects I have.
Don Fuqua
★
☆☆☆☆
6 months ago
By far one of the worst shops I’ve ever dealt with. They ruined the heads on my engine, put the wrong pistons in the engine and also put my motor back together without honing my cylinders after being paid to do it. If you want your engine work done right do not even think of taking it here.
Austin Lowery
★★★★★
11 months ago
They are a little more expensive than some shops but they do amazing work
James Buzzell
★★★★★
9 months ago
Shawn was very helpful to me, being my first head gasket replacement that I tackled myself. It took less than 4 hours to deck the head, replace all the valve seals and do a valve job and clean everything, especially the gunked-up EGR inlet manifold. Very reasonable prices too! I will definitely recommend them. Thank you.
Eric Duncan
★★★★★
a year ago
I would like to thank Shawn at Southern Cylinder Heads for making sure my Honda's heads were good to go. Truly impressed by their turn around time dropped off at 9am and picked up at 4pm. The work looks good. Not overly impressed with cleaning could have done better there. I dropped off the seals for the cylinder head yet was still invoiced for them. Shawn I get your a busy guy and you speak to many folks a day. I'd suggest getting a receptionist haha. Quality work from a Quality guy thanks again Shawn. I put mineral oil in each of the combustion cambers and there was zero leaks after 2 hours. A+ exactly what a good valve job will do.
BRAD OWENS
★★★★★
a month ago
They did a great job of sandblasting and doing a clean-up cut on head surface.
David Shelly
★★★★★
8 months ago
Huntsville area classic car owners and area clubs can depend on Southern Cylinder Head & Engine to assist with machine work and engine rebuilds. They provide much needed skills, with state of the art equipment, that are becoming difficult to find for older model vehicles. Shawn and his team do fantastic work, timely and great value! - North Alabama Eurobrit Motoring Society
ECMO 3
★★★★★
a year ago
Bored my 89 corvette motor .40 over, press fit pistons on the rods, resurfaced the flywheel and balanced the rotating assembly for me. Very quick turn around and excellent work. Motor is assembled and running great. Price was high, but prices are high everywhere, and they did it fast and with no drama. When I got there they took the block out of the back of my truck one of their guys took it in to the shop and started working on it right then before I even unloaded all the other parts and left the shop.
Jimmy Beasley
★★★★★
a year ago
These guys did a terrific job on a cylinder head from a 2013 Equinox for me. Turnaround was under a day. They had to replace all 16 valves. Went back together perfectly and ran quiet and smooth. I can't thank you all enough.
Jason Trombly
★★★★★
2 years ago
Brought my 5.9 Cummins head and block to these guys. Great service, quick turn around. They also polished the crank and did a great job on that. Thanks for the help.
Ben Warren
★★★★★
a year ago
These guys are great! They did a Mazda head for me and knocked it out of the park! They had a quick turn around time and took the time for all the detail work! If I need anymore work on any of my dailies or my track toys I know where to take them from now on! Thanks so much!!!
Jdm (jdm496)
★★★★★
a year ago
These guys are great. I was having issues getting a wheel bearing pressed. Turns out the previous owner of my vehicle did an axle swap that wasn’t the same as the manufactured year. The guys at Southern Head and Cylinder helped me through this and also stayed late to get the work done for me that day. Everyone was very nice as well. Thank you guys
Greg Romans
★
☆☆☆☆
Edited a year ago
They are great. In less than 24hrs, Shawn called me to pick up my engine block. They bored the block 5-over and cleaned it. On top of that, the guys in the shop helped me load the block into the cab of my truck. Thank you for the great service and the great prices. Edit to this post. Stay away from this place, unless you like mystery work done to your engine. They messed up my LS3 block. Even admitted to messing it up, by stating, "we must have not checked the block first, or we misread the bore gage". The receipt they gave me stated the block was bore .005 over making the bore size 4.070. after buying 4 sets of piston rings, all with a gap of .086, I took the block back to SCH to check the bore size. Shawn checked all 8 cylinders, all 8 of them have a bore of 4.090, which is .025 over bore. Shawn would only offer to bore the block .005 more making the bore size 4.095 or .030 over. Shawn would NOT offer to make it right by offering to replace the pistons and rings I bought based off what was written down on the receipt. Also told me he wouldn't replace the block or resleeve the block. Went as far as telling me it was or is my responsibility to double check their work after receiving services rendered. Does this sound like a place you would trust to have any engine machine work done? Not to me.
samuel mills
★★★★★
a year ago
Shawn has been great, he clearly cares about his methods. I brought him a block for a BMW S54(2000s M3) it is Iron for a hone. He is able to set the hone sizing after determining the worst cylinder and it only needed .0007". I decided to do this after I filed my piston rings to size. With this small amount I will not have to do anything to them in all likelihood, saving me money and time. Using a bore gauge the cylinders are extremely close to 87mm still! He also decked the block to MLS standards. The block is clean and awesome and ready for 200K or more miles! Finally, he sent me a video of my actual hone, great stuff!
Michael Little
★★★★★
2 years ago
Awesome shop, awesome build. These guys did a outstanding job rebuilding and building my amc 304 V8 thats in my 1979 jeep cj5. 2 years later and its a beast at rock crawling.. they are my go to rebuild engines Ive taken a couple friends engines here also. I have a couple more projects coming up soon
John Ryan
★
☆☆☆☆
4 years ago
Had some basic head work done. Heads were done in 2 hours. Installed them on my boat and seals leaked profusely. Charged me top dollar. Had some work done on a v6 block. Again done in a couple hours. Bored 20k, freeze plugs and cam bearings. Charged $500. Shabby work, poor service and overpriced. Never again.
