History

2004

Smith & Jones Engineering Ltd was formed by William and Nicola Jones (nee Smith), it was first established in Christchurch New Zealand.
Using Will’s knowledge of Cosworth engines and Nicola’s interest in business they were soon underway specialising in YB engines.

2006

Smith & Jones finished development and released the YB Aluminium Cylinder Block (V1).
These blocks were designed by Foley Patterns, cast at the Zeus foundry in the U.K and machined in-house at S&J Engineering.
The first three protype engines running alloy blocks were finished and supplied to N.Z customers.
Phil McNabb 2.4L NA winning first time out! / Brett Stratton 2.1L Turbo / Kerry Smallridge 2.5L NA.
Sales and promotion of the aluminium block were significantly boosted by the dedicated help of Ken Jacobs at Cosworth LLC in California USA.

2007

Driven by sales of new YB Aluminium cylinder blocks a demand grew for new YB cylinder heads.
During this year Will and Nicola began work on the YB head project, they worked with Foley Patterns again to produce the high quality YB Motorsport Cylinder Head.
Brian Stokes (N.Z Rally Champion) orders first 2.5L fuel injected YB engine for MKII Escort.
Bruce Manon (Manon Butler Motors N.Z) uses alloy blocks for customer Pinto & YB race engines.

2008 - A Tragic Year......

On 28^th of June Nicola Jones suddenly and unexpectedly passed away....... breaking all our hearts.
Nicola left behind husband Will and their two children Andrew and Louise – this was a sad and difficult time.
During this year the first YB cylinder heads were cast and a first batch sold to Cosworth U.K for machining at Northampton.
In late 2008 Richard Towse joined Smith & Jones Engineering, bringing special skills including CAD design and engine development.
Richard now supports S&J with their development work from N.Z.

2009

Will decided to relocate Smith & Jones Engineering to the U.K and to his hometown of Bridgnorth in Shropshire.

2010

Smith & Jones set-up a new U.K workshop which includes manufacturing for cylinder heads and cylinder blocks, it also includes an engine dyno and development facility.
Casting of YB cylinder heads and blocks was moved to the Grainger & Worrall foundry.

2011

Customer demand for more power from the YB engine saw the development of the 330cfm cylinder head, is was designed for use on +1000bhp turbo engines and +340bhp naturally aspirated engines.
Oliver Davies wins AGBO stages first time with new S&J Engine fitted……. day before the rally!

2012

Nigel Mummery joined Will as a business partner and director of Smith & Jones Engineering.
Nigel owner and director of the successful ABT Products brought his manufacturing expertise to S&J – he is also an active motorsport competitor and Ford-Cosworth enthusiast!
Simon Mauger wins Jersey Rally with S&J 2.5L & Escort MKII.

2013

Product development continues including YB dry-sump kit, cam covers and internal components.
Additional CNC machining centre introduced to help with production.

2014

Steve Westbury joined Smith & Jones as head of machining, and specialises in block and head manufacturing.
Engine dyno upgraded to Super-flow 902 to help with turbo engine development

2015 – 2017

Working closely with Harvey Gibbs (SCS) and Julian Godfrey Engineering the S&J “Through-Stud” cylinder block (V2 casting) was developed for Big-Power and High-Cylinder-Pressure turbo engines.
RS500 cylinder head was developed and produced for historic racing.
Work began on 205 and 200 cast iron historic block project – with Grainger & Worrall.

2018 – 2019

First YB historic cast iron blocks were produced.
Rob Duggan wins Killarney Rally 2018 with S&J 2.5L Engine & NPL Escort.
RS500 Race Engines built at Mountune using S&J blocks and heads.
Chris West wins MSN Circuit Rally Championship 2017-2018 with S&J 2.5L Engine & 306 Maxi.
KGP in Ireland use S&J products to produce 360bhp 2.5L YB rally winning engines.

2020