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Originally Posted by brp987
1. Your site mentions that you rebuild 3.4 engines, but no price is given.
2. You've mentioned that the 3.4 engine was where porsche pushed the bore too far, resulting in d-chunk. Was anything done to address this with your 3.4, or is it your position that Nickies are less susceptible to this issue?
3. I assume your prices are for outright purchase. What is the value of a good core?
thanks, and good luck with you venture
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The 3.4 engines have a few serious issues, some of which we have not addressed as of yet, especially trying to repair cracked heads. Many of our other adaptations and developments can be universally applied to the 3.4, just like the 3.2
The 3.2 engine uses a sleeve like the other engines, the material surrounding this sleeve is weaker due to the larger bore. Our process creates a thicker bore for the 3.4 than that of the 3.2 and then employs Nikisil plating. This is what eliminates the issues.
The price to update a 3.4 is just slightly more than a 3.2, but thats according to the condition of the core that you send back to us.
The early engines (2.5 & 2.7) are the only outright engines that we offer now, as the 3.2 and 3.4 cores are harder to find. We are currently requiring cores on all engines so we can build a core bank that will support outright purchases. We have a good supply of cores now, but most of which are needed for test engines, for developmental purposes.
By this time next year we should be able to sell out right engines with a core charge of 2,500.00 or so.
Its going to take us years to prove that we have remedied the issues created by Porsche with these engines, and with their bad rap thats easy to understand... BUT once the major issues are over come the engine becomes a really heavy hitter with serious performance capability.