3.8 Replacement Motors

[Jake Raby]

I was stating that all of the engines that we create exclusively use LN Engineering "Nickies" (Nikisil plated) billet aluminum cylinders.

No engines retain Lokisil bores, or otherwise. This goes for all M96/ M97/ 9A1 (DFI) and Cayenne engines.

I assisted with the founding of LN Engineering and used the very first set of "Nickies" ever manufactured- They reside in the 914 based engine found in my personal 356 Outlaw today.

The only engines that leave this facility with factory cylinders are those that we have repaired that had acceptable cylinder wear and only needed some other extensive "repair" carried out. These are the engines that do not have a budget for reconstruction, or do not require it to resolve their internal issues. A good example of this would be an engine that has low mileage and loses an IMS bearing with limited collateral damages. We would disassemble the entire engine, replace the IMS with our upgraded unit, then install an IMS Solution, upgrade to ARP rod bolts, replace bearings and timing chains and save the owner at least 10K bucks.

Otherwise we use Nickies and I won't even consider any other solution. We developed these products from nothing and have used more than anyone in the world 20X over.