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Nickies™

Due to the overwhelming number of inquiries we have received, LN Engineering is proud to re-introduce our Nickies™, the ultimate cylinders for your powerful & reliable aircooled Corvair engine, and are custom made to your specifications!

It is not always that you hear high performance and long life paired together, especially when referring to performance aircooled engines. It is very typical, even with high-powered cooling systems, that high-performance engines run too hot, and as you know heat kills!

Higher operating temperatures result in a thermally overloaded engine that, among other things, has cylinders that fail to seal against the head and have significantly shorter life spans versus stock displacement engines.

Nickies™ make the difference!

Our nikasil-plated, CNC billet, solid aluminum Nickies™ provide:

• Significantly reduced head temperatures

• Increased horsepower (dyno proven!)

• Significantly reduced cylinder wear and increased increased ring life

• Superior oiling (Nikasil is oleophilic i.e. oil-liking)

• Precision made for a direct fit

• Reduced friction and tighter skirt clearances

• Use stock factory cooling tin and systems

• Cylinders can be re-honed or re-plated at a fraction of the original price

• Reduced engine weight

• Lifetime warranty on plating!

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What pistons can you use with Nickies?

LN Engineering’s custom forged pistons are the best of their kind. Every piston is custom made, so whatever the case, we work with your desired engine specifications to make the ideal pistons for your application, period. Choose between our standard JE Forged Pistons, or for the ultimate in custom forged pistons, we offer CP Forged Pistons, for Porsche and Volkswagen.

$1065 for Custom JE Pistons (6 cylinder) including performance rings, wrist pins, and locks.

Special pricing only valid with purchase of Nickies cylinders or other qualifying product or service.

Split oil returns are standard as are forced single pin oilers, if requested (street use only). Internal lightening, lightweight pins, accumulator groove, dual forged pin oilers, gas ports, thermal barrier coatings, skirt coatings, casidium (DLC) coating, and anti-detonation grooves extra. Strutted forgings extra.

All LN Engineering forged pistons are designed to work with any cylinder kit, but perform the best when paired with our very own Nickies™ cylinders: The Original Solid Aluminum CNC Billet Nikasil™ -Plated Cylinders for Porsche and Volkswagen. The proprietary alloy used for our Nickies™ cylinders is designed for optimal piston to cylinder clearance using the high strength (no silicon) 2618 forging alloys used by JE and CP Pistons.

Our custom forged pistons are the best of their kind.  They feature the low-friction slipper skirts, low weight, balancing within 1/2 a gram, and are manufactured from the superior 2618-aluminum forged alloy material when specified for use with our Nickies™ cylinders. Our pistons are designed to maintain optimal deck height for maximum quench. Good quench allows for faster burn and better thermal efficiency, leading to better gas mileage, lower potential for detonation, and more power.

We can supply JE, CP, Wossner, Omega or any other forged pistons to meet your needs or even supply cylinders to fit your existing pistons. Whatever the case, here’s the bottom line: we work with you to provide ideal pistons and cylinders for your application, period.

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Contact us at 815-472-2939 or info@LNengineering.com to bring your “tried and true" Aircooled engine to the new standard of precision performance!

LN Engineering Nickies™ are Proudly 100% Made in the USA!

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