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Custom JE Pistons

JE Pistons

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. 

4 CYL - $739 for Custom JE Pistons
6 CYL - $1100 for Custom JE Pistons

Most JE Pistons are in-stock in popular bore sizes and compression ratios for immediate delivery with our Nickies cylinders!

Price includes performance rings, wrist pins, and locks. Price also includes accumulator grooves, split oil returns, broche oiling, coated skirts, lightweight pins, and mill-under crown lighting (where applicable) at no extra charge. Other upgrades extra and conditions apply (see below).

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

Options extra when pistons are purchased independent of qualifying Nickies or reconditioning service. Contact reduction grooves, vertical or lateral gas ports, ultra-groove, forged side relief / strutted pistons, thermal barrier and various other coatings, or any other options not listed are extra. Most pistons are in-stock; custom pistons typically take about four weeks; coatings and additional engineering may add one to two weeks extra to manufacturing of your custom JE Pistons.

Where possible, we design our JE Pistons to accept OE Porsche Goetze rings and ensure that any rings supplied are the best possible for any given bore size or application.

356 356

Porsche 356 90mm JE Piston shown with all standard upgrades as well as optional lighten combo, mill under crown, and thermal barrier coating. Also available in 19mm wrist pin size for use with R&R Pro Billet connecting rods for Porsche 356 models.

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. 

All LN Engineering's forged JE 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 NSC-Plated Cylinders for Porsche and Volkswagen. 

Where a Mahle piston best suits a Mahle cyliner, the proprietary alloy used for our Nickies™ cylinders is designed for optimal piston to cylinder clearance using JE's forgings.

The “Ultra-quench” dish shape design as shown above and to the left mimics the shape of the combustion chamber and is sized to allow the compression ratio you want while maintaining optimal .040-.060” deck height for maximum quench, as with all our pistons. This results in a faster burn for better thermal efficiency, leading to better gas mileage, lower potential for detonation, and best of all, more power, and are exclusive to LN, available for the VW Type 1 and Type4.

Good quench allows for faster burn and better thermal efficiency, leading to better gas mileage, lower potential for detonation, and more power.

Whatever the case, here’s the bottom line: we work with you to provide ideal pistons and cylinders for your application, period.

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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