Hi there. I'm a bit behind on email - I'll probably catch up closer to the end of the week.

The parts to assemble this motor have cost me about $10K. It's really not too hard to get there quickly. Some highlights:

- Webers $1K
- Case $1500 (not what I paid, but what it would cost to find one)
- Crank + rods reconditioned $750
- Big Bore P&C $3500
- HPX Twin Plug ignition $1500
- Cams - reground $700
- Heads, ported, twin plugged, ready-to-go $1500

That's $10.5K, not even including the assembly labor, or the other parts that are needed (like fan, alternator, sheet metal, headers, muffler, etc.). It adds up in a hurry.

-Wayne

Wayne; You didn't answer the critical question now. How does it run? What sort of rev-range does it have? What's the low end? How about the upper limit? Why do you think that the ports are too large?

I belive he did:
"I bought a Carrera RS clone with a hopped-up 3.0L in it, and I also bought a stock 3.2 for my 914. So, this engine remains unbuilt, with all the necessary pieces in storage - waiting for that day when I pick up that RSR chassis."

maybe this needs a new thread, but speaking of big bore- Wayne, has anyone purchased LN Engineering's "Nickies" from you?

Is anyone out there using them? How are they? Do they work with factory Mahle pistons?

or is there a knee jerk reaction to them just like to non-Porsche brake systems?

Magnus;
Thanks -- I missed that.

I'll hop in here since I manufacture the Nickies. You can run them with mahle pistons, which lots guys have done. You can run some unbelieveably tight clearances in those cases. The nice thing about our alloy that it expands at a more similar rate to the JEs than with OE mahle cylinders, so you can run them tighter (quieter, more power, less wear). Relatively few people are running my 911 products, but I do have quite a following in the Porsche 914 and VW crowd, with about 1500+ cylinders floating around since we started four years ago roughly. Right now four cylinder Nickies make up for 75% of sales, but the 911 stuff is just starting to get fired up in the last few months, as more and more people use them. In most cases, Nickies are more expensive than OE parts, buy you get what you pay for :-) 200% the thermal conductivity and 50% minimum stronger. If you have any questions, most of the guys over here at Pelican know a thing or two about me and what I do. :D

Charles Navarro
LN Engineering
http://www.LNengineering.com
Aircooled Precision Performance