Materials

Hard, low-friction bore plating. The functional surface of a billet aluminium cylinder — the aluminium is the structure, the plating is the wear face.

Nickel Silicon Carbide plating

8 aftermarket parts. 0 of the aftermarket entries carry this material because the seller printed it; none was inferred from what the part usually is.

• LN Engineering🇺🇸

  Nickies Billet Aluminium Cylinders, air-cooled 911

  CNC billet aluminium cylinders with nickel silicon carbide bore plating, replacing the original cast iron or Alusil barrels across the whole air-cooled range.

  Engine Internals901g-series9649936061-T6 AluminiumNickel Silicon Carbide plating
• LN Engineering🇺🇸

  Nickies Cylinders, 86.7 mm, 911 2.2 / 2.4

  86.7 mm bore Nickies for the early two-litre-family engines.

  Engine Internals9016061-T6 AluminiumNickel Silicon Carbide plating
• LN Engineering🇺🇸

  Nickies Cylinders, 92 mm, 911 2.7

  92 mm bore for the 2.7, the engine whose magnesium case and thermal behaviour made it the classic candidate for aluminium barrels.

  Engine Internals901g-series6061-T6 AluminiumNickel Silicon Carbide plating
• LN Engineering🇺🇸

  Nickies Cylinders, 95 mm, 911 / 930 3.0 / 3.2

  95 mm bore covering the 3.0 SC and 3.2 Carrera, and the 930 Turbo.

  Engine Internalsg-series6061-T6 AluminiumNickel Silicon Carbide plating
• LN Engineering🇺🇸

  Nickies Cylinders 95 mm with 9.5:1 JE Piston Set, 911 3.2

  Matched cylinder and forged piston package at 9.5:1 — the pump-fuel compression ratio.

  Engine Internalsg-series6061-T6 AluminiumNickel Silicon Carbide plating
• LN Engineering🇺🇸

  Nickies Cylinders, 98 mm, 911 / 930 3.2 / 3.4

  98 mm big bore taking a 3.2 out to 3.4.

  Engine Internalsg-series6061-T6 AluminiumNickel Silicon Carbide plating
• LN Engineering🇺🇸

  Nickies Cylinders 105.029 mm with 12.5:1 JE Piston Set, 911 3.6

  The largest bore in the range at 105.029 mm, paired with 12.5:1 forged pistons — a race compression ratio, not a road one.

  Engine Internals9649936061-T6 AluminiumNickel Silicon Carbide plating
• MAHLE GmbH🇩🇪

  Mahle Motorsports Piston and Cylinder Sets, Porsche

  Reintroduced Mahle sets on 2618 forged alloy pistons, matched to Nickies barrels — bringing back combinations that were no longer available.

  Engine Internals901g-series964993Proprietary high-strength aluminum alloyNickel Silicon Carbide plating