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I’m in Canada and wanted Nickies, but by the time taxes, duties, etc. are paid they do get a bit spendy. I’ve got full machining capabilities so I thought making a set would only be my time.
Charles is being totally up front with the cost of plating, a Canadian company offers nicasil plating, it’s $230 per cylinder IF you’re a business, if not it’s $300 each. Then you have to buy the billet, you can totally forget about trying to get the extrusions that LN uses. Don’t know if they even offer a warranty.
By the time you buy the material and have it plated you “may” save a couple of hundred bucks AND this does not count for your time machining, let alone the cost of your lathe, mill, special jigs and tooling, mistakes, etc.
Also equal quality pistons will cost you at minimum the same and you will also have a hard time getting the studs, etc.
In the end you will find that LN’s products are an excellent (and proven) deal for the money. Trying to do it yourself is just a waste of time.
BTW after all the research I did I ended up buying Nickies (103’s) and they are frickin works of art…almost a shame to put them on an engine.
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