Empi heads and Cima/Mahle cylinders, Review of Empi heads and availability of Mahle cylinders Options

[Mr.Vman]

New to the type 4 and 914 world, Noticed that Empi has two cylinder heads available for the type four. has anyone used them yet? If so, how do they compare against the heads that are available? Cooling? Flowing? Quality? Are the Empi heads worth buying compared to what's out there now? In the type 1 world, Cima/Mahle cylinders seem to be what to use with good success. Are Cima/Mahle cylinders available for the type 4? If so, from whom or where? And while I consider Empi heads and Mahle cylinders, what about new type four cases? Are there new type four cases available? Or soon to be available? I know with the VW type 1 new cases solve many problems. Thank you for the time and information, Steve V,

[Craigers17]

I've been hanging out a bit on Jake Raby's Facebook page, and following some of his posts. He and LN Engineering have come out with new billet push rod tubes(in fact they just became available on LN's site for purchase). He was at LN's CNC facilities this week, and someone asked about new Type 4 cases. His reply was this:

"Yes. We are actually scanning a very early 1.7L T4 case here tomorrow to be the host for this development. The benefits will be vast."

Soooo, it looks like there are new cases in the works....who knows the timeline, but I'm sure they won't be inexpensive.

Here is a link to his page if anyone wants to see some of the discussion or videos:

https://www.facebook.com/aircooledtech

Addtional link to Billet Push Rod tubes: https://lnengineering.com/ln-engineering-bi...hrod-tubes.html