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Will, I don't think Ti would be a very good liner material, and I am not aware of anybody who uses it. From what I understand, the surface properties aren't well suited to any application which involves rubbing or friction.

I'd still like to concentrate on the Aluminum liners, but I'm not sure there is much of a market there. The cost would be more than twice what the LA sleeve iron liners are because of the nikasil coating, plus the additional block machining. For a 4.00 bore at nearly any moderate performance level it's hard to beat the economics of the good old ductile iron sleeve. LA Sleeve sells these for $145 ea. retail and they drop right in.

Hopefully I can have something new to display at BG this year. Whether it will be iron or Al, I'm not sure yet.