Lycoming Price Cut

Wow, imagine an actual price war develop in the aircraft world.
 
I had to double check the date when I first read this, in case it was April 1sr
 
Even though the article claims that Lycoming didn't consider the purchase of ECi by Continental in their decision to reduce prices, I'd bet it was a factor in the decision. The competition is now manufacturing Lycoming replacement parts...

It would be nice to see some price reductions on single source items such as the less common angle valve cylinder kits. I'm not expecting much. But it is nice to see some relief on the horizon.
 
mondtster said:
Even though the article claims that Lycoming didn't consider the purchase of ECi by Continental in their decision to reduce prices, I'd bet it was a factor in the decision. The competition is now manufacturing Lycoming replacement parts...

It would be nice to see some price reductions on single source items such as the less common angle valve cylinder kits. I'm not expecting much. But it is nice to see some relief on the horizon.
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Don't they all belong to the Chinese anyway?
 
great news...if they got the price low enough I am sure they are going to get a lot of overhauls.
 
Fantastic. Just had to overhaul a TIO-540 a couple of months ago. Always a day late and (thousands of) dollars short.
 
Meh. It'll help a bit, but I don't think the real savings are near what people are expecting.

Cheaper new cranks and cases. Yay! But only if you need them. Which you probably don't. If your parts were scrap it would make sense to buy new for a couple hundred more than buying overhauled outright. But most likely your parts need minor repairs. So do you get your crank ground and certified for $500 or buy new for a few thousand more? Your case overhauled for $1000 or new for $4500?

The biggest savings are for people that run until failure and then get charged though the nose for replacing all their unusable parts. Gaskets, bearings, cams, cylinder kits and normal wear items probably won't change much.

“Just overnight, the industry lost about a million dollars on that deal” said Zephyr. That's a drop in the bucket when spread out over dozens of shops each carrying a couple million in parts.
 
ZeroPapaGolf said:
Fantastic. Just had to overhaul a TIO-540 a couple of months ago. Always a day late and (thousands of) dollars short.
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Same here. But I've got another one to do this year yet so hopefully I can get this one done a bit cheaper than the last one.
 
Did any one see if the cut applied to IO-360 cylinders? Currently they are ~$2150 per.
 
Great news. I have always been a little miffed about how much it cost to overhaul these simple lawn mower engines we have powering our planes.
 
Any sense if this is a "real" discount or a mostly bogus discount? Sure, the list price on a crankcase may have been $15k, but what was the street price?
 
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