Re: AUDI S3

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

Uh, hate to burst your bubble, but the new Golf 4Motion will be delivered to
the USA with a 24valve VR6 engine (Hopefully!) Check out VWVortex website, they
have an article on it.

Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:

> At 03:53 99-11-02 -0800, Ti Kan wrote:
>
> >There is a V5 engine in the VW lineup that fits in the A platform
> >chassis...  (more appropriately named the VR5).  Perhaps it could be
> >developed into a 5-valve version with turbo?  That would be an interesting
> >one.
>
> Unfortunately, the VR6 engine and it's derivatives all share one common
> flaw: you can't have more than 2 valves per cylinder on these engines. The
> cylinder head is so large that it is extremely prone to warp. At least
> that's what I've heard.
>
> --
> Aleksander Mierzwa
> Warsaw, Poland
> 87 5KT

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