2.8 V6 questions

[Ti Kan]

Aaron Gibson writes:
> The Vanagon engine is not a transverse engine to start with. Its a flat
> pancake motor just like the old bugs but with water cooling. If I went
> with the VR6 it would have to sit at 15 degrees,but the Audi V6 would
> sit at 0 degrees. Also Ti stated that the Audi V6 makes more torque
> becouse of the intake manifold. Correct me if I'm wrong but isnt that
> what I want? Most trucks as I recall have
> more torque than HP. Actaully the original motor is 98 hp and around 130
> ft lbs. Just my thoughts.

Cool, it it fits without too much custom work.  I was thinking of
the diesel Vanagons that came with the VW 4-cylinder diesel engine,
and it might have been easier on those cars to put a VR6 in its place.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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