Hardened rod bearings, 10vt vs 20 vt

[Mihnea Cotet]

Actually the 230 HP versions (ABY/AAN/ADU) of the 20vt
have the reinforced rod bearings, not the 220 HP
versions (3B/RR)...

Just my 0.02,

Mihnea


--- Ameer Antar <antar at attbi.com> wrote:
> i don't know anything about the 20V, but I'd think
> that using hardened
> bearings would also increase the wear in the crank
> journals. Maybe there is
> also further hardening of the crankshaft journals to
> compensate. just a
> thought.
>
> -ameer
>
> At 12:10 AM 10/17/2002, you wrote:
>
> >Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:24:07 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Jim Green <jeg1976 at yahoo.com>
> >Subject: Hardened rod bearings, 10vt vs 20 vt
> >To: Quattro list <quattro at audifans.com>
> >
> >Out of curiousity and from talking to a few people
> I
> >have heard something about the 20vt rod bearings
> being
> >hardened.  Here's one post I've found on it
>
>http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/s-car-list/2002-May/000176.html
> >
> >Anyways, what's the deal, are the 10vt hardened
> like
> >the 20vt bearings?  Is there any advantage to using
> >one over the other?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >=====
> >Jim Green
> >'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
> >http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html
>
>
>
>


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