V6 engine change from 12 to 30 valves

[Stephen Kormilo]

At 05:56 PM 04/09/02 -0500, Rob Andrews wrote:
>Unless you know something I don't...I dont think so....
>of course this statement applies to US cars...not sure what other countries
>got.

Well, if you go to the Audiworld URL I gave and check the specs for 1998
A6s, you will see that the sedan had the 30V, 200 hp V6, but the Avant
still had the 12V, 172 hp engine.  These spec sheets appear to be exact
copies of those supplied by Audi.

>Actually SOME 97s had 30v...but not in the US.  97s in the us were 12v.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> > Behalf Of Stephen Kormilo
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:53 PM
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > Subject: RE: V6 engine change from 12 to 30 valves
> >
> >
> > At 12:14 PM 04/09/02 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Reply-To: <rob at robsaudiworld.com>
> > >From: "Rob Andrews" <randrews at sbcglobal.net>
> > >To: "'Suffolk GameServer LAN'" <suffolk.associates at verizon.net>,
> > >         <quattro at audifans.com>
> > >Subject: RE: V6 engine change from 12 to 30 valves
> > >Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 07:27:43 -0500
> > >
> > >98 and up had 30v
> >
> > Careful here!  IIRC the engine change from the 12V V6 to 30V
> > took place a
> > little later on the Avants.
> >
> > Check: http://www.audiworld.com/model/historical.html
> >
> > However, a '99 Avant V6 will be a 30V.  The plastic covers
> > were different
> > and should say 5V on the 30V cover.
> >

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Stephen Kormilo                     Silver 2002 Audi A4 3.0QM
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