The inline 5 is back! and it's mexican

Jim Green jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 1 11:13:30 EST 2003


> > I work for the company that makes and grinds the
> > camshafts for this motor.  I am looking at the
> cams
> > now and they are straight.  It is a true I-5 (the
> > project name is R5)  The engine was designed by
> our
> > friends in Ingolstadt for use in the new golf, as
> well
> > as the Bora (jetta).  The volume for this engine
> which
> > is assembled by VW Mexico (city of Puebla)is
> 180,000
> > engines with a possible increase to 250,000
> engines.
> > (x2 for camshaft volume) As far as the relation to

So it's a 20v motor?

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Jim Green
'89 80q slow
'89 90tq fast, really fast
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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