2.7T v 4.2 A6

[Matt Evans]

The Euro spec 1st gen BMW M5 (M88 motor) also had a single row chain; a few
years later when it came to the USA as the S38 it was a double row.  The
single->double swap is popular amongst M88 owners for reliability reasons

</speaking of 20 year old german timing chains..> 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kent McLean
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:52 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 2.7T v 4.2 A6
> 
> "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> > As I recall (Ti?) they managed to come up with a single
> > or at most double roller chain that they deemed 
> > durable enough instead of the standard 3 or 4 roller
> > chain that most timing chains are made of. 
> 
> I hope it's a double.  Mercedes had some trouble with their 
> single chain in the 380 SL V8, and updated it to a double 
> chain.  That was 20 years ago, so maybe the technology has 
> gotten better.
> 
> Kent
> '94 100 S Avant
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" has a new home
> 
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