Re: Whew...

[ScharfR <ScharfR@aol.com>]

In a message dated 97-12-12 02:53:15 EST, bbell@bbell.com writes:

<< Just re-read the article and the implication is that this
 was a 25 valve head. 5X5. 
 
 Was this the car that  Unser drove? I know there was an
 article about it in VW Porsche at the time and I don't
 remember a 5 valve head being mentioned. Did EC make
 another one of their classic boo boos?  >>

Not a boo-boo in this case.  The Unser/Taladega (sp?) car which set the closed
course speed record was the first publicized race venture for Audi's 5-valve
technology.  Apart from a later (and abortive) second record run at the Nardo
circuit in Italy, I don't find any other mention of a 5-valve Audi in any
application until the recent production cars. It is on these tenuous threads
that the claim of "race-bred" heritage for the 5-valve V6 apparently rests.