Re: 5 valve Audi 5 cyl engines

[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>It was used in the model 90 IMSA car, claimed to be only 20 valves, but
then Audi wasn't caught in the lie.

I know IMSA can sometimes be lax in enforcing its rules -- I remember one
race where the chief tech guy got up on a chair in front of everyone, held
up a copy of the rules (basically two photocopied pages!) and said "I've got
a lot to do this weekend. Please make sure we don't catch you cheating" --
but I'm hard-pressed to believe that Audi could have gotten away with an
extra valve without *somebody* noticing.  Is this first or secondhand
knowledge you have (not that I doubt you, of course; just want to make sure
my historical perspective on these cars is as accurate as possible)?

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