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RE: AUDI S3

That's not exactly true. The new 4Motion VW Bora is a 24v VR6.
I have no idea what they did to accomplish this change, but it is
factory VW, available in Europe right now.

Regards,
Taka Mizutani

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Aleksander Mierzwa
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 10:07 AM
To: Ti Kan
Cc: quattro@audifans.com
Subject: Re: AUDI S3


At 03:53 99-11-02 -0800, Ti Kan wrote:

>There is a V5 engine in the VW lineup that fits in the A platform
>chassis...  (more appropriately named the VR5).  Perhaps it could be
>developed into a 5-valve version with turbo?  That would be an interesting
>one.

Unfortunately, the VR6 engine and it's derivatives all share one common
flaw: you can't have more than 2 valves per cylinder on these engines. The
cylinder head is so large that it is extremely prone to warp. At least
that's what I've heard.

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Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
87 5KT