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Re: Cross flow heads in ALL 16vs?



Brutha man, the two terms aren't synonymous (same meaning) but you do have both
set ups for sure. Remember that the 8v people have their intake manifolds on
the backside of the head. Huh huh huh... Backside. Uh huh huh... There for they
are not cross flow arrangements.

But wait a minute, you answered your own question in your post. What are you
lookin' for here, mon?

T Berk wrote:

> I was wondering if 16v and X-flow were synonimus ( man, I miss my spell
> checker. )
>
> I was diggin' the NewsGroup today and these guys started in on dual down
> pipes ( dual exhaust he called it. ) and why they had a dual down pipe on
> some non-Super-Duper cars.
>
> So, I was wondering about the 16v head. Does it have a cross flow head?
> I've never spent much time with them because I'm focused on Mk1s but I
> remember there being a pretty large valve cover something or the other.
> WTF? Oops, sorry. I meant WTH?
>
> For the folks who don't know what I'm talking about, Cross flow heads have
> the air intake feeding the 'front' side of the engine, the side up by the
> rad., and the exhaust coming out the back side. After all, doesn't
> everybody's exhaust come out the backside? Standard engines have the intake
> and exhaust coming and going on the same back side of the engine.
>
> Pls enlighten me, O' Cognicenti.
>
> TBerk
>
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