Re: Cross flow heads in ALL 16vs?

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Not quite on the subject but...

> After all, doesn't everybody's exhaust come out the backside? 

Doesn't the smallblock VW engine (1.0/1.3) have the exhaust manifold on 
the front of the engine?



Ewan Hopkins...

'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8



>Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:59:50 -0800
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Cross flow heads in ALL 16vs?
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>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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