[ot?] Dreaming of a 12 cyl.

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

thats a w12 engine (very slightly different). Im glad its finally in a production car, and i cant
wait to find a wrecked one (once done with the twin, i want a mid mounted monster in the rieger).
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX ('it has begun', rocco #7)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch, driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cory Langford" <cory.langford@icbc.com>
To: "scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: [ot?] Dreaming of a 12 cyl.


>
> Hmm a 12 Cyl 6L aluminum engine that produces most of it torque at 1900
> rpm.
>
> From Audiworld <http://www.audiworld.com/news/01/a8w12/index.html>
>
> "A glance at the engine's cylinder blocks shows that two ultra-compact
> inline V6 units are combined to produce a single engine
>
> This engine can only be combined with quattro four-wheel drive thanks to
> its unusually short length of 513 millimetres together with a width of
> 690 millimetres"  - Exactly how big is the Scirocco engine bay :)
>
> Hmm two intakes, two V6, I wonder if anyone is thinking twin turbo yet
> ;)
>
> --
> Cory Langford
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> '82 beater (winter driver)
>
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