what exactly is an "RD" motor?

[Dirk Schneider" <Scirocco@t-online.de (Dirk Schneider)]

>From what I know,
the RD engine is a high compression 1,8 litre
interference engine,
comparable to the 112 HP DX-engines that we had here in Europe 
in our Golf GTi and Scirocco GTX. 

Greets
Dirk
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Rick Alexander 
To: Jeff Toomasson ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: what exactly is an "RD" motor?


It's the designation that VW put on the Scirocco 16v.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jeff Toomasson 
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 3:35 PM
Subject: what exactly is an "RD" motor?


I see these referred to from time to time, but not sure what it comes from...

TIA, JT