Phaeton about to become a rare commodity state-side....

[dan.bubb at gmail.com (Dan Bubb)]

That's interesting, because if you look at the top of any of VW's
narrow angle V engines the distance from cylinder to cylinder is
pretty huge which is why they're managing to up the VR-6 to 3.6L.
Not saying the cylinder walls aren't thin, just saying there doesn't
appear to be a space reason why they should be unlike our humble 4
cylinder engines.
OTOH the cranks are fitting alot of rods onto a damn short crankshaft.
The cranks look pretty spindly to me.

On 11/15/05, Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The w8 is alot of fun to drive, but I heard that the cylinder walls were very thin and proned to cracking, when he took his sedan in for some minor adjustments, there were three others in the for engine changes, or something of the like.
>