This would be from cam difference as opposed to anything else. In England there are a few companies that offer 2.5L and 2.6L blocks for Audis. I think if one was to use a Schrick 276 cam one would be laughing at the amount of power you would have! At 18:17 05/04/1999 -0600, Kent Christensen wrote: >I don't know for sure, but I'd be extremely surprised if the >engines are the same. Engine block yes, state of tune, not >likely I'd say. An engine for a truck is likely tuned for >torque at low rpms, while the engine for the autobahn >cruiser Audi is more than likely tuned more for top-end >power. This is just logic-based speculation, but I'd think >finding an actual Audi engine instead might be as simple as >working this all out. > > -- David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ, 85 VW Cabriolet -- -- 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab, WANTED: VW / Bombardier Iltis -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) -- |
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