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Offline jezza16v

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Re: Just thinking... Wonder why most VR6 are 12v when more valves the better?! ahem
« Reply #10 on: 05 April 2006, 15:08 »
Its a narrow V arrangement with two rows of three cylinders hence minimum one camshaft for each row of cylinders regardless of number of valves.  :smiley:
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Re: Just thinking... Wonder why most VR6 are 12v when more valves the better?! ahem
« Reply #11 on: 05 April 2006, 15:13 »
yeah, whereas most v6s have a head per bank of cylinders, the vr6 has one head for both, so thats why theyre all classed as dohc
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Re: Just thinking... Wonder why most VR6 are 12v when more valves the better?! ahem
« Reply #12 on: 05 April 2006, 15:22 »
ah i see, i suspected that was the case!

thanks for that!
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Re: Just thinking... Wonder why most VR6 are 12v when more valves the better?! ahem
« Reply #13 on: 05 April 2006, 16:26 »
wikipedia is great for useless information...
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