04-29-2008, 11:23 PM
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Location: Hamilton, NZ
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Originally Posted by elite38868
Newsflash, Alex, we north american's have 6 cylinders, so I guess Richard will have to settle for a 5 cylinder...  |
I meant to cut the engine in half!
That's why I quoted power of the V6... I have a V6 too, y'know...
Honda have made their new V6 run on three, four, or six cylinders (that was what I was referring to), but I just thought maybe the same could be achieved, with a weight saving, through a careful modification... with the fuel and ignition caveats that I pointed out...
Volkswagen meanwhile make a VR5, so yes you could go down that route, but VW's is a much narrower angle than 60-degrees; I think there might be a problem with the firing intervals of an Alfa V5.
-Alex
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