Thread: New 1.8 TFSI Engine For A3
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Old 03-20-2007, 05:12 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: New 1.8 TFSI Engine For A3
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Originally Posted by Kowalski View Post
For one moment I thought this was the well proven 1.8 20V Turbo engine.

Later I found out, this 1.8 Turbo FSI has 4 valves per cylinder resulting in 16 Valves, whether the old one had 5 valves per cylinder, hence the 20 Valves.
Does less valves mean better performance? Sorry I'm quite poor in my mechanical knowledge.
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