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Old 12-29-2012, 02:02 PM
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Re: Check it out: 2003 Passat W8 6-Speed Sport Wagon

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Originally Posted by EdWindows View Post
I want those rims! (with different center caps of course :P)
Also, I had no idea they made a W8 engine. I thought the smallest W was the W12.
The very first W configuration made by VAG was the W8. The W8 passat was essentially a "beta" test of the W configuration to see how they held up long-term. They're really not all that complicated. It's basically two VR6 style engines in a V configuration. Those that know about the VR6 engines know that they're a V6 with only one head since the angle of the two banks of cylinders is so close.

This is the block of a W8 engine:


This is the block of a VR6 engine:

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