16v power debate...reopened!

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

There was an article in Racecar Engineering at the time Audi was kicking
ass in the BTCC.
The bore was 84.5 and the stroke was courtesy of a custom crank with a
stoke around 89 mm to keep the engine under 2000 cc. Apparently, Audi
had to be pretty picky about which blocks they used. I don't recall any
mention of rod length or whether they used a short or tall block in the
article, but I'll probably reread it tonight for the tenth time just to
make sure.
Dan
PS. Power was at 305 HP at 8250 RPM at the time of the article.

chris jevens wrote:
> 
> ok so this car in the nineties was running a 85mm bore... this was in a 2.0
> 16v block (92.8 crank, 144 rods...) the same block that was run in the early
> 90's...(9a)??? I know that I have heard of 84mm bores... but I've always
> been told that the walls of the cylinder would be too thin at that point and
> it would self destruct... T/F...
> cj
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