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Old 09-15-2013, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by cmac2012 View Post
Lord have mercy. That is some scary stuff. Too much complexity.

Forgive me ya'all but I still can't picture the W cylinder layout. I'm guessing this is similar to the Veyron engine, also developed by VW.
Two narrow angle v6's on a common crankcase, I believe. The cam chains definitely give pause.
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