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I would take teh Acura RSX-S or newer Type-R. Fun cars indeed. But the VW Beetle 1.8T is the BEST pocket rocket.
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But the VW Beetle 1.8T is the BEST pocket rocket.
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I'm not kidding. Go test drive one! lol Make sure it's the 1.8T not the 2.0. lol
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With the global platform used by VW, you can transplant an Audi 6 cylinder engine and Quattro system into the VW beetle and Jetta i believe. That wouldn't be bad at all.

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VW has a 8 cylinder coming out for Passat it's call W8.
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It also has a S Class fighter call D1 coming out.
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VW has a 8 cylinder coming out for Passat it's call W8.
W8? doesn't that mean it's 2 banks of 4 cylinders? but than it would be 2 V4s and i don't think car's use V4s... they're not good
so how does that make sense? cause like the W12 is 2 banks of V6 engines
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W8? doesn't that mean it's 2 banks of 4 cylinders? but than it would be 2 V4s and i don't think car's use V4s... they're not good
so how does that make sense? cause like the W12 is 2 banks of V6 engines
The VW W8 engine is two banks of four cylinders, but staggered. If you were looking down on the cylinder heads they'd be like:
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O O
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That means the crankshaft zigzags around all over the place.

It's like two V4s that overlap and share the crank. Wow, this is hard to explain...
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The VW W8 engine is two banks of four cylinders, but staggered. If you were looking down on the cylinder heads they'd be like:
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O O
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That means the crankshaft zigzags around all over the place.

It's like two V4s that overlap and share the crank. Wow, this is hard to explain...
that doesn't look like a "W" lol
why don't they just stick in a V8, what are the advantages of a W8?
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that doesn't look like a "W" lol
That was from the top. The "W" shape is from the front. But really, it's more like two overlapping Vs.
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why don't they just stick in a V8, what are the advantages of a W8?
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that doesn't look like a "W" lol
why don't they just stick in a V8, what are the advantages of a W8?
It's actually closer like this VV.

The result is a engine 25% shorter than inline 8 and 75% more narrow than V8. Overall it's a very compact engine.
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It's actually closer like this VV.
and what does that look like? .......................... a W
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It's actually closer like this VV.

The result is a engine 25% shorter than inline 8 and 75% more narrow than V8. Overall it's a very compact engine.
how could this:
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be 75% more narrow than this?

Code:
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how could this:
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be 75% more narrow than this?

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cause make the top one upright and baddabing baddaboom it's more narrow
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ooohh, I see. Didn't understand that it was upright. Then it would be really tall though If they wanted a compact 8 cylinder engine, they could just base it off of Ford's 302....they're really small
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