Five cylinder NB

I don't see how the NB can fit the 5 cylinder. But then again anything's possible with VW's wisdom.

They made 3.2L V6 Beetles so I don't see why the V5 wouldn't fit.

V-5 Is there any such thing as an odd number V???

Honda's RC211V (I think thats right) is a V-5 motorcycle. I believe it was made to contend in MotoGP, the land of 200+hp, 200+mph, 2 stroke,

I could be blowing smoke too.

Mostly right, asfaik the current rules allow 500cc 2 strike or 990cc 4 stroke, currently every manufacturer is running 990cc 4 stroke bikes.

Not here in the USA anyways. Got any pictures?

Thats too bad, I love 2 strokes. Got my eye out for a Honda NS400R, know of any in the northeast?

Sort of. VW had the VR5 in a few euro-spec A4 cars (Golf, Bora). It was a

The 5 in the Jetta and NB is not a 'V'. it's an inline 5.

the only 3.2L VR6 NBs i've heard of were the Beetle RSi which was some sort of concept but was never sold that I know of. VW had them running around at driversfest 2000 in Anaheim back in the summer of '00.

"Matt B." wrote

Not to say it is the same size, but VW has had an inline 5 as way back as

Harry

"Johann Koenig" wrote

Me too. I bought a DKW out of a person's yard as a kid and got it running and was fun to drive around. A 3 cylinder 2-stroke auto, 4-speed column shift, kind of like the early Saab with the Saab Shrike 2-stroke engine, that was actually on the first Saab Sonnets, I believe, before the V4, and by the way, was sold by Saab at times with a lifetime guarantee - trouble with it and the dealer just swapped the small-size 3 cylinder 2-stroke engine - one of the couple early front wheel drive cars - as a teenager my friend's father owned a Saab with a Shrike engine and I loved it for it's uniqueness (front wheel drive and 2 stroke engine tone, cool interior) and Saab had an oil injector on the later versions like 2-stroke motorcycles. The DKW (German) had, the present Audi Auto Union symbol on it, (4 rings?) you mixed oil and gas and it had 3 sets of points. Only wish I knew then what I know now. Probably would paint and restore it as a curiosity item. (DKW) I was 17.

Harry

It first appeared around 1983 in the Quantum GL5 sedan. It basically was an Audi unit because the Quantum (B2 Passat) was build on the Audi 80/4000 platform. It was a 2.2L unit if memory serves me correctly.

VW also fitted the Eurovan witha 2.5L 5-cylinder engine that was Audi-derived but wasn't found (the exact same engine anyway) in any Audi product.

And the current 2.5L in the Jetta is also a 2.5 unit. Definitely a different head than the Eurovan engine. Not sure about the block though.

It's not the V5, it's a new inline 5, probably a little longer than the VR6.

-- Mike S

There is for VW. It's the VR6 with one less cylinder.

-- Mike Smith

From what I've read, VW claims the current 2.5L I5 is an all-new design. In fact, they say it's (loosely) based on half a Lamborghini V10, but I don't buy that. Maybe the bore and stroke, but that's about it.

-- Mike Smith

Well again the head is one thing and the block is another. VW claims the head is more or less half the Lambo's V10 but not the entire engine, hence my comment above regarding the head vs. block..

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But one would think that head design would have more to do with an engine's power and efficiency than the block does, no? So why does the

-- Mike Smith