Heres a link to a lot of info on the motor and some good pics. I'll look for specs to.
Also Dan below is a copy of the text in the link, audi and VW stopped trying to make your motor(in the first post) because of problems.
http://www.autozine.org/technical_school...ng.htm#W12
VW W12 specs
http://www.fantasycars.com/1/2001/VWW12/vww12.html
Also Dan below is a copy of the text in the link, audi and VW stopped trying to make your motor(in the first post) because of problems.
Quote:The W configuration would have been never realised if not the invention of VR6. Audi had been researching its own W-engines for years (even showed in the Avus concept car, but the engine was fake) but eventually pulled out the plug. I remember sources said it failed to solve the exhaust / ventilation problems. It was basically formed by 3 banks of 4-cylinder in-line. The problem was how to run the exhaust pipe for the center bank without overheating the surrounding and without wasting too much space.
http://www.autozine.org/technical_school...ng.htm#W12
VW W12 specs
http://www.fantasycars.com/1/2001/VWW12/vww12.html
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PAIN; THE INK AND THE JEWELRY ARE JUST SOUVENIERS