2.8 DOHC V6 standard BHP on golf 96ish?

[bigjobbo]

What's the standard BHP of the DOHC engine. I'm sure my 95 Golf iii VR6 started life with the single cam version which i know pushes 174ps, but is the twin cam any higher??

[vee]

204bhp

[A10ARF]

Here's some good info on VR6 Engine history

www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/tech_engine_packaging.htm

[pentoman]

A10ARF said:

Here's some good info on VR6 Engine history

www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/tech_engine_packaging.htm

Very very interesting (and I haven't read it all yet!). Some of the stuff they came up with, and some of the problems/solutions are incredible.

A whole lesson in cunning and ingenious thinking in the VR6 engine!

[A10ARF]

I certainly thought it was worth a read too!

[bigjobbo]

thanks for the advice, i'm still a little puzzled as to what engine is in mine. i think it is the 12v. i was assuming the dohc on the head cover was an indication as to whether it had 24v,but after reading that link, even the the sohc had two cams. Thank you

[A10ARF]

If you've got a Mark III VR6 then it would be the 12v 174bhp Engine.

>>The first generation VR6 has 2 valves per cylinder, single overhead camshaft (sohc) serving each bank just like any conventional 2-valve V6s, although the 2 camshafts are so close that they look as if a twin-cam design.


hence why the 12v Engine cover has 'DOHC' on it as the cams are together in one head.

Only the 4 Motion Golfs from '99 had the 204bhp Engines.

Edited by A10ARF on Tuesday 31st October 09:53