Nov 18, 2023 · The best engine from those years is the 3.0 T6. The 3.2 is also good and the only engine available on the xc90 after I think 2011. The SI6 engines (3.0 or 3.2) are relatively easy to work on. There's just not a ton of room to work with in the engine bay. Certain things are weird too. Like accessories being on the transmission side of the engine.

Calling the i5 a 4200 with a cylinder chopped off is like calling the Ford 5.4 just the 6.8 v10 with 2 cylinders chopped off. Reply reply Drzhivago138

Jul 10, 2007 · The insignia on the DKW had 3=6. By this, DKW meant that with a power stroke on every downstroke rather than every other downstroke, the DKW had the performance of a 6 cylinder engine. If this is true, the 5 cylinder engines should be 2 cycle–then they would have the performance of a 10 cylinder engine.

Jul 25, 2019 · The new engine is a 2.5L Inline 5, 2010 Volkswagen Jetta engine with capabilities for 400 hp under boost. They're very reliable, there's a swap kit being developed by NineXengineering, the bell housings will hold the clutch, flywheel, and slave cylinder, mating up to the stock 944 torque tube.

Oct 14, 2021 · the 5 cylinder engine in VW group cars since the 2000s have been very reliable and are now becoming more common in the modding game, not to mention a factory 400hp version in the TTRS and RS3. People swap the iron block jetta engines into …

Apr 28, 2021 · The 2.5 Smartstream is really the 2nd generation of the previously fixed 2.4 they’ve been using. It’s not a completely new Powertrain. I’d take the reliability of it over the turbo any day, but it’s still early. Remember Hyundai is the manufacturer of the Engine, that’s why their is a 10/100k warranty on it.

There are also things like manufacturing concerns. Why make a 5 cylinder engine when you can get decent performance and fuel economy from a 4 cylinder? The 5th cylinder adds complexities to the engine, which requires time and money to sort out and correct. Long story short: 4 is better than 5 because money

Oct 14, 2022 · I know that the engine are reliable but at least in my old V70 everything else was not, centre locking stopped working in hot days, the abs died so I didn't have speedometer, all coolant pipes blew up including the aluminum one on the back of the engine, and the final nail in the coffin was the immobilizer freaked out.

Jul 15, 2016 · So to answer your question about a 3.0 L 4 cylinder engine vs a 2.5 L 6 cylinder. If by power you mean horsepower, than the 2.5 L V 6 could produce more power - by just spinning faster. If it could spin twice as fast, it would be pretty easy to produce more power. But the engine needs to be designed to handle that.

Jun 17, 2023 · Unfortunately a lot of people don’t pay attention to details dude. The 1.5L 4 cylinder had issues not the 3 cylinder. My biggest concern with the 3cyl in my Big Bend is the timing belt being inside the engine and not serviceable from the …