Date: 12 Dec 2001 01:11:55 -0800 From: johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) Subject: Re: 9-5 2.3 has 4 camshafts ?!
"Graham Wells" <grahamnopsamAMsomecomputer.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:<9v5uo0$90m$1nopsamg4.svr.pol.co.uk>... > My brochure (UK) lists the 2.0 lpt as having 2 camshafts, while the 2.3 lpt > as having an impressive 4 camshafts ! > > Can this be true ? > Surely the 2.3 is just a different stroke/bore version of the 2.0 ? > Wouldn't 4 camshafts would imply the cylinders are a V, or some very strange > configuration. > > (I'm also wondering who decides, & on what basis, what "technical" info gets > put in the gklossy brochure - perhaps there's heaps of it & the marketing > dept. just ick out the bits that they think sound impressive :) > > > g. Yeah, you often see things like: "We have designed this car to perfection...", or words to that effect. Shouldn't it have been: "Our engineers have..." ? Johannes