Andy665 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Does anyone know why the Golf VR6 was 2.8 litre whilst the Rado was 2.9, common sense says they should have shared the same. If the 2.9 was superior why did it not go into the Golf? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwcorrado 0 Posted November 17, 2005 there are 2.8 corrados out there. the 2.9 is the slightly older design, with a little more horse power. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy665 0 Posted November 17, 2005 No factory produced 2.8 EU Corrados, I no they were never cross utilised - no one has ever been able to explain why Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joebloggsVR69 0 Posted November 17, 2005 America has 2.8L corrados. They probably made the euro ones 2.9 because it was their flagship car at the time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwcorrado 0 Posted November 17, 2005 i have an american spec 2.8. corrado Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cnut 0 Posted November 17, 2005 The mk3 golf vr6 syncro was a 2.9 aswell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch24V 0 Posted November 17, 2005 I also had an American 2.8 C, with electric seat belts, cruise control and factory fitted air co. - and the 4*4 standard yank suspension! Exactly as joebloggsVR69 says - the VR6 C was launched as their flagship performance car at the time so hence it was bored to 2.9. A bit of a marketing ploy though as most of the extra power from the 2.9 comes from the larger manifold/tb plus different cams and ECU mappings AFAIK. Dutch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
