> >        So, for 2001, the 2.8L VR6 has gone from 12 to 24 valves,
>
>Due to its oddball SOHC design, the VR6 cannot be fitted with 4
>valves per cylinder unless it uses rockers to actuate them, as each
>camshaft operates both inlet & exhaust valves of one bank of
>cylinders.  There won't be enough room, I believe (never actually
>having seen a VR6 engine or even a decent photo), to fit true DOHC,
>which would require 4 camshafts in one head!

        Typical for German innovation...the 24v VR6 uses a single head
        with TWO camshafts. One camshaft operates the intake side valves
        and the other operates the exhaust valves. So it's really a DOHC
        design.

>I guess it must use rockers as it is now anyway, or are the valves
>aligned along the engine axis as in most fours?

        This I don't know.

        I'm still trying to understand the motivation for putting the
        24v VR6 in the EV...

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