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Subject:Re: Syncro engine stronger?
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Wed, 1 May 2013 22:55:40 -0700

bogus.

I don't think the higher compression (DJ) wbx 2.1 had a different cam either.

alistair

On 2013-05-01, at 8:32 PM, neil n wrote:

> Just the other day a local mechanic mentioned that the cam in the 2.1
> in NA Syncro is different. True? Bogus?
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
>> no, same motor in NA (2.1 wbx). Other markets got different motors - 1.6 td, 2.1 DJ, 1.9 wbx?
> 
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> Neil n
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