they lied...ofc the cankshaft and camshalf is going to be longer, only but 2 cylinders whooope doo...to me, i suspect its just a marketing 'stunt' to make so called technically savvy car magazine writers/tuners/ carsalesmens and ultimately the consumers to 'learn the 'wow facts' when in fact its by a long shot cheaper to make, more bloody headaches to get timings right on the V6s due to its nasty imbalances. It seems they figured the only way to make it 'smooth' its to cheat using computers altering its timings in lwo revs, mid range and high revs, that is advancing or retarding the timings AND finding the 'opitum' cam profile using simulated mechanical 'model' in their CAD/CAM computer networks (computer aided draughting/computer aided modelling)...
so please...dont make me laugh , V6 is CLEARLY more expernsive to make....only thing the I6 MIGHT be more expensive to make wuld be the chassis/suspension tuning (which is hardly a factor) but the consumer/sport focus are more picky about handling than ever so. no susprises there V6 has its engin weight crammed in a tighter spot to enable the lazy way of making their cars/trucks/SUV/4x4 handles better (hence more sales)
its like this their bottom line is how its handles, computerised engine management isnt just for economy, but to cheat the 'timing problems' which plagued V6 for a LOOONG time....and the marketing/selling/demonstration models on showfloors had enable this 'issue' be forgotten, sales takes over memory...
urgh..
Bring back the bloody straight six, its home-freindly for DIY fixers....but NO...they certainly dont want that now...
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