Re: 405 Mi16 and Stihl

Tomas (tomas_t@algonet.se)
Mon, 04 May 1998 23:00:00 +0200

Jim Lill wrote:

> That Alfa guy testimonial says something about Stihl making the 16V
> motor.
> That is false. The 16V lower end is nearly identical to the 8V.

So the 16 valve is also a wet liner? Then the only difference would be
the pistons
with full floating pins, and the rods, and the oil pan?
Isn't there an XU10-something (2 litres) without the wet cylinder
liners, ie a
conventional kind of block?

/ Tomas