I had a build in Oct 07 and still have the BPY.

They are. Aftermarket has the new engine with a timing belt in a lot of areas

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awsome! i wonder why they made such major changes and ditched the bpy's after how long of a production time? 2-3 years?

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Could be a nice OEM way to pick up a better breathing intake and engine cover if it fits.

Modified by jeffc31337 at 8:27 AM 3-23-2008

Yeah exactly the same question I have...

However the cam problem is not that common, I dont hear so much complaint about this on the GTI. The more I heard about this problem the more it seem that having an aftermarket FP make things worst. I will definitely forget the aftermarket FP on my side.

Make it fit more applications, emisions,

The engine is shorter in then length and height so it helps them design cars that still look good and fit new crash safety standards, and sitll place the engine where they need it.

I personally don't like 99% of it.

This is my first forced induction car so I'm not sure how much variable valve lift/duration will benefit on an f/i motor. I'm guessing that partial throttle response will be even better and maybe even a bit on the top end.

I don't have the specs on the new 2.0t in front of me only the new 1.8t and that definitely does not.

I had seen videos of the valve lift stuff when I was still working for Audi. The rep had it on his laptop and was showing someone else I walked by and was like v-tec yeah! He got all pissed and was like its not like v-tec at all, he described it and I was like ok its like v-tec and walked away . There was of course differences but all the points he was trying to make were the same.

Doing what? A fix for what? This issue is not a mass production issue for us in NA. This was already covered before in another topic. Most weak cam are in Europe model, at worst some early 2006 A4 and Gti or a random badluck on a later car. Everyone is paranoid about this... I have a 2007 with mods, everything work fine and I have no fear about this issue.

The fact the BPY is no more make me wonder at a certain level however. But the reason could be more of an economic reason than a design flaw.

I HATE having a timing belt that I have to worry about replacing ($$$$). Why couldn't they have just done this from the beginning? It was obviously possible, but instead all the early adopters got stuck with belts.

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Could be a nice OEM way to pick up a better breathing intake and engine cover if it fits.

I want to know this, too. I hate the PITA combo cover.

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The revised part is not a fix?