EA888: Improvements to fuel pump / 4 lobe camshaft actuator
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Fuel System Control (EA888 motor):
The fuel delivery cycle for the four lobe cam on the EA888 motor takes place four times during a single revolution of the camshaft. That refers to the movement of the pump piston and the activation of fuel pressure regulator.
Yes ... the new generation four lobe cam high pressure fuel pump is working very fast at 5,000rpm. Provides for a more measured, crisp & responsive feel to changes in throttle application.
Cheers.
WJ
General info on each motor: EA113 -v- EA888
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Four cylinder EA827/EA113 petrols:
The EA827 family of internal combustion engines was introduced in 1972 in the Audi 80, and was eventually superseded by the EA113 evolution introduced in 1993. Both share the same 88 millimetres (3.46 in) cylinder spacing. The latter EA113 was updated with Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) direct injection, to be topped by the 200 kilowatts (272 PS; 268 bhp) 2.0 TFSI used in the Audi TTS. Forty million engines have been produced. This range will eventually be superseded by the all new EA888 project, introduced with the 1.8 TSI/TFSI below, but the EA113 still remains in production.
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Four cylinder EA888 petrols:
This latest EA888 family of internal combustion engines is anticipated to be an eventual complete replacement of the EA113 range. It was wholly designed and developed by AUDI AG. The only common feature with its predecessors is the sharing of the same 88 millimetres (3.46 in) cylinder spacing - which keeps the engine length relatively short, meaning it can be installed either transversely or longitudinally. Grey cast iron (GJL 250) remains the choice material for the cylinder block and crankcase, due to its inherent good acoustic dampening properties. This all-new EA888 range is notable for utilising simplex roller chains to drive the two overhead camshafts, instead of the former engines' toothed-rubber timing belt. Like the final developments of the former EA113 engine generation, all EA888s only use the Audi-created Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) direct injection. Furthermore, EA888 engines are also able utilise the Audi-developed 'valvelift' technology, which complements the existing variable valve timing. This new family of engines is scheduled to be universally available for all markets on five continents, within all marques of the Volkswagen Group. The former EA113 range still remains in production.
List of Volkswagen Group petrol engines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheers
WJ
R vs MKV GTI (my experience)
G'day fellas
*I initially posted this as a response to a threat in golfmkv. Hope you don't mind me copying and paste!*
Got my R last week and have just finished running it in (1000ks).
Still have my MY07 GTI apr stg1 in the garage. I just recently downgraded from stg2 for my GTI as it was just too hard to launch the car without those annoying wheel spins! But the instant throttle response of stg2 was amazing. Oh and it had the RSC so would sound like a thunder when the DSG fart fired ;)
So anyway, in regards to comparison to stg1 GTI, there is a definitely noticeable turbo lag. With the DSG, it's in 6th gear so quick and much more reluctant to kick down than MKV. Hence I would find myself going nowhere trying to climb a hill at 50kph in 6th gear! Certainly no such issue with GTI. I describe to my friends that the stg1 GTI is like an eager puppy on the leash. So very responsive. I believe the MK6 GTI is even more so thanks to their new engine. Certainly for normal daily driving, I believe GTI is easier to have fun with, thanks to the lack of lag.
Once the turbo gets going for the R there is the familiar turbo push back and for me, it's still plenty enough. Can't really comment on whether it feels more than my GTI or not.
However, I think it is unfair to compare the R to a chipped GTI and to be fair we should really be comparing at least a stg1 R. Am thinking about this but the lack of cruise control switchability to stock (for APR) is stopping me at the moment. Will let you know if I bite the bullet.
Now, while the R might not have much of advantage over the stg1 GTI in straight line, I love how it corners. Don't get me wrong, I love the playful rear end of my MKV and the ability to tighten the line with the off throttle. However, was always mindful of how much stick I can give (esp in chipped form) when exiting a corner.
With the R, it's full throttle and the car just corners like it's on rail. Yes, yes I know that expression is often used but I only realized how it feels once I had a go in the R. WOW :) For this ability alone, I love the R. Plus it doesn't seem to understeer any more than the GTI. When I test drove the R32, the understeer was definitely more noticeable than the GTI. I understand that there are mods to rectify this though.
I'm not too surprised that a number of R32 owners do not find the R to be anything exciting. This is because when you buy an R32, you already love it much more so than the GTI. It's not something you can explain based on spec, performance or even motoring jonos opinions. It's really to do with that crazy linear engine and that noise. I still drool over that noise. While the R has surprising amount of low down growl compared to my GTI, it's no match to the opera of R32... Hence I can't see any R32 owners swapping to the R anytime soon.
So what's the summary after all my blabbering?
Well, I'm very satisfied with R despite the lag and lack of noise.
Thanks to the excellent pricing by VW and 50% tax break by Gov, the R has cost me a lot cheaper than R32. I always wanted to have the R32 but could honestly not afford it. Hence the R for me has been a sensible and affordable upgrade from the MKV GTI.
For a little more cash (ECU chipping, maybe even DP), the R can have power and the performance to stick it to the jap speedsters. And maybe even help a little with reducing the lag :)
Regards
MKV GTI 'Chippied' -v- Golf R
Here's a comprehensive review from Singapore on a driver going from a 'chipped-up' MKV Golf GTI to a new Golf R std:
The Golf R From The Perspective Of A GTI Owner | Autosavant
Edit: Sorry ... meant to put this in the other Golf GTI -v- Golf R thread. Feel free to move this new thread.
Cheers
WJ