On the subject of V16 has anyone heard about the new VW supercar? The engine is two v8's stuck together and is meant to produce 785Kw from 8 litres. it also has four turbo chargers not a bad little set up really. they want it to rival the Mclaren f1. there was an article in todays canberra times.
nige --- andrew smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Talking about strange motors i used to build and > test napier deltics for > a living.These things have 3 cranks setup in a > triangular configuration > with 18 cylinders and 36 pistons.They were an > opposed piston > centrifugally supercharged 2 stroke diesel.For a big > engine they used to > scream and were super smooth.With the fuel racks > wide open in an > ungoverned state i cuold get double the factory rpm > and hp.They had no > flywheel only small dampers on the cranks and from > idle could spin to > 4000rpm and return to idle in less that 2 seconds. > PTF Napier Deltic > Engines There is no other motor that sounds like > these. > Andrew Smith > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > BRM built a supercharged 1488cc V16 for F1 which > could put out about > > 480bhp at 12,000 rpm and this was back in the > 1950's. It was like two > > V8's, one on top of the other with a common crank. > The V is very > > shallow and it almost looks like boxer. The > pistons must have been > > tiny! Eddie Rattley > > England > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.ratdat.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Rowe, Adam > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:34 AM > > Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic inches > > Didn't suzuki make a 1.6L V8 that was meant > for a > > production sports car? Did that ever come > out? I think it > > was a twin turbo too. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wisniewski, Daniel (D.) > > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 15/11/2001 10:49 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic > inches > > > > They were back in the late 80's, 1.3L > they were turbo > > also, Zac is correct they are 3L these > days. > > > > Dan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Marmont > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2001 11:16 > AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic inches > > > > i dis agree i have read that they were > 1. something. > > think 1.6l. they are certainly under 2l > > > > > > --membersozdat---------------------- > > -------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > --------- > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
