yeah, i work at a VW dealership. i remember a few months back when a VW guy from germany came out and told us about it when it was still coded the D1. it's got a W16 engine in it. they basically use 2 of their narrow V (15 degree) blocks. we are getting the W12 in a new VW soon also. when they were building the supercar they set the goal of having the "best" car. fastest, most torque, lightest, most hp per litre, so on and so forth. original tests it came in 2kph under the top speed of the fastest production car in the world so VW germany sent them back to make it go faster. tidy looking car.
----- Original Message ----- From: "nifty nigel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Boost vs Cubic inches > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
