Construction of W16 engine

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May 25, 2012
lankanobi Says:
no rush

May 24, 2012
TrackratM3 Says:
American car company's are ashamed after watching the Germans..

May 19, 2012
Whoporschedatis Says:
It was missing an intake valve!!!

May 18, 2012
chrifus31037 Says:
Made in Germanyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !

May 17, 2012
Noukz37 Says:
The crankshaft... O.O

May 14, 2012
KismoR34 Says:
Its a "W" because each bank is a "V" engine. If your familiar with vw engines, they are derived from VR6 engines. Which is a V6 using only one cylinder head. So technically its two V engines or a W on a single crackshaft.

May 13, 2012
EngFaz Says:
what's with the mustaches?

May 3, 2012
BUGATIVEYRON29 Says:
Ingeniera unica y verdadera del mejor superdeportivo sobre la faz de la tierra. BUGATTI VEYRON W16.4 el REY DE REYES. El numero uno hoy por hoy con su maximo representante BUGATTI VEYRON SUPER SPORT.

Apr 30, 2012
BasherBHO Says:
LOL W16 with 4 turbos

Apr 26, 2012
geekboywonder Says:
___Resists urge to be a troll, wishes Google would catch on___ Traditional V engines have each of the two banks in a single line... a V16 would be very, very long. "W" engines have the cylinders from each bank staggered. "Zig-Zag," if you will. Allows for a more compact engine.

Apr 26, 2012
mattyrz05 Says:
So if it's layout is configured as 8 cylynders per bank, wouldn't that be a V16 then? A "W16", as the name would imply, would have 3 banks, right?

Apr 26, 2012
geekboywonder Says:
Google is your friend... at 1:00, you can see a block that shows one side of the staggered 8 layout per bank.

Apr 25, 2012
samsmall12 Says:
that's exactly what it means.

Apr 25, 2012
mattyrz05 Says:
I'm not so sure what the "w" in w16 means. I hope they didnt mean it as in a "w" layout, live a v8. Outside of that, it's a very interesting engine!

Apr 24, 2012
RevontonX Says:
That's my personal opinion. I know there are some people that don't care about the speed or handling of the car, they care about the look and feel of the car. Its all opinions.

Apr 24, 2012
icouldntmakeupaname2 Says:
Yeah i guess you are right. By the way, thanks for being respectful about it unlike the other guy that replied to me.

Apr 24, 2012
icouldntmakeupaname2 Says:
Oh, well excuse me, asshole. I have a right to my opinion and you don't have to be a douche.

Apr 22, 2012
RevontonX Says:
This is still more handmade than most engines out there. When an engine makes over a thousand horsepower, you don't want an engine that might have a bolt loose or too tight. To be honest, I really don't care if its totally 'handmade', if I was ever able to drive a car with one of these in it, the engine would sure have a whole lot of soul to it as it pushed my eyes into the back of my skull. As it is, VW looses money with a Bugatti. You think they are going to risk human error and more money?

Apr 22, 2012
nicholas bourque Says:
shut up u make it with people it wont be as great performance wise

Apr 19, 2012
icouldntmakeupaname2 Says:
Where's the passion? It's just cold machinery and computer guided workers. Yeah it makes power, but if the feeling isn't there then it's all pointless.

Apr 17, 2012
Mercmad Says:
The chain is interesting with it's lube holes in the rollers. I wonder what Ettore would have thought of the 'as cast finish of the castings though?

Apr 10, 2012
carlosmad1 Says:
I see a couple VR6 components like the timing chain tensioners the angle the piston has to go in and the special compressor with angle on it and couple other little thing wow how the VR evolved over the years this is just a beast.

Apr 10, 2012
smilersmiling Says:
Well you can't please everyone i'm not in love with VW everything but I have ultimate respect for the bugatti. It's a piece of high class engineering and its a fascinating project to read about. It's been in production since 2005 (so about 7 years) and the buyers are very wealthy and very influential people so I can't imagine that serious problems would not surface. It mirrors the mclaren F1 project with such level of detailed engineering it will going strong with 100k on the clock.