W16 engine
AW16 engineis a sixteen-cylinderpiston enginewith four banks of four cylinders in aW configuration.
W16 engines are rarely produced, with the notable exception of theVolkswagen Group 8.0 WR16engine, which has been used since 2005 in theBugatti Veyron,Bugatti Chironand their related models.
Volkswagen Group
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The W16 engine that Volkswagen Group uses in its Bugatti Veyron and Chiron has a displacement of 8.0 L (488 cu in) andfourturbochargers.It is effectively two narrow-angle VR8 engines (based on theVR6design) mated at an included angle of 90 degrees on a common crankshaft.[1]
The most powerful version of this engine, installed in theBugatti Bolide,[2]generates 1,361 kW (1,825 hp; 1,850 PS) at 7,000 rpm.[3][4]
At the 1999Geneva Auto Salon,BentleypresentedHunaudières,a concept two-seated mid-engined car with an 8-litre W16 engine. The engine was the basis for theBugatti Veyron.[5]
Another concept car from Volkswagen Group to have the W16 engine is theAudi Rosemeyer,introduced in 2000 and shown at various auto salons. The engine fitted to Rosemeyer is the only W16 variation to have five valves per cylinder.
Other manufacturers
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In 1916, a rotary valve W16 engine was built in France by Gaston Mougeotte.[6]
TheJimenez Novia,a one-off sports car built in 1995, used a W16 engine with two crankshafts.[2]Built by combining fourYamaha FZR1000inline-four motorcycle engines, the engine has a displacement of 4.0 L (244 cu in), eight camshafts and five valves per cylinder, and produces 560 bhp (418 kW; 568 PS).[2][7]
References
[edit]- ^"Photograph of the Bugatti W16 cylinder block"(jpg image).typepad.Retrieved30 December2009.
- ^abcD., Nick (24 February 2016)."1995 Jimenez Novia Concept".Supercars Net.Retrieved6 March2018.
- ^"1825-HP Bolide Concept is Bugatti's Biggest Flex Yet".8 December 2020.
- ^"Bugatti Bolide Revealed with 1,825 HP and 311+ MPH Top Speed".
- ^D., Nick."1999 Bentley Hunaudieres Concept".Supercars Net.Retrieved9 November2021.
- ^"Gaston Mougeotte engine W16 from 1916".All Andorra.11 June 2017.
- ^Dizono (25 April 2017)."Deze supercar met W16 en 80 kleppen ken je nog niet".Autoblog NL(in Dutch).
