Spare veyron engine: what car

Spare veyron engine: what car

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traffman

2,263 posts

215 months

Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Ariel Atom .....you may need to lengthen it a touch though.

I want to go through the gates of hell backwards in that , tyres smoking and on my mobile phone.

ZeeTacoe

5,444 posts

228 months

Thursday 9th June 2011
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Zwoelf said:
ZeeTacoe said:
I'm quite impressed by his 4x4 since it puts out more torque at the hubs than a veyron puts out at the hubs. It must be some 4x4
Doable if it has the mother of all low range gearsets. A peek at thinfourth's Garage reveals the answer to that dilemma and makes sense of the original comment.

I was trying to work out how a <100bhp engine produced Veyron torque at around 500rpm, before I cottoned on to the "at the hub" rather than "at the crank".
It is quite unfair to compare any engine to an engine with gearbox. Even my piss poor xud9 ca output serious torque with the gearbox , more than most (if not all) supercars.

M5 Russ

2,243 posts

198 months

Thursday 9th June 2011
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Rawwr said:
I always wanted to drop a Rover V8 in one of those. Is it true that they were all owned by the government and all have been scrapped ?

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

189 months

Thursday 9th June 2011
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M5 Russ said:
Rawwr said:
I always wanted to drop a Rover V8 in one of those. Is it true that they were all owned by the government and all have been scrapped ?
Nope there are still a few about. They come up on eBay every now and then.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

210 months

Thursday 9th June 2011
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Zwoelf said:
ZeeTacoe said:
I'm quite impressed by his 4x4 since it puts out more torque at the hubs than a veyron puts out at the hubs. It must be some 4x4
Doable if it has the mother of all low range gearsets. A peek at thinfourth's Garage reveals the answer to that dilemma and makes sense of the original comment.

I was trying to work out how a <100bhp engine produced Veyron torque at around 500rpm, before I cottoned on to the "at the hub" rather than "at the crank".
A wonderful invention the gearbox allows you to ignore torque and look at power

Gas turbines bugger all torque but lots and lots of revs and power

ChairsWithHairs

Original Poster:

23,956 posts

200 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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Could you chip this engine?

Diffy

114 posts

161 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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ChairsWithHairs said:
Could you chip this engine?
one of those eBay chips would add about 12bhp.


Mmmmm I want to put it in a Morris Minor Van.

ChairsWithHairs

Original Poster:

23,956 posts

200 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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Ok then what about mounting it on some kind of motorbike?

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

210 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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ChairsWithHairs said:
Could you chip this engine?
Depends what you drop it on really

A nice soft carpet and its unlikely

Regiment

2,799 posts

165 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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Try to somehow squeeze it into the front of a Veyron, presumably with most of it sticking out still, and somehow create a dual motor 2000hp Veyron?

TotalControl

8,217 posts

204 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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Would it fit in a 200sx?

Ford 2

86 posts

170 months

Saturday 11th June 2011
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How much would an engine + box and all needed for a conversion cost I wonder ? Not labour now. Just the raw part's. And would Bugatti let this happen ?