[s-cars] (LAC) Look in the dictionary next to "Happersize" and you see this:

Scott Munger mungerts at uneedspeed.net
Wed Apr 16 12:42:43 EDT 2003


Interesting snippet in Road&Track on the Bugattie EB16-4 Veyron

"The heart of this new super exotic is an 8.0 liter W-16 engine (essentially
a 90-degree joining of two of Volkswagen's VR-8 powerplants, which have a
15-degree offset between alternating cylinders) that produces a prodigious
1001 bhp at 6000 rpm and 922 lb.-ft of torque at 5500 RPM.  The engine,
which has four turbochargers, is relatively compact at 29 in. long and 31
in. wide.
The gearbox is a 7-speed paddle activated manual with no clutch pedal.  The
double-clutch gearbox provides shifts in less than .2 second and transmits
power to all four wheels via its permanent all-wheel-drive system.  Bugatti
claims a top speed of 252 mph for the Veyron and 0-186 mph in less than 14
sec. Amazing."

Wow.

--Scott Munger
'93 S4
'97 Cabriolet









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