VEYRON at Sandown

csv8 · 14-03-2008, 05:10 PM

http://media.drive.com.au/?rid=36317

Party Poopers will allow the VEYRON to be sold in Australia but not road registered. Imagine the VEYRON Darwin to Alice or across the Nullabor !!!!!

cowboy · 14-03-2008, 06:28 PM

Aaaaaand, I'm spent.

Force6 · 14-03-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by csv8

http://media.drive.com.au/?rid=36317

Party Poopers will allow the VEYRON to be sold in Australia but not road registered. Imagine the VEYRON Darwin to Alice or across the Nullabor !!!!!

I wouldn't take a Veyron across the Nullabor. You'd run out of petrol between petrol stations.

Edit: Unless I took a ute along with me with a few dozen petrol drums.

Feral Ford · 14-03-2008, 10:12 PM

Does anyone know why it isnt road registerable in Australia ???, considering we have registered Koenigsegg's which can do about 390kph as well as the likes of many upper notch Ferarris & Lamborginis

In regards to Force6's remark on it running out of petrol between petrol stations, If anyone saw Top Gear when Jerermy Clarkson took the Veyron for a spin accross Europe he explained if you ran it continuosly at top speed it runs out of fuel in something along the lines of less than 15 minutes

(Brakes: cross-drilled and turbine vented carbon rotors), might get a set of these instead of brembos for the XR8, does anyone know who is wrecking the Veyron that was crashed in England.

Feral Ford · 14-03-2008, 10:14 PM

PS the first Koenigsegg was a twin turbo 5 litre Windsor. GO FORD

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philstoj · 14-03-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 6 Speed Racer

PS the first Koenigsegg was a twin turbo 5 litre Windsor. GO FORD

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Im pretty sure it was a supercharged 4.6 DOHC enigine from a mustang.

mojo · 15-03-2008, 04:47 PM

nice car,nice price tag too one and a half million

JACK250 · 15-03-2008, 08:28 PM

They had a Veyron on the track at the GP today

Feral Ford · 16-03-2008, 01:59 AM

Quote philstoj: Im pretty sure it was a supercharged 4.6 DOHC enigine from a mustang.

The first one I saw a write up on was a 5 litre Windsor as it was the fact it had the same engine as my LTD that made me like it in the first place, (I am also pretty sure ‘but not completely’ that it was turbo charged as I prefer supercharged cars and I seem to remember this).
However regarding engine types, remember this is not a Ferarri or a Lamborgini, this is a very small unit build aftermarket ‘kit’ supercar built in Sweden, (Koenigsegg is sweddish for knife edge). They have probably had a few different engines. I was told the Koenigsegg that the stigg 1ST crashed then, (with the addition of the rear wing), got the top lap record on Top Gear actually had a new engine that was designed, built & developed by Koenigsegg themselves.

Walkinshaw · 16-03-2008, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by philstoj

Im pretty sure it was a supercharged 4.6 DOHC enigine from a mustang.

Paxton blown 4.7L DOHC Modular afaik

Feral Ford · 16-03-2008, 11:44 AM

Koenigsegg Edition CCX and CCXR limited edition
It features a 4.8L twin supercharged Koenigsegg engine, together with .... Koenigsegg,

Koenigsegg has released official images of its production CCXR Special Edition. Based on the CCX, the CCXR features a body made completely of carbon fiber and is powered by a twin-supercharged 4.7L V8

Koenigsegg drops a duo: CCGT and 1018 HP biofuel CCXR - Autoblog
The CCGT engine is based on the Koenigsegg CCX production engine with the superchargers removed but enlarged to 5.0 litre. ...

Koenigsegg CCX. 250 mph. Enough said.
Tags: Koenigsegg, CCX
Koenigsegg previously had a Ford engine in their CCR that produced a pretty impressive 600 hp to the brake. With the CCX Koenigsegg decided to up the ante quite a bit by producing their own twin-turbo charged engine that produces a mind boggling 800 hp to the brake. This ridiculous horsepower, along with a carbon fiber body allow the CCX to reach a top speed of 250 mph, putting this car into the league of the Bugatti Veyron. With no rear spoiler on the CCX, this car sounds about as safe as base-jumping. All I can say is “buyer beware.”

The Koenigsegg CCR used a modified, Rotrex supercharged Ford Modular 4-valve DOHC ...

The predecessor Koenigsegg CC8S used a .... Sean Hyland pioneered the 5 litre version of the modular 4 valve engine in 1998 for ...

I will concede all the ones I quickly found online seem to use variants of a DOHC engine but if I can find the, "I think wheels mag", that had a group section of a lot of the big supercars when the veyron first came out I will scan it and place it here, all it said was a 5 litre windsor. Only problem is if its not here at home it may be stuck to the floor of the work tiolet

mik · 16-03-2008, 12:13 PM

there is a clip on youtube with the veyron vs 600hp benz, the benz appears to go like a fiesta(no offence ) awesome machine.

Rob · 16-03-2008, 02:10 PM

The Veyron was at Albert Park yesterday, the pussy driving it didnt boot it though.

EDIT - Just finished watching - hot laps at GP?

The weather was the hottest things about it! The guy was ****farting along at about 20kph!!!

YOOT · 17-03-2008, 09:37 AM

Tiff Needel drives the Veyron around a race track sideways on this season Fifth Gear.

He said it handles as well as any car, its a complete package.

He also found the stability control button hidden under the steering wheel column. He tunred it off and scared the heell out of VW officials watching.

CSV_LS1 · 17-03-2008, 03:26 PM

Just chuck some trade plates on it and it will be fine hehe.

Seen an F40 recently with these driving around.