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[[Image:w18.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bugatti Veyron W18 Engine]] | [[Image:w18.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bugatti Veyron W18 Engine]] | ||
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The only '''W18''' engines built to date powered the [[Bugatti EB 118]], [[Bugatti EB 218]] and [[Bugatti EB 18/3 Veyron]] concept cars in the late 1990s. This engine featured three banks of six cylinders set 60 degrees apart. | The only '''W18''' engines built to date powered the [[Bugatti EB 118]], [[Bugatti EB 218]] and [[Bugatti EB 18/3 Veyron]] concept cars in the late 1990s. This engine featured three banks of six cylinders set 60 degrees apart. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 23 September 2009
File:W18.jpg
Bugatti Veyron W18 Engine
The only W18 engines built to date powered the Bugatti EB 118, Bugatti EB 218 and Bugatti EB 18/3 Veyron concept cars in the late 1990s. This engine featured three banks of six cylinders set 60 degrees apart.
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| Piston engine configurations | |
|---|---|
| Straight | Single, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 |
| V | 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24 |
| Flat | 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, H |
| W | 8, 9, 12, 16, 18 |
| Other inline | H, VR, Opposed, U (Square), X |
| Other | Hemi, Radial, Rotary, Pistonless, Deltic, (Wankel) |
| Heat engines | |
|---|---|
| Stroke cycles One • Two • Four • Six • | |
| Engine types Gas turbine • Piston • Jet • Rocket engine • Steam engine • Stirling engine • Tschudi• Twingle Rotary • Wankel • Free-piston • Britalus • Coomber • Swing-piston • Orbital • Quasiturbine | |
| Valves Cylinder head porting • D slide • Four-stroke • Manifold • Multi • Piston • Poppet • Sleeve | |
| Piston layouts Single cylinder • Straight • Opposed • Flat • V • W • H • Deltic • Radial • Rocket engine nozzle • Rotary • Stelzer • Controlled Combustion • Bourke | |
| Motion mechanisms Cam • Connecting rod • Coomber rotary • Crank • Crank substitute • Crankshaft • Linkages (Evans • Peaucellier-Lipkin • Sector straight-line • Watt) • Double acting/differential cylinder | |
| Thermodynamic cycle |