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Old 01-01-2009, 03:50 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by abrown250 View Post
This question was probably answered somewhere else at some point, but if Bugatti had issues with providing sufficient cooling for the Veyron's engine and shoved over a half a dozen radiators in it, how did SSC handle the same problem with their car?
By not having such a complicated engine. Half the number of cylinders, half the number of turbos. And the Veyron's design was pretty much locked when the development began, meaning they couldn't just cut holes or add big scoops for cooling.
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Old 01-01-2009, 07:51 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by HeilSvenska View Post
By not having such a complicated engine. Half the number of cylinders, half the number of turbos. And the Veyron's design was pretty much locked when the development began, meaning they couldn't just cut holes or add big scoops for cooling.
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