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Marty Howard
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PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:39 pm 
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272 MPH Veyron GT Coming soon

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Upgrading the Veyron's Quad-turbo 8.0 W16 from 987 BHP to 1232 BHP, the new Veryon GT will reach a claimed top speed of 272. The GT will also receive a 70K pound increase in price, bringing the total to 770K pounds. The GT will go on sale early next year.

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Ever see the top gear episode on the Veyron? Said something about having 11 radiators on the car...That's pretty cool. :P

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Patrick Wellenius wrote:
Ever see the top gear episode on the Veyron? Said something about having 11 radiators on the car...That's pretty cool. :P


See, I look at 11 radiators and think "what a nightmare!!!"

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Michael Westerfield wrote:
Patrick Wellenius wrote:
Ever see the top gear episode on the Veyron? Said something about having 11 radiators on the car...That's pretty cool. :P


See, I look at 11 radiators and think "what a nightmare!!!"
Especially if, in the German tradition, they all have plastic end tanks and outlets! :roll:

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VW (owns Bugatti) doesn't have notorious radiator problems. Heater cores are another story.

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Rich Anderson
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Patrick Wellenius wrote:
VW (owns Bugatti) doesn't have notorious radiator problems. Heater cores are another story.
No plastic in VW cooling systems?

FWIW, I poked fun at the Behr person I met this past week on behalf of all of those who have suffered a plastic radiator failure.

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Patrick Wellenius
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Rich Anderson wrote:
Patrick Wellenius wrote:
VW (owns Bugatti) doesn't have notorious radiator problems. Heater cores are another story.
No plastic in VW cooling systems?

FWIW, I poked fun at the Behr person I met this past week on behalf of all of those who have suffered a plastic radiator failure.


I never said that (though I can't remember exactly which parts were plastic on the Corrado), but they don't have the track record BMW has for leaky radiators/etc.

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Yeah, thats just what that car needs, an upgrade in horsepower. :shock: Although, a 10% increase in price is pretty reasonable for a ~25% increase in power.
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Pretty cool. We have pictures of that car all around the office. Our company builds sensors that measure position in hydraulic chambers....so all along I thought we doing something in relation to the suspension as we have done a couple of suspension projects for Mercedes. Come to find out...we actually build the sensor that goes into the hydraulics they use in the rear spoiler/air brake. Either way...I have a bag full of "Bugatti" parts on my desk as we speak.

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Stephen Westerfield wrote:
Pretty cool. We have pictures of that car all around the office. Our company builds sensors that measure position in hydraulic chambers....so all along I thought we doing something in relation to the suspension as we have done a couple of suspension projects for Mercedes. Come to find out...we actually build the sensor that goes into the hydraulics they use in the rear spoiler/air brake. Either way...I have a bag full of "Bugatti" parts on my desk as we speak.


Maybe if you collect them all you can reassemble them into the real thing. hmmm.....if I take a door panel here, tomorrow the steering wheel, :wink:
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Rich Anderson wrote:
Patrick Wellenius wrote:
VW (owns Bugatti) doesn't have notorious radiator problems. Heater cores are another story.
No plastic in VW cooling systems?

FWIW, I poked fun at the Behr person I met this past week on behalf of all of those who have suffered a plastic radiator failure.


Thanks Rich. Next time you see him can you kick him in the shin too? :)

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MikeWhitney wrote:
Rich Anderson wrote:
Patrick Wellenius wrote:
VW (owns Bugatti) doesn't have notorious radiator problems. Heater cores are another story.
No plastic in VW cooling systems?

FWIW, I poked fun at the Behr person I met this past week on behalf of all of those who have suffered a plastic radiator failure.


Thanks Rich. Next time you see him can you kick him in the shin too? :)
Actually, it is a her. So kicking would require payment.

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An expensive oops.

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An expensive oops.


Oh, the humanity!

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I like how they give the specs of the car in the news report.

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