I think the Audi "W-16" is essentially a canted "H-16" engine, 4x4 x
4x4, with bank (included) angle of about 120 degrees, instead of the H's
180.
The old BRM H-16 3-litre with Jackie Stewart up, comes to mind...
- Bob Mann, '69 2000 Solex "I-4"
Kyle Hagemann wrote:
>
> "Audi points out that the very long wheelbase is ideally suited for a large,
> mid-mounted engine. They say one with 16 cylinders - perhaps not so
> coincidentally, the same number as in the Auto Union cars. (Remember that Audi
> parent Volkswagen has an experimental 16-cylinder engine under development
>over
> at Bentley, one that also might show up in a future Bugatti. It's a W-16, but
> there's also a W-18. "
>
> Nevermind the fact that a W is just plain bizarre, but how do you get a
> W-16? W-18 (3 banks of 6) is easy enough, but are they doing something
> like 5-6-5 with a W-16? Odd.....
>
> Kyle
> Santa Rosa, CA
> 1x '69 2000 in pieces - celebrating nine months dead in the yard today!
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