How does a car like Koenigsegg Agera make more than a 1000hp with just a twin-turbo V8 whereas the Bugatti Veyron required a quad-turbo W16 for similar performance?
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how much HP a super car makes is rather a moot issue. more cylinders and more volume and larger turbos doesn’t equate to more HP. there are both advantages and disadvantages to adding more turbos/turbo stages or using more cylinders in different configurations.
so the answer is basically that’s what type of engine the designer wanted to focus on. one wanted to use a W16 while the other wanted to use a V8. that fact by itself states nothing about what the performance should be except ~1000hp is what the manufacturer decided on.
in the jesko/chrion, a similarly speced engine, both now produce 1500hp instead of 1000hp.
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