Post by Dave on Apr 26, 2007 12:17:40 GMT -5
Check this engine out!
The Callaway Cyclone V16 is a prototype engine for a future Callaway project.
Videos:
Warm up Run
www.callawaycars.com/callaway/main/contentpages/projects/v16content.htm#
Power Run
www.callawaycars.com/callaway/main/contentpages/projects/v16content.htm#
Audio:
V16 Sound Clip
www.callawaycars.com/callaway/main/contentpages/projects/v16content.htm#
4.0 liter 16 cylinder 90° V angle
5 valves / cylinder DOHC
Naturally aspirated
Power 550 bhp@10,000 rpm
Torque 340 ft/lb@ 8,500 rpm
Max RPM- 10,500
Dimensions –
926 length (36.45")
540 width (21.25")
500 height (19.7") - to top of injector trumpets
Dry weight- 152 kg (334 lbs.)
allaway Engineering and Cyclone Power Ltd. debut their cooperative project, the Callaway Cyclone 16-cylinder engine, at the Autosport Racecar Engineering Show (stand 10457 in the general motorsport section).
The unique engine is 4.0-liter normally aspirated V16 that features 5 valves per cylinder and makes over 550 bhp at 10,000 rpm and measures less than 36 inches long.
Says Reeves Callaway, Founder of Callaway Engineering, "A revolutionary Callaway project that is still under wraps requires a powerplant that packages 'in-line,' is visually interesting, and has an exciting and distinctive noise signature. A 'miniature' V16 at 10,000 rpm certainly has all of those features in spades."
Cyclone Power Ltd. Principal Mark Pemble says: "Our Cyclone V8s are potent and beautiful pieces of engineering. Putting two of them together is a logical configuration and a striking showcase for our company. Reeves Callaway's idea for this V16 is a complement to the partnership between Cyclone Power Ltd and Callaway Engineering, which has been formed to distribute the Cyclone V8 in North America. The V16 project will be the capstone for our normal business of selling V8 engines to the track-day racers."
Development:
The Callaway Cyclone V16 ran first in anger in November 2004. The development and testing has been carried out to a conservative and controlled step-by-step program that has, remarkably, been uninterrupted by even small failures. Since the V16 is comprised of two Cyclone V8s mechanically joined, and the individual V8s have hundreds of hours of run-time both on the dynamometer and in test vehicles, there was no reason to expect unreliability from this new configuration. We will complete testing after the Autosport debut at the Cyclone Power facility in Poole, Dorset, U.K.
The Callaway Cyclone V16 is a prototype engine for a future Callaway project.
Videos:
Warm up Run
www.callawaycars.com/callaway/main/contentpages/projects/v16content.htm#
Power Run
www.callawaycars.com/callaway/main/contentpages/projects/v16content.htm#
Audio:
V16 Sound Clip
www.callawaycars.com/callaway/main/contentpages/projects/v16content.htm#
4.0 liter 16 cylinder 90° V angle
5 valves / cylinder DOHC
Naturally aspirated
Power 550 bhp@10,000 rpm
Torque 340 ft/lb@ 8,500 rpm
Max RPM- 10,500
Dimensions –
926 length (36.45")
540 width (21.25")
500 height (19.7") - to top of injector trumpets
Dry weight- 152 kg (334 lbs.)
allaway Engineering and Cyclone Power Ltd. debut their cooperative project, the Callaway Cyclone 16-cylinder engine, at the Autosport Racecar Engineering Show (stand 10457 in the general motorsport section).
The unique engine is 4.0-liter normally aspirated V16 that features 5 valves per cylinder and makes over 550 bhp at 10,000 rpm and measures less than 36 inches long.
Says Reeves Callaway, Founder of Callaway Engineering, "A revolutionary Callaway project that is still under wraps requires a powerplant that packages 'in-line,' is visually interesting, and has an exciting and distinctive noise signature. A 'miniature' V16 at 10,000 rpm certainly has all of those features in spades."
Cyclone Power Ltd. Principal Mark Pemble says: "Our Cyclone V8s are potent and beautiful pieces of engineering. Putting two of them together is a logical configuration and a striking showcase for our company. Reeves Callaway's idea for this V16 is a complement to the partnership between Cyclone Power Ltd and Callaway Engineering, which has been formed to distribute the Cyclone V8 in North America. The V16 project will be the capstone for our normal business of selling V8 engines to the track-day racers."
Development:
The Callaway Cyclone V16 ran first in anger in November 2004. The development and testing has been carried out to a conservative and controlled step-by-step program that has, remarkably, been uninterrupted by even small failures. Since the V16 is comprised of two Cyclone V8s mechanically joined, and the individual V8s have hundreds of hours of run-time both on the dynamometer and in test vehicles, there was no reason to expect unreliability from this new configuration. We will complete testing after the Autosport debut at the Cyclone Power facility in Poole, Dorset, U.K.
