Bugatti Veyron to be modified by Hennessey

Is Hennessey the Viper modifier that is sort of shady? I wouldnt be suprised maybe a few parts of the Veyron go missing.

 

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we really need a highres of the above pic...

 

That reminds me of a few years ago when I saw in person an 880hp Supra (allmotor) with a 170shot of nitious try and play around with a Hennessey Viper 800TT from a standstill and dispite the Supra making more hp, the Viper moped the floor with him and the Supra didn't stand a chance what so ever. Still to this day I haven't found another vehicle that will move as fast as the Viper did except a highly modified busa.

Iam no Viper owner but after witnessing a racing like that, I think you get what you paid for. My question is who would actually like to modify there Veyron? After paying that price for a car like that for one then sending it to a tuner company only to get hackedup and a new exhaust. The car is like the caddillacs of caddillacs, there no need for no more performance mods, next thing you know there will be aftermarket turbos for the Veyron.

I admire Hennesseys work but this is just one of those thing I don't see being so successfull. I don't see the market for it at all.

 

first of all theres no such thing as an all motor 880hp Supra, what you saw wasnt an 800hp Supra, all things being equal 2 cars of equal weight, the car will more area under the Hp car will win

 

"Bugatti Veyron to be modified by Hennessey"

why? It misses the point of the car altogether.

 

Seriously do I have to be that specific?.

I meant without nitious, he had 880hp without it and it was a single turbo or something like that. Iam no Supra expert but I know alittle about them unless your talking stock.

The guy even said it himself that had dynoed the car and it came out at around 880hp and the car itself was one of the fastest I ever layed my eyes on no doubt in my mind that it wasn't anything less of what he said.

 

I totally agree with you. why pay 1million bucks for it if your gonna hack it up?. Even if it just an exhaust, the Veyron doesn't need anything! its perfect the way it is.

 

Why hack it up? Because some people (myself included) bore easily. I know I am constantly searching for ways to make my fast cars a little faster, and my loud cars a little louder & meaner.

Who knows, it might turn out to be spectacular...

 

Will it take him less time to set a Veyron ablaze as compared to the Viper?

 

Its easy said then done. Yeah its one thing modifying a Viper but a million dollar car? seriously who is gonna wanna do that to their Veyron?.

Keep in mind the Veyron isn't a Honda Civic, Viper, Supra where theres always room for improvment. Its big bucks on fourwheels, top of the line lurxy, engneering and qaultily.

I think it will turn out great but I don't think it will be as successfull as his Vipers.

 

Absolutely an incredible automobile.

 

What would REALLY be crazy is if he changes some things like headers, exhaust, rims, interior bits, etc. and then gets it retitled as a HENNESSEY Somethingorother, like RUF, Gemballa or Saleen do. Then send out press kits showing Hennessey's new $1.6 million dollar car, have the PR babble appear in Autoweek and DuPont, etc...

 

You know what you should do if you have a really hairy back is get a Vanquish and TT that shizzle over at Heffner's or something. A low-boost ~650hp Vanquish would be great. If you could scoop an early car for ~$120k or less and then throw $80k at the turbo setup I think it would be worth it. The transmission may be the weak point though. Ah, heck, just throw in another $25k for the manual conversion.

 

I wonder how much Hennessey will sell the hood for? JK

Seriously if I was thinking of modding a Veyron I'd call Jason Heffner instead, he doesn't f*ck around.

 

What I don't get is how multi-billion-dollar conglomerate VW/Audi can throw hundreds of millions over 4+ years with undoubtedly some of the top engineers in the world to make this "greatest car ever," at a loss of what, $3mm per unit... and then some relatively miniscule Viper tuner can come along and make it that much better? I mean, I understand tuning Vipers, Corvettes, 911s, even 360s, F40s, etc. But what is their secret thing that VW wouldn't do to the car in the first place?

 

I've got no real stance (nor care) about this debate, but I'll mention "street smarts" vs "book smarts."

"Schooled" engineers, techs, vo-tech drop outs, (BS) or whatever.... have nothing on real world hot-rodders, carb tunners & HP gurus. Those computer read-outs are just that...computer generated read-outs. Real life tuners, wrenches, rodders know how to make real HP and get more HP from existing cars.

I don't know crap about the BUG. Yet the fact is that there is someone out there who can improve on it. They may not be VW/Audi certified (for whatever that is worth), and possibly a HS drop out or whatever, but everything can be improved upon...including the BUG.

There are (race) cars doing the 1/4 mile @ 4 sec being tunned buy guys who never moved out of their parents house..... Book smarts doesn't equal reall world smarts.

Nothing personal....... just remarks in terms of the VW connection. Just because a company (VW) is one of the biggest in the world, doesn't mean they know everything. There are companies which improve upon Ferrari, Porsche, Toyota, etc products.................

 

Thats so true.

 

Turn the boost up?

 

VW has to meet international emissions laws and ensure that the thing works faultlessly at all elevations, temperatures, fuel , noise regs etc etc from Dubai to Iceland etc etc.
They also have to worry about reliability.
A tuner can focus his efforts on a very small window of requirements and worry less about reliability

 

tuners dont nec make a car 'better'. they just change its personality to fit the individual needs of their customer.

honda makes their cars as economical as possible and a tuner will sacrifice that with a turbo for performance.

porsche wants their performance to also be practical for every day use. tuner will lower suspersion and add body kit making it difficult to drive over pothole.

factory 'chip' needs work with any octane gas but tuner can program to run on only 93 or higher for customer who will abide by that.

as unique as veyron is, its still possible someone wants something vw didnt put in there and they will let someone tune it for them.

 

any Veyron owners on ferrarichat that could offer their feedback?

 

Not to get all perticular and what not but the Veyron cost approx. 5.2 Million USD to build and had an MSRP of around 1.5-1.8 million USD. Sorry just wanted to say that!

 

Because cars have to be 50-state legal. They can't be louder than x amount of decibles, they have to meet certain emission requirements, etc. By technically making the car not "street-legal" you can modify for more power. Any car can be upgraded you just have to understand that tuners can just put a small disclaimer on their website and say "all items are for off-road use" and be fine. Whereas manufacturers have to make cars that will be okay in the U.S. Ever wonder why Euro models of most cars are faster than U.S. models, that's why.