Bugatti Royale: Difference between revisions

The [[overhead cam]] [[straight eight|straight 8]] engine was based on an aero design that had been done for the French Air Ministry, but never produced.{{Sfn|Conway|1969|pp=17–20}} It was built around a single huge block [[Monobloc engine|cast in one unit]] with an integrated [[cylinder head]], and at approx. {{convert|1.4|m|ft|abbr=on}} long x {{convert|1.1|m|ft|abbr=on}} high, is physically one of the largest engines ever made for a passenger automobile; it also had one of the largest displacements,{{convert|12.7|l|cuin|0|abbr=on}}{{Sfn|Conway|1969|pp=17–20}}{{Sfn|Rogliatti|1973|p=232}}, with each cylinder displacing more than the entire engine of the contemporary [[Bugatti Type 40|Type 40 touring car]].{{Sfn|Conway|1969|pp=17–20}}