What If I Told You...

"PatBateman" (PatBateman) 09/11/2018 at 18:00 • Filed to: Lambo Bro Bugatti, Did Not Run when Parked

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...that this Lam... Bugatti Veyron, arguably the most famous Veyron in the entire world, was for sale in Lufkin, Texas for $300,000? One catch, though:

It hasn’t been fixed.

WOULD YOU BUY IT?!?!*

*You and I both know that it doesn’t have a working engine, and that it would cost most likely a seven digit sum to get it like-new.

For Sweden > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:02

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Ask Tavarish

and 100 more > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:06

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How about tree-fiddy?

TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:08

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LS swap?

MultiplaOrgasms > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:09

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I’ll take the Volvo, thanks. 

MarquetteLa > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:10

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I wonder how a Veyron part-out would go. Would other Veyron owners want to pick up some extra /spare parts  on the cheap?

PatBateman > For Sweden 09/11/2018 at 18:11

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Aaron Martin? Lambo? Freddy is the man to ask.

A Bugatti?  I don’t know...

PatBateman > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/11/2018 at 18:11

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No, and go to time out for even suggesting it. 

PatBateman > and 100 more 09/11/2018 at 18:12

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But the asking price is only $300k...

CRider > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:12

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Twin turbo LS swap, make it faster than it was stock and ten times more reli ab le, lighter, and cheaper to run. Hell yeah.

PatBateman > MultiplaOrgasms 09/11/2018 at 18:12

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Same amount of problems, lower price point. 

PatBateman > MarquetteLa 09/11/2018 at 18:13

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For parts dunked in water and left sitting in a warehouse for several years?  Nah. 

DipodomysDeserti > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:14

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Aaron Martin. A Latin, Disney teen heart throb.

atfsgeoff > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:15

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I think there’s an appropriate LS engine swap for this

PatBateman > CRider 09/11/2018 at 18:16

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You mean TWO LSeses?

PatBateman > DipodomysDeserti 09/11/2018 at 18:17

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Exactly.

Fucking autocorrect, man.  But it stays, because Aaron’s a cool cat. 

PatBateman > atfsgeoff 09/11/2018 at 18:19

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I mean, it IS a boat engine, and the car’s famous for being in water...

I’ll allow it, but that’s the only LS allowed. 

and 100 more > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:20

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InFierority Complex > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:28

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Four Iron Dukes. Enough said.

Wacko > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:32

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This one might change your mind. Check out the turn key one here.

http://v12ls.com/

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:33

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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:44

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TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:48

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MultiplaOrgasms > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 18:55

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Except...

PatBateman > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 09/11/2018 at 19:00

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Think about what those parts have been through. 

gin-san - shitpost specialist > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/11/2018 at 19:00

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Only if you get two of them and make a W-16

WilliamsSW > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 19:39

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I’m pretty sure that’s a...

Crack pipe, dude.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > CRider 09/11/2018 at 19:42

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The Dummy Gummy > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 19:47

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Only if it came with a gold pelican.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 19:55

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you should see what goes on in  a body shop.

TahoeSTi > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 20:11

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LSX swap.

PatBateman > The Dummy Gummy 09/11/2018 at 20:53

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Can be arranged. 

PatBateman > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 09/11/2018 at 20:55

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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 21:02

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bondo covers all sins

red014 > PatBateman 09/11/2018 at 21:53

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Ooo... Volkswagen electronics that have been fully submerged in water? Yes please!

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 04:02

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Absolutely. But I wouldn’t restore it- at $300,000 this is prime pickings to swap for a LS or 2JZ and slammed into a widebody monstrosity that would enrage the auto world.

Jayvincent > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 06:53

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Buy it, gut it, hang the shell on your bedroom wall in Miami....

https://jalopnik.com/someone-turned-two-wrecked-bmw-m1s-into-wall-art-for-th-1828656479

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 07:12

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Seems like the drive train would be fun in something like my Voyager.......

nerd_racing > CRider 09/12/2018 at 07:33

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That’s rich. Do you know how reliable 2500 hp builds are? Let’s just say if they were, factory trucks would run over 1000 hp. I work in the aftermarket industry and have first hand knowledge.

pip bip - choose Corrour > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 08:30

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autocross it after an LS swap!

PS9 > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 11:49

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No point in even considering it. Purchase price + fixing it is going to be way more than a used not-submarined Veyron. Hard pass (on a low flying pelican)

JustAnotherG6 > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 14:24

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J ust put a turbo 3 cyl in it. More than enough for the Car show circuit /grocery runs.

Future next gen S2000 owner > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 14:39

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There’s this guy on youtube who will buy it, “fix” it halfway, and then never post about it again.

Personally,

CRider > nerd_racing 09/12/2018 at 15:57

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What did I say about 2500 hp? That’s definitely on race gas. A ~1500 hp car wouldn’t be that hard to pull off, especially considering how many miles Bugattis get driven. Do you really think a waud turbo W16 will be cheaper overall? A LS  engine rebuild a year would cost less than scheduled maintenance on a W16.

PatBateman > red014 09/12/2018 at 17:49

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I didn’t say it wouldn’t be easy, dammit!

PatBateman > Jayvincent 09/12/2018 at 17:50

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That...  that isn’t a bad damned idea, actually. 

PatBateman > PS9 09/12/2018 at 17:51

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But THE MOST FAMOUS VEYRON IN THE WORLD isn’t just a regular Veyron, sir. 

PS9 > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 19:50

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It's famous for terrible reasons, one of them being flood damage. Probably the cheapest W16 long block you can buy, but good luck getting it working. Super hard pass. 

PS9 > PatBateman 09/12/2018 at 19:54

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DD/Track/Burn. Aston Martin, Aaron Martin, Ricky Martin. 

PatBateman > PS9 09/12/2018 at 22:01

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DD Ricky (giggity)

Track Aston

Burn A. A. Ron. 

nerd_racing > CRider 09/13/2018 at 07:07

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LS is the honda of the domestic market.  Sure it might be cheaper, but it is wholly unoriginal and there is no way this car would be faster.  

CRider > nerd_racing 09/13/2018 at 19:19

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Well the engine I’m thinking of is a Nelson Racing unit that’s not exactly a LS motor- it’s built way beyond what a factory engine is capable of. It’s not technically a LS , it’s a custom block design making 1300 hp on 91 octane and 2000 on race gas.

http://www.nelsonracingengines.com/~nelsonracing/assets/images/pdfs/dynosheets2010/572-tt-chr.pdf

Yes, people drive these on the street, they are reliable and s treetable too. 

nerd_racing > CRider 09/14/2018 at 07:31

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That’s quite a departure from an LS.  I’d still struggle to believe it would out perform the factory setup in the Veyron.  

CRider > nerd_racing 09/15/2018 at 03:59

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Well it has over 300 more hp than the standard Veyron, which only makes 1000 hp on 93 vs 1300 on 91 (and more on better quality fuel, up to 2000 on race gas). So I don’t see why you think a 1000 hp W16 is going to be faster than a 1400 hp V8 in the same car. 

nerd_racing > CRider 09/17/2018 at 07:16

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RPM and torque. 

CRider > nerd_racing 09/17/2018 at 15:18

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It has 900 lb-ft of torque more than the Veyron, and the NRE engine does it on lower octane fuel. If you detuned a Veyron to run on 91 it would probably lose 100 lb-ft or more, while the NRE can run on race gas and make over 1300 lb-ft. 

nerd_racing > CRider 09/17/2018 at 15:22

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I’m still not convinced an LS would do the job, no matter the build. Look at how hard of a time Hennessy has been having with a lighter chassis.

CRider > nerd_racing 09/17/2018 at 15:46

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It’s not even an LS motor, but horsepower is horsepower and they make a lot of it, and reliably. If you think having a less efficient, larger, heavier engine with 3 x the number of moving parts is faster, good for you.

This is the guy behind Nelson Racing Engines talking about the LS platform. Hennessey is a scam artist. 

nerd_racing > CRider 09/17/2018 at 15:58

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oof that ATI damper kills me.  There’s a reason GM’s endurance team dropped them for viscous dampers.