W16 Engine Block Machined From Solid Billet

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I hope they recycle all those shavings....and wouldn't a big 4 or 6 cylinder engine with the same displacement be lighter, cheaper, and less complex than a w16?

This W16 block was designed to be smaller (thus lighter) than V12 of the same displacement.
Usually, european blocks don't have more than 500cc per cylinder. An 8,0 liters 4-cylinders engine would have 2 liters per cylinder, making it unable to rev at 6000rpm.
Thus, W16 is probably the best way to have a compact 8L engine able to rev at more than 6000rpm.

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kinda small cylinders for sucha big engine... ?

lol yeah they gotta fit 16 cylinders into that w shaped engine. pretty much the less cylinders, the bigger the cylinders are.

omg, pay attention... they don't machine the last 4 cylinders until 7:35. probably to keep the block stronger while machining the front of the part.

I think it's probably because the milling machine doesn't have the clearance from where the block is clamped to cut the last two cylinders.

IMO from 7:32 onwards the block has been remounted the other way around so the machine can detail the previously clamped end and cut the last two cylinders.

where is this place?