Grabbing headlines was easy for the Bugatti Veyron. Sure, there’s the 253-mph top speed, but there are a lot of other stupefying numbers associated with the car. Sixteen cylinders, four turbos, $25,000 tires (that’s a complete set, at least), and $123,200 transmission, not to mention the price tag, which varies based on the strength of the dollar but is reliably around $1.5 million.
Tom Nelson and his company, Nelson Racing Engines, had a sort of Bugatti of crate engines at SEMA. At 632 cubic inches, it’s fairly standard for a mondo motor, but the output is Veyron insane. Running pump gas, the twin-turbo 10.4-liter V-8 will shame the French wonder, with a screaming 1400 horsepower and 1400 lb-ft of torque. Fill the tank with race gas, and output rockets to 2300 hp and 2100 lb-ft, or more than twice what the Bugatti makes. It’s easy to make outrageous claims, but Nelson has the reputation to back them up—and for more than just a few quarter-mile passes. Appropriately, this bruiser carries a Veyron-esque price tag: $52,000.
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