If it's so flawless, why are the engines built by Cosworth so unreliable? Granted, the original 6.75 was never a Lexus V8 by any stretch, but everything Cosworth touches (ford engines), is a disaster!

The torque-converter gets bolted to that drive-plate. That, in effect, is the "flywheel".

The normal weight of the flywheel is now included in the torque converter to smooth out pulsation. It has internal damping springs like a manual transmission clutch…

And the Viper V10?

T.K.B Right. And look at those main bearing caps. Looks like something you'd see on a Top Fuel engine. This thing could easily quadruple its stock output, I would think.

@@Evan-McM: And crank cap bolts that are so long they could quite easily hold the cylinder heads on as well. It's a Rover "K" Series engine in reverse (K's head bolts doubled as oil pan come crank cap bearings but used to devour their own head-gaskets).

what, in the sense that they are both internal combustion engines?? haha

J Bell No in the sense that I have a Rolls Royce with the 6.75 V8 :) so it's pretty close.

+Corbin Goodwin You spelled "I want everyone to know I have a Rolls Royce" wrong.

+leloodallasmultipass At least I didn't mention the part about me doing a manual swap, adding a turbo, etc. and creating perhaps the only truly quick Silver shadow. That would have just been blatant.

Corbin Goodwin I was just wondering if either brand made a manual in the last couple of decades. Which transexual did you put in there?

That's not really inaccurate, AMG-badged Mercs also got handbuilt engines, and they sell a much higher volume worldwide (also cheaper to some extent) than Bentley does. Also, not even Bugatti engines are 100% hand built, they follow the same procedure as any other hand built engine: get the parts and assemble them.

Ultrakillerism I think the point eurocon is making, is that the single engine isn't assembled by a single engineer - whereas, for example a Nissan GT-Rs engine is assembled by one individual.

Was actually thinking more along the lines of the customer's perception given how much they have just spent on said handbuilt engine also Ive worked in marketing for large corps before and this little faux pa would go down like a lead balloon come monday morning round the big table. Its good honest journalism however wont get you many more factory visits if the management know you do not omit obvious fucks ups like that lol.. hence why their is very little honest journalism :P

I guess I'm not understanding your point. How is it inaccurate to describe that these engines are hand-built? As stated in the video, only FIVE engines are completed in a single day. Just because they aren't forging their own blocks like medieval blacksmiths, and use modern equipment to assist in the assembly and quality control, doesn't take away from the fact that every single component is touched by human fingers and put in place by expert craftsmen. Plus I doubt anyone on their marketing team would cringe upon watching the video since it's extremely likely that they played a large role in approving Drive's visit to the factory.

Mark Farrar If one person built each engine then I could see putting that one persons name on it saying it was built by that one person. Bentley puts one persons name on there engines saying it was built by that one person, yet they are built by at least five different people on any particular day. Since it isn't built by just one person, then those little badges don't mean a damn thing. They should just say hand built. Honda had one person building the older Type-R engines and they would sight a plaque that said they had built it, AMG also does this. In both instances, those engines were hand built by ONE person, where as at Bentley, that just isn't the case as this vid clearly shows. So, to answer your question of why is it inaccurate to say they are hand built. It isn't, but you are missing the point. That point is, Bentley doesn't have just ONE person build the engine by hand like the engine plaque says, they have MORE than one person building each engine, which makes the engine plaque completely useless. Does that clear your confusion up?

RR didn't "become" Bentley. VW beat BMW's bid and owned the facilities and some RR icons but NOT THE NAME. Vickers owns the RR name and licenses it to BMW. VW sold the RR grille shape, and hood ornament trademark to BMW to ensure engine supply during transition. So no. Also, the '63 Ferrari GTO that just recently sold for $52m escaped your attention.

car are auctioned for much more than that my friend

Ferrari GTO sold for 52 million...

RR didn't become Bentley. RR bought Bentley. Then they split RR is part of BMW Bentley is part of VW Clear ?

W.O. Bentley started his career as a locomotive engineer building train engines. Since the beginning, Bentley cars have always been overdesigned and overbuilt. There's a reason the finished Mulsanne that engine will push down the road weighs roughly three tons.

I dont care.

drivetrains

I like Anoraks!

I'm sure is 6.75L They have that size for 40 years and stick to it.

It's got a 1342 crankshaft, so it probably has the typical European crossplane V8 firing order of 18736542 (GM numbers) or 15486372 in linear numbering. The driver's side of the engine appears to be the rearward bank, so if you go by "forward bank numbering" it's probably be 12784563 (Odd passenger bank) or 18427365 (ascending driver's side).

Except that it isn't, come the fuck on, even with the most basic knowledge in engines Mulsanne's engine is NOT an LS engine. That's like calling a 2.5L BMW engine a Honda engine because it uses two cams.

Well, I got into the stock market, made good on bitcoin and others, but I bought a KingAir 350i instead! Every time Cosworth touch an engine, it turns into cr@p. From the fords in the 80's and 90;'s, to this latest iteration of the famed 6.75. Granted, the 6.75 was never a Lexus/Toyota V8, but things went down hill when VW took over ... as VAG cars are total cr@p as well when it comes to reliability.

hey to be fair though that w12 is only available in high end stuff and is a great engine.

Jacksonkellyfreak Don't get me wrong, the Audi V8 and the VW W12 are in every way better than this old original engine. Except for the pure torque maybe. I just think they're not the engines you want to be seen if you show your proud engine assembly line.

true. But I know Bentley is a company upheld to tradition and that big 6.75 is likely to be revered forever. And there's not a thing wrong with that. Just nice to have other options as well. But yea they are VW engines and the V8 is Bentley's own

Jacksonkellyfreak I agree except for one part: the Audi engine is a Audi engine. It's developed seperatly from VW plants and is only developed by Audi engineers using only Audi developed parts which are produced mostly in Audi plants. There are rarely common parts between any VW engine and the Audi V8's. It's a common mistake to assume, Audi and VW being the same.

Norman Morton I appreciate your vouching for me, but don't give him anything he can let his anger out on. Based on his ability to misunderstand phrases, I assume he will turn inside out every comment he recieves. I didn't mention anywhere that the VW or Audi engines are bad, in fact I said the exact opposite. So I really don't care about his comment.

It's effectively the same block that they've used for 30 years, that's why.

Scouser? Get to know your accents mate.

I'm guessing QA. Or maybe she's a motivational specialist...the Bentley version of the swimsuit calendar on the wall

solociv damn I wish I could work with a lady that looked like her in my QA dept. Shiiiiiiiiiiiit.

Josh Merritt you are the man!

Do you know the title to the song at the end of the video?

+Joseph lancaster unfortunately not - I stumbled upon the other music by accident. I wish drive would put the music they use in the credits.

Damn! I wish they did also! I appreciate it,thanks anyway!