It’s the first time that a Chiron dyno race has been filmed.
This is a big deal, folks. This is huge. We have seen Bugatti cars hit the dyno before, including the EB110 or the Veyron. But this is the first time that we see the majestic Chiron on the Dyno. Although Bugatti may have done it in-house, this is the first time we have seen the model on the dyno. It turns out that there is a reason why no one has ever tried to dyno Chiron.
A single-piece tray protects the entire Chiron’s underbody. This tray had to be taken out before the dyno. To put the car on a dyno, the Cannonball garage crew had the flat tray removed. The Chiron was too small to fit on the dyno so the team worked “very slowly, cautiously, and more than usual.”
“What we discovered was perhaps the largest single-piece underneath this car,” ArneToman, Cannonball Garage owner, said The Drive. “We sketched it at first, and then thought “holy cow!” We started to disassemble the thing. We looked around and saw that it had sturdy control arms. We called the customer and said that we could strap it down to dyno it.
What are the numbers? The Chiron produced 1,369 horsepower (1.007 kilowatts), at the wheels, and 1,163 pounds (1.577 Newton-meters), of torque at the wheel, which was available at 6,620 and 5,060 respectively. The engine produces approximately 1,570 horsepower (1,157kW) and 1,337lb-ft (1.813 Nm), when you take into account a 15% average drivetrain loss.
These results were achieved using a bone stock vehicle that burns 93 octane gasoline, according to the Cannonball Garage team. It was able to produce “this power with such grace both quietly and uneventfully”, making it “one of the most incredible cars ever made.”
The video at top of the page gives an in-depth view of the dyno runs and reveals all the secrets. Below is another video that gives a more artistic view of the dyno race.