The Tuatara's engine completed its final testing and validation earlier this month. SSC pushed the V8 to the limit in dyno testing in an effort to identify any weaknesses. It then rubbered the ...

The oiling system is dry sump design with a heavily baffled oil pan to enable the extreme track driving the Tuatara ... this development engine has survived so long, and why SSC has enough ...

You might not know much about SSC or its supercar, the Tuatara, but that doesn’t exactly matter. No, what matters is what powers the supercar—a 1750-hp V8 developed by Nelson Racing Engines.

The SSC Tuatara is motivated by a bonkers twin-turbocharged 5.9-liter V8 co-developed with Nelson Racing Engines. On a steady diet of E85 gasoline, the SSC Tuatara is pushing 1,750-horsepower to ...

The Tuatara, equipped with this engine ... with a redline north of 10,000 RPM. What Makes The SSC V8 Engines Special It shares a similar architecture to the LS engines, though they were only ...

When we covered the SSC Tuatara back in 2011, the plan was to upsize the 6.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 engine it designed for the SSC Ultimate Aero, the Tuatara's predecessor, to 7.0 liters.

The $1.9 million Tuatara has butterfly doors and a turbocharged V-8 engine. SSC says the model’s aerodynamic design was inspired by fighter jets and took more than a decade of research and ...

All they have to do is be brave enough to open the taps on its Nelson Racing Engines-sourced V8 and keep their foot in it. SSC Tuatara, SSC North America Nelson Racing Engines isn’t like other ...

SSC will indulge us with this massive engine’s specs at the official reveal of the Tuatara at Pebble Beach. Take note, however, that the original output figures of the SSC Tuatara prototypes ...

We secured plenty of photos of the production hypercar hailing from the Pacific Northwest, and of its engine ... do wish SSC would have more fun with the color choices, though; the Tuatara on ...

But at 5.9 liters, the Tuatara’s engine is monstrous for a flat-plane crank V8 and can bite its thumb at the Voodoo without fear of embarrassment. SSC hopes that the technical marvel that is the ...

That achievement could give the Tuatara the title of ... the limited boost pressure in this latest attempt. (SSC is working to update the engine to handle longer periods of WOT.) ...