Oakley Design brought us their carbon-bodied Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 to map. Strapped to our Mustang AWD 2000bhp dyno it made 987bhp and 1,350Nm as delivered, already 100Nm above Bugatti's own claim because every Veyron engine is hand assembled. Five days of mapping and repeated dyno runs later it made 1,200bhp and 1,584Nm, a gain of 200bhp and 234Nm, and Oakley Design went on to record 257.869mph with it at a top-speed facility.
Measured on our Mustang AWD rolling road in Maidstone. Wheel figures, drivetrain loss added for the flywheel numbers.The Veyron is a legendary hypercar and a future classic. It broke the record for the highest top speed in 2005 at 254mph. Since then faster cars are on the market but the impression that this car has made on the car industry will never die. Bugatti stopped production of all variants of the Veyron in 2015 when they released the Chiron. Many supercar enthusiasts still sought after the Veyron which is why Bugatti Veyron tuning is something that we have worked hard to develop and perfect.
This Veyron in particular is very unique and special. Oakley Design trusted us to tune this Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 (2015). This is a big project which involved every body panel being removed from the car. They made moulds of each piece and carbon fibre panels being made of these! Along with the exterior, Oakley Design fully revamped the interior with leather and yellow alcantara everywhere.
Initial Dyno Runs
When the car was delivered, everybody here was eager to get the car strapped down to find out what it was running! An astonishing 987BHP and 1350Nm torque is unleashed on our Mustang AWD 2000 dyno. That’s 100Nm more torque than Bugatti claim the car has when it leaves the production line! Differences such as this is to be expected, especially considering the Veyron is entirely hand assembled. However that doesn’t mean we can’t get more out of the car!
As you can imagine, everyone involved with the project wanted the most power and torque out of this car. We got to work on writing the map…
Bugatti Veyron Tuning Results
We spent 5 long days tuning the Veyron, with even the smallest of tweaks to the map being followed by another dyno run with data logging equipment monitoring the engine to make certain it was safe and heading in the right direction. When the car went back on the dyno for its final run, we discovered the outcome of our hard work: 1200BHP and 1584Nm torque! We managed to extract 200BHP and 234Nm more torque from this now ultra light-weight hypercar. This makes it a true monster with little to no competition on the planet, even today. Oakley Design took the car to a top-speed testing facility and found that the car could fly round at 257.869mph! Now that is some serious speed in something on the ground.
Since this project, we’ve tuned more Veyrons here at our development facility. This means we’ve had time to hone our maps to perfection. If you want to talk to us about tuning your car, call or email us today!
Fourth gear, flat out
The same car on the same rolling road, a full fourth-gear pull after the map went on.
Photos from the build
14 photos of this Bugatti Veyron 16.4 in our Maidstone workshop. Tap any to enlarge.
Questions we get asked
How much power does a tuned Bugatti Veyron make?
This car made 987bhp and 1,350Nm on our dyno before we touched it and 1,200bhp and 1,584Nm after mapping. That is 200bhp and 234Nm from software alone on the 8.0 litre quad-turbo W16, with no hardware changes to the engine.
What did Oakley Design change on the car?
Every body panel came off, moulds were taken and carbon fibre replacements were made, so the car is dramatically lighter than standard. The interior was retrimmed in leather and yellow alcantara. Our part of the project was the engine calibration.
How fast is the Oakley Design Veyron?
257.869mph at a top-speed testing facility, against the standard Veyron's 253mph record set in 2005.
How long does a car like this take to map?
Five days. Every change, however small, was followed by another dyno run with data logging on the engine to confirm it was safe before going any further. There is no off-the-shelf file for a car like this.
Do you tune other supercars and hypercars?
Yes. We have our own Mustang AWD dyno rated to 2000bhp and the tooling to read and write the ECUs used across the supercar market. Get in touch with the car and what you want from it and we will tell you honestly what is achievable.
Is a remap safe on an engine like the W16?
It is if it is done on a dyno with data logging, which is the only way we will do a car at this level. We watch boost, timing, lambda and temperatures on every run and stop where the engine tells us to, not at a number decided in advance.
