Paul Halstead, from Australian supercar firm HAL, is planning to enter the world of super, nay, hyper cars with a mighty contender. What he is proposing is a twin-engined car with 16 cylinders, 14 liters capacity, and up to 1,200 horsepower.

Just like the Bugatti Veyron’s W16 engine which is two V8s welded together, HAL’s powertrain consists of two American-made 7.0 liter LS7 units. Together they make a 14 liter unit. What sets this thing apart is a new system HAL has developed to transfer the power.

In the Veyron the V8s are merged together and work with a single crankshaft. That is not the case here. HAL says they have made a trick transfer box that takes the output of two separate crankshafts of the LS7s, and feed them to a single six-speed sequential gearbox. Not sure about the efficiency – and reliability – of such system, but it sounds innovative.

HAL Supercar will also be rear-wheel-drive with a limited-slip diff, rather than four-wheel-drive, and it features a carbon and Kevlar body with an interesting design inspired Maserati designs. This project is not a business venture for the time being, but you never know. They might produce it in very limited numbers.

via MotorAuthority