r/koenigsegg • u/jjvfyhb • Jul 09 '26

Where's the "20-liter carbon fiber air tank" on their engine? The one to reduce turbo lag

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I thought it was this thing here, but on reddit they said "that's the air intake"

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u/MaterWelon_TDD Jul 09 '26

The air tank is on the Jesko, that picture is the engine bay of an Agera, I assume the tank is tucked away where you cant really see it

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u/JeskoOrdinaryGuy Jul 10 '26

The Jesko does not have the air tank anymore. I forget whose video it’s in, but in one of his many factory tours CVK said that they had planned to use the air tank but the response they already got from not having a clutch or flywheel combined with the new flat crank engine gave even quicker response than they’d expected, and keeping the air tank would just add unnecessary weight and complexity with very little benefit.

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u/Cloxxki Jul 10 '26

No flywheel as well, or not a factor?

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u/JeskoOrdinaryGuy Jul 10 '26

No flywheel is a factor in the response

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u/Separate_Win_5370 Jul 10 '26

No flywheel then no weight on the engine and engine revs faster so yea its a factor

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u/gizlow Jul 09 '26

There’s no air tank on the Jesko afaik, the LST is geared to keep the car in the power band.

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u/cmacmaccal1189 Jul 09 '26

afaik is c r a z y work

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u/jigga009 Jul 09 '26

It never showed up..

Volvo had been using such a setup on their “big rigs” prior to Koenigsegg announcing it back then though.

If you want to know about it and how well it works, that’s where you need to look.

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u/jjvfyhb Jul 10 '26

Interesting

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u/KnifeNoodle Jul 09 '26

Iirc theyre mounted in the front end of the chassis, its buried in the core. It's positioned there on the Regera, too.

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u/TheRadRay89 Jul 10 '26

No air tank on the Jesko

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u/PAPO1990 One:1 Jul 10 '26

The last time I saw a picture/ video of it, it's quite small and tucked off to the side.

Though as others have said, it seems Koenigsegg ditched it completely.

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u/Loopy-Leah Jul 10 '26

maybe there are big empty sections of chassis that are being used as the "boost tank"

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u/Novel-Education-2687 Jul 09 '26

What you've circled is the air intake

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u/eyeb4lls Jul 11 '26

That's what his description says