Twin Turbo Audi R8 Is Wicked Quick With 1,400 HP on Tap
A pair of turbos are essentially all this Audi R8 needs to run 8s in the quarter-mile and go over 200 mph in the half-mile.
As most are aware by now, slapping a pair of turbos on an Audi R8 is one seriously quick and easy way to make huge power – not to mention transform the already capable supercar into a straight line dominator. That’s precisely why we see so many of them at TX2K, where the Officially Gassed YouTube channel spotted this twin turbo Audi R8 – owned by a fellow named Jared – and needless to say, it perfectly sums up why so many people build these cars the way they do.
What makes this particular combination a bit more interesting than most is that this is an Audi R8 Spyder, which one might think is a bit of a disadvantage, given its extra weight. That’s precisely the case here too, as the addition of the big turbos, a water tank, and the driver all push the car’s track weight up to around 4,300 pounds. Regardless, it also has 1,400 wheel horsepower pushing it around, so it’s still awfully quick.
To be more specific, this R8 has done over 200 mph in the half-mile, and runs the quarter-mile in the high eight-second range – numbers that certainly aren’t anything to sneeze at. Breathing through a gorgeous titanium exhaust, it’s a real looker as well – not the type of car that hides its intentions, given the exposed hardware out back. The owner lives in a warm climate – which means cooling is a bit of a concern – though an Interchiller connects the intercoolers directly to the air conditioning system to solve that little problem.
Of course, throwing this kind of power at a bone stock transmission is a recipe for disaster as well, so Jared has beefed it up with a billet 9×9 Dodson Pro Max clutch with a cover, which he notes is critical when you’re making over 1,100 horsepower. Otherwise, the engine and the rest of the mechanicals have been pretty much left alone. The result of this particular combination is a car that reportedly drives quite nice and even returns decent fuel economy, but as our host quickly finds out, laying into the pedal unleashes an entirely different kind of animal.
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