This is literally the definition of a street-legal track car, doing 0 to 60 in about 2 seconds and a quarter mile in mere 9 seconds without any hesitation.
When talking regarding first-gen Audi R8s with a turbocharged heart, in most cases Underground racing springs to mind, however now around the conversion comes from the DuPont registry. Actually, Chicago-based Speedriven has been asked by DuPont to allow the previous supercar from Ingolstadt a biturbo V10 5.2-liter setup to turn it into one amongst the most powerful R8s out there. How powerful you ask? 1,500 HP.
In order to efficiently put all that power to the road, the tuners have reinforced the S-Tronic gearbox currently capable of delivering “lightning-fast gear changes,” whereas turbo lag is no longer a difficulty in keeping with the folks behind the project. With the upgrade in place, the R8 will run to 60 mph (96 kph) in around 2 seconds and it will need an additional seven to finish the quarter-mile at over 150 mph (241 kph).
Save for the new custom 20-inch front and 18-inch rear wheels and a few badges, the biturbo R8 appearance pretty much the same as the standard car. Only twenty-five conversion packages are being offered at a yet undisclosed price tag. You’ll have to provide Speedriven a call and sort out all of the main points and then ship the car to its shop in Chicago where the aftermarket specialists can overhaul the V10 engine, gearbox, and therefore the R8’s suspension.
The first model was unveiled on in Las Vegas throughout a Barrett-Jackson auction and DuPont registry says the set up is to begin customer deliveries before the year’s end for those willing to allow their R8s a turbo heart to turn it into a beast on the drag strip.
As a refresher, the folks from Underground racing are already taking a stab at modifying the second generation of the model, that with the most hardcore kit on the market will pump out a vast 2,200 HP on race fuel, or 1,200 HP when using pump gas.
