Heffner twin turbo R8-

[RXBG]

This is without any doubt whatsoever the most amazing sounding, bada$$ R8 I have ever seen. I just don't think the concept is viable enough to cool reliably. If Audi makes the next R8 with something like this is it will destroy all of its competitors and then some.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feh2GH-gDnE

[The Pretender]

This is without any doubt whatsoever the most amazing sounding, bada$$ R8 I have ever seen. I just don't think the concept is viable enough to cool reliably. If Audi makes the next R8 with something like this is it will destroy all of its competitors and then some.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feh2GH-gDnE
I'm not a V8 fan, not even by a country mile, but i like the turbo sounds of this one.

[The Pretender]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBXKrF7svs

http://www.heffnersperformance.com/12445_1070006806916_1728482282_141923_5810114_n.jp g

[The Pretender]

http://www.heffnersperformance.com/Heffner-audi-twin-turbo-2.jpg
http://www.heffnersperformance.com/Heffner-audi-twin-turbo-3.jpg
http://www.heffnersperformance.com/Heffner-audi-twin-turbo-4.jpg
http://www.heffnersperformance.com/Heffner-audi-twin-turbo-6.jpg
http://www.heffnersperformance.com/Heffner-audi-twin-turbo-8.jpg
http://www.heffnersperformance.com/Heffner-audi-twin-turbo-9.jpg
http://www.heffnersperformance.com/Heffner-audi-twin-turbo-10.jpg

[Ruergard]

Sounds angry, probably goes as well.

[The Pretender]

Sounds angry, probably goes as well.

Faster as a R8 V10.

[Ruergard]

Faster as a R8 V10.

Should be with that power at the wheels.

[kwtrev]

How much weight do you think that setup adds? What does it do to the balance of the car? Looks like a lot is behind the rear wheels.

[PeterJohn]

Heffner is known for his extremely shoddy work, and personal attacks on the many disgruntled customers. Their work "looks" a lot better now, but I wouldn't want one of their kits for free.

[wedouglas]

Heffner is known for his extremely shoddy work, and personal attacks on the many disgruntled customers. Their work "looks" a lot better now, but I wouldn't want one of their kits for free.

Let's see. You own a BMW, and Heffner is known for tuning Ford GT's, Lamborghinis, Vipers, and now Audi (which is a Lamborghini at heart, er, the other way around.)

I've heard nothing but good things about his work and he has a ton of TT Gallardos driving around.

[RXBG]

if a credible source can tell me that ECU lights won't be going crazy and the car won't overheat i'd be interested.

...on the other hand, i expect audi will be putting TT on the engine as is (RS5 version that is). assuming the updated engine runs 470 hp, with TT's this thing would make close to 600 hp. make it lose 150 lbs or so, and with the huge torque (~450 lb/ft) the next R8 would make the SLS and 997 TT seem slow.


...but wait. that would be too good to be true.

[The Pretender]

The next Gen R8 won't get the V10 anymore.
More likely we will see a V8 with overhead twin-turbo.
With the turbo's on top of the engine between the V is much better heat wise.

[Ruergard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBXKrF7svs&feature=player_embedded#

New vid.

[The Pretender]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBXKrF7svs&feature=player_embedded#

New vid.

Already in the 3th post.

[PeterJohn]

Let's see. You own a BMW, and Heffner is known for tuning Ford GT's, Lamborghinis, Vipers, and now Audi (which is a Lamborghini at heart, er, the other way around.)

I've heard nothing but good things about his work and he has a ton of TT Gallardos driving around.

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/lamborghini/149134-my-decision-change-my-gallardo-tt-system.html

The guy deleted all his pictures, but you can still catch some of what went on in the 10 pages of comments. Even if all those disgruntled customers are conspiring against him (Heffner), his conduct is childish.

Too bad you didn't get to see the pictures. Schocking stuff. If it said Jeremy Clarkson and his cronies build it using kitchen utensils, I would've believed it.
Bits of chassis randomly drilled, bare wires stuck to the car with ducttape, rust on the whole turbo-exhaust assembly.

I know, there's always two sides, and the internet isn't the encyclopedia britannica. But this is some very expensive hardware we are talking about, and not me, but some people on this forum are able and liable to buy the modification. I would be remiss if I did not make people aware of conclusions some of his customers have made in the past.

Like I said, this particular car looks very clean. Maybe they faced the competition and cleaned up their act. The pictures I saw, they weren't CGI, and no one would do that to their own Gallardo just to piss off a guy on the internet.