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Thread: R8 V10 test mule caught fire!

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    Now that just sucks. Glad the driver was ok and made it out safely.

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    don't worry guys. fuel leak. not the engine itself ( a la bmw )
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    And the car sounded awesome with his High Rev 480 hp V10 engine.

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    When they talked about an over-heating problem I thought they were joking.
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    Here a movie of the car in action.

    R8 V10 Testmule Movie.

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    Hans,

    I must say it doesn't sound like a high-reving beast to me, though to my untrained ear it doesn't sound like a Bi-turbo either, not in the same way that the RS6 did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leadfoot View Post
    Hans,

    I must say it doesn't sound like a high-reving beast to me, though to my untrained ear it doesn't sound like a Bi-turbo either, not in the same way that the RS6 did.

    What yout opinion?
    OK it's a middle high rev V10 ± 7800 rpm.
    The R8 V10 will have 480 hp by ± 7500 rpm.
    It's not a V10 Bi-turbo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceman View Post
    OK it's a middle high rev V10 ± 7800 rpm.
    The R8 V10 will have 480 hp by ± 7500 rpm.
    It's not a V10 Bi-turbo.

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    This is one model I know very little about mainly being unless my numbers come up I won't be having one. Not to be a kill-joy but with the slight increase in weight and the extra 60hp should only increase the R8v8 power to weight by about 25hp to 290hp/ton, though this is again a slight improvement over the M6 which is 280hp/ton the fact that the M6 has a quicker gearbox and only 2 wheels to drive will mean on anything other than a straight not longer than a couple of blokes it will be bye-bye to Mister M6 as he walks off into the distance.

    I know, I'm not one for these 'size of your manhood' type contests but for Audi to demand in excess of £100K for this car it will have to walk the walk so the speak and getting beat by a BMW GT car costing £20K less which already over priced doesn't sound like the kind of car I would be putting my money into if I had it. No the standard car sounds a far better bet, all the looks, handling etc and £25K better off to allow me to got and get some serious tuning done to the engine.
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    A cooling problem can cause the engine bay to heat up and the oil lines to become brittle and show tiny tears. Then only one drop has to fall on the hot exhaust or other hot parts, and with the CF decoration as kindle, you have a nice little fire. Happens to lambos all the time.

    That, or it was a construction flaw.
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    Is that Milk they are hosing the car with :trash:

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterJohn View Post
    A cooling problem can cause the engine bay to heat up and the oil lines to become brittle and show tiny tears. Then only one drop has to fall on the hot exhaust or other hot parts, and with the CF decoration as kindle, you have a nice little fire. Happens to lambos all the time.

    That, or it was a construction flaw.
    It was just a fuel leak.

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    More pictures.





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    Man there wasn't much left after the fire. I guess we will see it on some German advertisement along side those burn out BMW M5s.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceman View Post
    More pictures.





    Hans.
    When i first saw these shots i doubted that this was an R8 at all due to the wrecked state, i thought it looked like a Caterham or something but those 19" rims are definately R8 material. The roll cage on this doesnt exactly look solid though, then again it has been burn so ... Do you think this car when released will be named RS8 ? or R8 V10 ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by +44 Dave View Post
    When i first saw these shots i doubted that this was an R8 at all due to the wrecked state, i thought it looked like a Caterham or something but those 19" rims are definately R8 material. The roll cage on this doesnt exactly look solid though, then again it has been burn so ... Do you think this car when released will be named RS8 ? or R8 V10 ?
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    Either, i think it will be called R10.
    RS8 sounds like a super sport A8.

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    I have always wondered why are Audi going down the v10 route for the R8 when they already have a V8tt with would be perfect for the job, all they would have to do is fit FSi and this would link it directly with it's name sake with also had a v8tt with FSi.

    I personally don't see the fascination with v10 engines, F1 teams didn't even like them because of their packaging.
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    Holy moses - that car is hot! Now, the name R10 has a diesel tattoo all over it and its currently already in use until they introduce the race car R12 - they cannot call the R8 V10 by that name.

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