Audi R8 Twin-Turbo with 536hp Announced by Heffner Performance [video]

what is so special about this? its a v8 twinturbo with 536hp. iv got friends that have 4 cylindre turbo and as many hp's. they could at lest bragged with 7-8 hundred hp's then the article would have a punchline.

well I guess as it is the first turbo R8 (German Tuners already equipped it with a supercharger) it's a big thing. and to be honest, 536 rearwheelHP sounds like a good amount to me compared to the stock 420 (or 414 or what ever it is in bhp). the only thing what I don't understand is, is it modified to only have rear wheel drive or are we really talking about allwheelhp?

Why audis are so boring? 4.2 v8 twin turbo pushing only 536hp? why did they bother putting this in the home page?

"According to the engineers, the tuned R8 has a 183 rear-wheel horsepower (rwhp) gain over the stock model." 536-183=353. A stock R8 has 420 hp, but only puts 353 hp to the wheels. 420-353=67. The stock R8 loses 67hp due to frictional drivetrain losses. Tuned R8's 536 rwhp plus the 67 "lost" hp = 603hp (estimated) at the crank. This number equates to 147.2 hp per liter of displacement, slighty better the twin-turbo 530 hp Porsche GT2's hp per liter which is 143. If you don't like doing math you can simply re-read the following lines from the article until your eyes bleed: "Although this is an exciting development for Audi fans, we would also like to know the horsepower rating at the flywheel. Engine dyno figures were not released.

Your forgetting, as power increases, frictional loses also increase, so it would be higher than your estimated figure.

they shouldve just made the R8 stock with this set up it wouldve been soo badass

536hp on the rear wheels, that's plenty, why are people complaining?

now put some quad turbos in the R8 V10 :D

They complain about this car because they'll never have it. That's a lot of horsepower and will make an already amazing car even more amazing. I am interested in seeing some 0-60 and 1/4 mile runs.

Can they mod my R8 V10 with a twin-turbo or only the V8 ?

This is sick.

I want see this R8 on track, must be fun and fast :)