Heffner Performance Audi R8 Twin Turbo New Photos and Video

This video snippet shows the upcoming Heffner-treated Audi R8 going from second to fourth gear on the freeway. As is typical with video footage, the car's true power potential cannot really be seen on a screen. Its pull however, should be quite hectic in real life.

Heffner is going for a factory look and feel with their twin turbo system. They want customers to get more than what the standard car offers but without feeling like they had visited a backyard garage mechanic to achieve that.

At the moment the car is said to run 6PSI and an 11.8 to 1 air/fuel ratio. It kicks out 536 rear wheel hp but should attain about 600rwhp after drinking 100 octane fuel. Heffner reckons these changes will give it a quarter mile time in the high 10 second range.

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benz_man

Beautiful exhaust collector. I bet its a true fire hazard now, though.

January 8, 2010 11:44 pm

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carbonsigma

Holy flying turbochargers, Batman!

January 9, 2010 5:07 am

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BabyMilo

where is the rear end?

January 9, 2010 5:37 am

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radmeister

Beautiful work, waiting for the V10 turbo, they have 1000hp+ Gallardos already.

January 9, 2010 2:27 pm

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dbehmoaras

I like more horsepower as much as the next guy, but if that means I have to moon the general public to get it, that's where I draw the line. And to be honest, 536bhp on conventional fuel, I may as well get the V10 which comes with 100% of the car whereas this only comes with 95%, which would be able to handle in the wet and snow, and would have that unique V10 sound.

January 9, 2010 5:05 pm

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benz_man

The rear is taken off to showcase the excellent craftsmanship. It's illegal to drive a car missing the rear crash absorber. However, like i stated above, I'd be concerned of fire (or at least heat-soak damage) with everything bolted back together. Even Audi couldn't put a turbo R8 together without burning prototypes to the ground...

January 9, 2010 7:50 pm

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Jamaicandude

LOL! I can't believe some of you guys think the finished product is gonna be delivered looking like a de-pantsed fifth grader. I've seen Heffner's work before, & I can assure you that the rear bodywork will be intact. It was just removed for pictures.

January 10, 2010 1:26 am

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Andy_Turbo

that is a great hp improvement on only 6psi,536 rwhp wud be more than 600bhp wow!!!!!!! i would like to see them increase that to about 15-20psi so those turbos could really start to work :-)

January 10, 2010 11:57 pm

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