J.Seven:
RC:

Well, two seconds from 0-300 kph are quite a lot, believe it or not.  For the Autobahn, not something you can ignore.

You are right however, I would never really tune this car in any other way. If ABT (basically the only semi-officially "approved" Audi tuner, apparently MTM will join the club soon as well...) offers an engine tuning which doesn't require major mods and which wouldn't void my warranty/lease contract, I am in if it costs less than 10k (with hardware mods) or up to 5k (software only).

The 30-40 hp I mentioned are over the whole rev range, which is huge. It doesn't sound like much but it is quite a lot of a n/a engine and keep in mind that they cannot raise the torque too much (gearbox). Warranty would still be in effect, so no worries here. 

Right now ABT seems to wait until the Huracan Superleggera gets official, then let's see what happens next.

Another possibility would be to get the R8 facelift in four years or so and save my money but so far, it is still not known if the facelift keeps the V10 engine. angry

Lambo will be getting maximum 40hp more for this engine on the SL and the mods will be huge I'm sure, so no MTM or ABT will get there with easy money, we're talking for sure more than 10k for an upgrade of this size. And don't worry with R8 facelift in 4 years, by then you'll have the courage enought to presents all with real thing, Huracan SL Smiley Smiley

I'm afraid things are a bit more simple in the case of the R8.

Fun facts:

- The current R8 engine is 100% (not 99% or 95%...100%) the same engine, up to the last bolt, used in the current R8 LMS race car. The race version has a little bit less power because of the different injection system and regulations. Yes, including a real dry sump lubrification system, bla bla bla. Not even the GT3 or GT3 RS are that much related to their race version(s).

- The R8 V10 base model (with 540 hp) and the R8 V10 Plus model (with 610 hp) have the same engine. Not similar, not almost similar, absolutely 100% identical. Only a different software!

- The R8 V10 Plus engine with 610 hp has been artificially torque limited to 560 Nm because of the DCT gearbox used in the car. Due to the completely new and improved AWD technology, they couldn't use a different DCT gearbox which is good for more torque.

That said, I do not think that the Huracan SL will have much changes regarding the engine. Actually, I think it will be basically the same engine with a different software and some thermodynamical (cooling) improvements. One way ABT wants to raise power on this engine is by software...and a high capacity fuel cooling radiator. So I guess they are going the same way like the Huracan SL developers, probably for a reason (ABT is very close to VW/Audi/Bentley development).

I will certainly wait for my decision until the Huracan SL shows up, so I know what has been changed.

Btw: After the Huracan SL shows up, one year later, the Audi R8 GT should be available. Smiley


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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Porsche Macan Turbo, Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017), Mini JCW (2015), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014)