Italy may be known as the best supercar builder in the world, but when it comes to pushing Ferraris and Lamborghinis to ridiculous outputs via twin-turbo kits, America is the place to talk about. The TT madness has taken over the US, with people racing one thousand or even two thousand horsepower supercars like there’s no tomorrow.
Thus, the questing is not “where will the first twin-turbo Lamborghini Huracan be built”, but “which American tuner will do it?”. To the best of our knowledge, nobody has strapped a pair of turbines to the rear of a Huracan so far, but it seems like Heffner Performance will be the first to do so.
The company recently used its social media accounts to publish a few photos of a Huracan twin-turbo build and the forced induction Raging Bull should be out of the oven by the end of the year.
How about the performance of the twin-turbo Huracan?
Of course, everybody wants to know how far they’ll take the V10 machine. We don’t know the answer to that question, but we can take a look at what they’ve done for the Lamborghini Gallardo in order to get a hint.
This Huracan build was commissioned by OB Prestige Auto, a crew that currently runs a Heffner twin-turbo Gallardo in half mile events. Their Gallardo delivers “well north of 2,000 horsepower at the wheels” and goes all the way up to 230 mph (370 km/h). Alas, it also spins on occasions.
Like we’ve said in the past, such figures may sound impressive, but we’re not fans of boosting Sant’Agata Bolognese’s creations, when the company has remained the only major supercar producer that sticks to natural aspiration - a tuned Lamborghini is not a true Lamborghini anymore.
We’ll be back with more info as soon as the Huracan is finished and starts taking parts in 1/2 mile events. Meanwhile, if you want to drive a twin-turbo Huracan, you can do this in the gaming world, as you can see in the clip below, which comes from Forza Horizon 2.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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