| Advocate
Posts: 771 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Connecticut/New York I drive: 2008 Subaru Impreza 2.5i
5-door, Newport Blue Pearl Thanks: 249
Thanked 142 Times in 62 Posts
| R8 tuned for Enduro Racing (CR-8) -
12-19-2007, 02:57 PM
Quote:
It was only a matter of time. Audi unveils the R8 supercar, and somebody wants to take it racing. Leave it to the Dutch to pick up the slack, as Netherlands-based Creventic BV is preparing the "CR-8" for an assault on endurance sportscar racing.
Thus far, Creventic has been cautious with its modifications. The current CR-8 benefits from a remapped engine management system to produce 430 hp (ten horses over the stock 420) and the removal of the factory-installed low-gear restrictor, as well as a host of baubles and bolt-ons to the body to bring it up to race spec. 18-inch BBS competition rims wrapped in Toyo racing slicks are put in place, a 90-liter racing fuel tank installed and AST suspension components mounted at all four corners. Creventic is also working on squeezing more power out of the RS4-derived V8 engine, a race-spec sequential gearbox and carbon fiber body panels, among other competition modifications.
The first pair of CR-8s will be shown next month at the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates for a race-track shakedown and public unveiling, with the first customer cars to be delivered shortly thereafter.
Check out CR-8.com for more details, and the gallery below for a whole mess of pics.
| Pictures at: Creventic CR-8 takes Audi supercar to the track - Autoblog
Looks pretty nice to me. |
| |  |