YouTuber Alex Choi Breaks Down His Twin Turbo Lambo Rally Car

Lamborghini Huracan features a bolt-on twin-turbo setup and a hot pink tubular exoskeleton in place of many body panels.

Alex Choi is well-known for his high-performance YouTube channel which, among other things, features his BMW drift car and his formerly-supercharged Lamborghini Huracan. The Lambo, that Choi calls “the Unicorn,” recently spent five months behind closed doors as it underwent a transformation that makes it the most unique Huracan in the world.

In the video above, Choi walks us through the features of V3 of the Unicorn, which has been recreated into a wicked, twin-turbocharged rally car with an unusual safety cage on the outside of the car.

The Introduction

The video above begins with a monologue by Alex Choi in which he talks about how he lives his life. It is chock full of points that many people should live by, but when discussing the unique Lamborghini shown here, this is the most poignant comment in the introduction.

“When you do things that nobody else would ever imagine, you’re being original, whether other people like it or not.”

That is fitting because in the short time that people have been discussing the Lamborghini Unicorn V3, a great many people don’t like it. Some people insist that Choi has ruined this Huracan, but so long as you aren’t hung up on stock body panels, this Lambo is 100% badass.

After the monologue, the footage quickly shows us the exoskeleton being cut and welded by Studio RSR, followed by an even quicker look at the twin turbo kit being installed by SheepeyRace. This first portion ends with a look at the Lambo in its V3 form from every angle under the bright lights of a photography studio, giving us a great look at the world’s most unique Huracan.

The Walk-Around

During the next portion of the video, Choi walks us through all of the key aspects of the third version of his build. He points out that the car was missing for five months, during which time many people speculated that he wrecked or sold the car, but in reality, it was simply hidden behind closed doors as it went through this elaborate modification process.

“It’s the coolest thing that I’ve ever done in my life,” said Choi.

Choi begins by talking about the exoskeleton system that he calls monkey bars. He went to Studio RSR, the shop which built the roll cage in his BMW, and asked them for something outrageous. Drawing inspiration from the “flip car” in Fast and Furious 8, RSR removed an array of body panels, replacing them with hot pink steel tubing with custom panels filling the gaps in the cage. There is no question that the design is outrageous, but the exoskeleton was only the first step.

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Next, Speedtech provided a “42 or 43 LED lights”, including the police-style light bar on the roof and a ton of other, smaller lights mounted all over the exterior. This includes a set of Group B-style rally lights on the front end, bolstering the rally look that is started with the cage.

Unicorn V3 rides on the same Brixton Forged wheels as V2, but they have been painted black and wrapped in a set of Michelin tires. Out back, the same APR wing is present, but it is mounted 12-inches higher the it was on V2 and it has been cleaned up to showcase all of the exposed carbon fiber.

Finally, finishing off the exterior is a set of stock taillights that have been flipped and mounted in the exoskeleton in the absence of the factory body panels, while an MFR rear diffuser completes the racy look out back.

Unique Power Upgrades

Once the exterior upgrades were complete, Choi turned to SheepeyRace for help in extracting a little more power from his Lamborghini. He previously ran a supercharger, but SheepyRace has been working on a bolt-on turbo kit for the Huracan V10, and that is what they installed in Unicorn V3. That kit features air intake tubes and one-foot-long K&N filters from a diesel big rig, but the key feature in the induction setup is the air-to-air intercooler system.

Most Lamborghini builds run air-to-water intercooler setups due to lack of space for the air-to-air under the body panels, but this car doesn’t have any body panels, so it has plenty of room. With this in mind, SheepyRace designed the air-to-air intercooler system, making this the only Huracan in the world with such a setup.

Choi explains that the twin turbo setup makes the car much quicker than it was with the supercharger package, and he spends some time swooning about the driving dynamics of the car with the V3 upgrades.

The video ends with Alex Choi pointing out that he cant wait to get the Unicorn V3 to some events just to see people’s reactions to the unique car, along with promising many more upgrades in the near future.

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"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

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