My friend is new to fast cars and just got the following build summary/plan from AWE tuning.

My advice to him was to get some seat time in the car w/ just a tune/exhaust (he has never had a really fast car) before doing anything crazy like full suspension and a TT kit.

I know very little about the R8's so I am turning to you guys for some advice.

Here are the build suggestions:

Project: Xtreme R8V10
Objective
To go fast.
The Car
2010 R8V10
525hp
0-60 3.7s
¼ mile 11.8s
.97G skidpad


Performance Development
Power
Heffner Twin Turbo Kit:
~800hp.
~$40k installed
Car needs to be shipped to Florida for ~1 month
0-60 3.1s (est., based on Lamborghini Gallardo)
¼ mile 10.7s (est., based on Lamborghini Gallardo)

A.W.E. Tuning Exhaust:
~10-12hp increase
~$5500 installed
Can be installed by local facility in LV
0-60 3.6s (est.)
¼ mile 11.7s (est.)

GIAC Software:
~30-40hp increase, custom tuned to A.W.E. exhaust
~$4000 installed
Car needs to be shipped to Irvine, CA for ~2 weeks
0-60 3.4s (est., in conjunction with exhaust)
¼ mile 11.4s (est., in conjunction with exhaust)

Cornering
Bilstein CSC Coilover Suspension:
1.01G skidpad (est.)
$4,500
Can be installed by local facility in LV
Adjustable ride height
Adjustable ride stiffness
Improved cornering without ride quality sacrifice
H&R Sport Lowering Springs, 29058-1:
.99G skidpad (est.)
$449
Can be installed by local facility in LV
~1.25” lowering
Improved cornering
Braking
Brembo Brake System
$10,500
Can be installed by local facility in LV
Marginal improvement in braking performance (not highly recommended)
Exterior
HRE Wheels
price dependent on style and finish, many to choose from for extreme personalization.
Hrewheels.com
Installation
Discuss options, here (ship car) or open new relationship w/Vegas dealer.

 

Doesn't sound like he needs any of that besides a tune and exhaust if he is new to fast cars....

$10,500 in brakes? It already has great brakes.

 

Ride height? Improved brakes? 0-60 times? Improved cornering?

So not only is he new to high HP cars, he's such a track star that he thinks the factory platform is insufficient?

Sorry, I know this is not what you sought, but I find the back story a little amusing.

I'd get a few of those power mods. And leave it at that.

 

That is exactly what I have told him so far....the car already handles and stops very well. His best bet is to work on the "driver mod."

 

^ lol! You've given great advice.

 

Once he gets some drive time he might change his mind. Just watching videos and looking at pictures really doesn't give a good prospective on how fast the car is actually moving. He might not understand, but with these cars STOCK you can get up to ~130 very quickly.

It should be interesting to see what he does.

 

The V10 is more than most anyone needs out of the box - if the car is going to be a dedicated track car, after some seat time - it will be apparent what it needs (if anything) Why drop the thousands and thousands of $ on stuff when you have no base-line?

 

Have him call OEMplus here in California. They do a ton of custom R8's for customers all over the country. Good advise and no bias...

 

Put some seat time in. Car is truly incredible. I just picked mine up and considered modding but find myself happy with a few simple things.