One of many unique Audi R8’s greatest options was the truth that it was supplied with a gated guide transmission, however that characteristic sadly departed with the introduction of the second-gen mannequin. Now, Underground Racing, the tuning firm greatest recognized for extracting hundreds of horsepower from Audis and Lamborghinis with their monstrous twin-turbo kits, says they are going to be capable of outfit your new R8 with a guide.

The information debuted considerably quietly in a current showcase of their newest buyer automobile, a twin-turbo 2020 R8 with 1,500 hp which, along with its many engine upgrades, options the six-speed gated guide from a first-gen 2012 mannequin on the buyer’s request.

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The automobile retains the manufacturing facility all-wheel drive system, however the guide transmission was upgraded to deal with all 1,500 ponies produced from the now turbocharged 5.2-liter V10. In response to Street & Monitor, the guide swap necessitated plenty of customized fabrication work and plenty of R&D with the electronics, however we’d say the tip end result was price it. And that’s not solely due to the swap itself, but in addition due to the unimaginable job Underground Racing did at making the shifter have a look at dwelling within the R8’s cabin.

How a lot will it price you?

There may be one catch to all this although, and it’s that the corporate gained’t carry out the guide swap until you’re already getting certainly one of their twin-turbo kits put in. Because it stands proper now, their kits for the R8 vary from $49,000 all the way in which as much as $175,000, and pricing for the guide transmission, which will likely be introduced subsequent week, will add even on high of that. However who is aware of, with the correct quantity of demand, or for the precise sum of money, they simply may add it as a standalone possibility sooner or later.