A 2003 Tahoe is getting a 1,000 hp twin-turbo LS conversion, 40-inch tires and the physique from a crashed Lamborghini Urus
by Chris Chilton
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by Chris Chilton
Saying a Lamborghini Urus and a 20-year-old Chevy Tahoe are each SUVs is like saying a sumo wrestler and lengthy distance runner are each athletes. You nearly by no means hear anybody point out the 2 in the identical breath, however a customized store in British Columbia is about to vary all that.
No, it’s not about to enter a 400-lbs Japanese man in a diaper within the Vancouver Marathon, however is creating one of many silliest SUV mashups we’ve ever seen. The blokes at Trickfactory Customs are dropping the physique from a wrecked Lamborghini Urus onto the body of a 2003 Tahoe and you may watch the entire thing occur on YouTube.
Trickfactory acquired a rolled Urus as a result of it wanted the Lambo’s twin-turbo V8 drivetrain for an additional venture, however though the Urus’s shell was badly broken, the workforce couldn’t bear the thought of throwing it away, so boss Tim hatched plan for the loopy physique swap. Following some analysis he realized that the wheelbase of the second-generation Tahoe launched in 2000 was fairly near that of Lamborghini’s SUV, and naturally, the Tahoe’s body-on-frame building would assist when it got here to mounting the unibody Lambo’s shell on high.
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With an historical truck chassis the ensuing Frankenstein’s monster gained’t have hope of dealing with in addition to the unique Urus on the street, or get it up Pikes Peak wherever close to as shortly. However it might be fairly useful within the filth, particularly with the modifications Trickfactory has deliberate, which transcend visible particulars just like the cut-down tube-frame doorways, and embody 12-inch (305 mm) of suspension journey and large 40-inch-tall (1 m) tires.
And it’ll even be significantly quick. The Tahoe is already outfitted with an LS V8, however the construct workforce is throwing on a twin-turbo package that they had mendacity round, and is capturing for 900-1,000 hp (1,014 PS). That’s a tidy improve on the inventory Lambo’s 641 hp (650 PS) motor, offering all of it holds collectively. This isn’t the one Urus construct presently happening on YouTube, as a result of one other channel, goonzquad, is fixing up white one which seems to have been concerned in a police shootout. However the Trickfactory venture is unquestionably essentially the most bold and least smart, which feels like two good causes to maintain tabs on the progress.
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