Prepare To Be Befuddled By This Inline-Four Audi R8
The defining feature of any R8 - be it a V8 or a V10 version - is surely the engine. So, the idea of whipping out one of those many-cylindered works of art and slapping in a heavily turbocharged inline-four is just a bit wrong, isn’t it?
In the world of motorsport, not really. This fascinating hill climb car from a company called Dialynx Performance has been given a 2.0-litre engine transplant for class reasons, a move which has also helped the mid-engined Audi shed a load of weight - this one tips the scales at just 950kg.
It’s no ordinary four-banger sitting behind the cabin, either. It’s a hybrid of two VW Group engines of the past: an ALT 20-valve aluminium block married to a 16-valve ABF Mk3 Golf GTI cylinder head. The whole shebang is fed by a Garrett turbocharger running at 30PSI.
When brimmed with racing fuel, the engine - which sits on a custom rear subframe - develops 650bhp. It may not sound quite as nice as it did originally, but damn, does it make for one fast R8.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
So it’s like a Class-B R8?
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I literally had this idea about a week ago for a super light Group-S homage but with the 2.5l 5cyl instead of a 2.0 4cyl
The only way you can justify to swap a v10 for a i4 is for weight reduction
I’m sorry but this is absolute sacrilege, I’ll live with a 2.0L I4 LMP1 but I condemn this I4 R8
I’m stubborn so what
Another victim of Dieselgate😞
how it feels to see the engine in the R8s MASSIVE Engine bay……
What’s that sound as it accelerates? Not the straight cut gears that make that high pitched whine, but the thing that sounds like a Lionel model steam train
How da faq is it that light?
There’s a time attack Gallardo with a 1.9 VW 4 cylinder…