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Here's a proper supercar that has no A/C, no radio, no leather.......A day with the R8 LMS

SUMMARY DETAILS OF THE R8 LMS

Roadgoing R8 was born out of racing and now its gone back to the track!



- First revealed at Essen motorshow in lat Nov 2008
- GT3 Class version of the road going R8 and code named R16
- Conversion to Rear wheel drive to meet FIA GT regulations
- R8 LMS uses many components of standard road car, Audi Space Frame chassis, Suspension arms, doors, roof panel etc.
- New Carbon fiber panels for rest of bodywork and interior with quick release pins.
- V10 engine is from standard production plant in Gyor.
- V10 has significantly lighter pistons & connection rods compared to V8
- Production dry sump lubrication is sufficient for racing requirements
- Engine Control Unit (ECU) is standard factory Bosch Motronic 9.x.x (engine immobilizer function is obviously discarded from the programming!)
- Driver display is from Bosch - DDU8 Motorsport display
- Reworked exhausts with catalytic converters (tho FIA do not specify) Audi is environmentally friendly
- Standard production gearbox, internal gears have been replaced with a sequential gearset made by Holinger Engineering.
- ABS and ASR adapted for racing
- Dampers by Bilstein, Springs by Eibach, fully adjustable Anti-roll bars
- Fitted with pneumatic air jacks
- Stabuli rapid refuelling system with 120L fuel tank
- Brakes by Brembo for GT endurance/racing
- OZ magnesium wheels with single wheel bolts quick fastening
- Micehlin tires - 310mm rear, 270mm front

Basically the road car components are of high engineering standard and good enough for a the LMS (as opposed to a DTM "bodyshell" and the chassis underneath resembles nothing like the road car for sale)

Enjoy the pictures of this R8 LMS car taking part in the 2010 Endurance 12Hr MME Race at Sepang Circuit, Malaysia (Aug 2010). The race starts at 12midnite and ends at 12noon the next day.

This is the 1st asian debut of the R8 LMS and it achieved a podium position of 2nd place on the first outing.

We start with the moment that nearly ended the race before it even started, here is the R8 LMS catching fire in the pits just before the grid lineup. Team Joest repaired the car and sorted it out in double quicktime for it to make it to the grid and the podium finish 12hrs later.



Endurance and reliability........R8 LMS takes the cake man after seeing the car catch fire in front of us and finish the race 12hrs later on the podium

Enjoy the pictures