The Pacific German R8 Build

[Shawn@PacificGerman]

Hey Audizine!

We have decided to make a build thread timeline documenting our 2017 R8 V10.

We picked this car up in September 2016. It was ordered to our spec, which was a fully loaded V10 (non plus) to demonstrate being able to make a non plus as cool, if not cooler than a plus! Since the V10 has more sound deadening inside, larger fuel tank, non bucket seats, it made better sense to serve as a daily driver and customer shuttle vehicle which was our goal. The lack of power and aero wasn't concerning, we had a solution for this!

2017 R8 (non plus)
Dynamite Red
All options:
Carbon Ceramic Brakes, 20" Wheels
Carbon Exterior Package
Full Leather Package
Diamond Stitched Leather Package, with Red Contrast Stitching
Full Carbon Interior Package
Dynamic Steering







Out of the box the car was worlds ahead of the first Generation R8. Not saying that as a bad statement, the first gen is much more analog and a better driver's car. We have had both a 2014 Samoa Orange V8 6mt with a VF Engineering Supercharger and a Sepang Blue 2011 V10 R-Tronic coupe. However the new generation 2 was a whole new base to build on!





So without wasting much time, we ordered some parts and stripped the car down for its first round of cosmetic upgrade.

Pulled the rear bumper and had the exhaust tips powdercoated gloss black along with the wheels. Had the front and rear sidemarker lights color matched Dynamite Red to body color. Oh yeah, and a Tubi Style Exhaust showed up in the mail!





A V10 Plus wing quickly made its way onto the car also along with V10 Plus Carbon Mirror Caps. Doing a lot with VF Engineering at our shop, it only seemed fitting to jump on their Hex Tuning Software. Along with the Tubi Exhaust, we saw near 650hp on the World Motorsports Mustang 4 Wheel dyno, making more power than a stock V10 Plus that was ran a few days prior.





A set of KW Height Adjustable Springs were ordered from KW Germany to bring the car down to earth and fix the stock gap. We also had the car corner balanced and aligned with install. Also you can kind of see the stainless steel USP brake lines that made their way on at the same time. And a teaser shot of the black Audi rings up front. A whole set of new badges were ordered from Audi and painted glossy black.

[Shawn@PacificGerman]

VF Engineering's Hex Tuning software completely transformed the V10. From 540hp to nearly 650 with the exhaust was a night and day difference. Power picked up everywhere, which is a huge plus, but even drive ability improved. The car was so much easier to get around town, move around on the freeway, and cruise with. Burbles and pops from the exhaust have improved a bit, but the power was so great at this point.

Looking to continue with the cosmetic path, the front bumper came off for a European black optics grille.
Quickly after, a set of KlassenID were ordered in Matte Anthracite.
20x9 front and 20x12 rear - wrapped in 245/30 and 325/25 Michelin Pilot Super Sport Tires.

The gray in the wheels matched the carbon trim so well, it was a killer color combo!








Always happy to have cool cars as company in the shop!




Our friend Stu from Wheelie Cool Videos wanted to do a review on the car, how could we say no!?



It was cool to see a few online blogs like Carbuzz do a write up on the video - https://carbuzz.com/news/whatever-yo...-to-these-guys




Always posted up at the shop waiting to be driven.



And hitting Cars n Coffee events on the weekends!




A cool video VF put together in Malibu, California

[Shawn@PacificGerman]

December 2017 was huge!

While the R8 was great naturally aspirated, it needed something more. Reliability was a huge requirement for power, since the car still sees every day daily driver duties. Track days are still a thing, along with fun canyon driving and road trips, so the power has to be smooth and linear, but still fast! So what makes more sense than ordering a supercharger? We ordered a kit from VF Engineering

As our kit was ready for pickup, Alex Choi wanted to supercharge his Huracan also, and since customers always come first, we did his car right before ours, back to back!








Power is insane! The VF800 kit is a lot for the streets of Southern California, and there really are not too many cars on the road that are quicker. We've driven the car all over, up to North California, Las Vegas, San Diego, Los Angeles, and it has never skipped a beat, all while maintaining over 20-25mpg!


Naturally attending events now meant the decklid would get popped






A quick sound clip leaving the shop with the Tubi exhaust and VF Engineering Supercharger

[Nosferatu]

Looks good. What's the 60-130 MPH like on the VF kit? I'm on a 2017 R8 V10 Plus that I also daily. 25,000 miles and climbing.

[Shawn@PacificGerman]

Looks good. What's the 60-130 MPH like on the VF kit? I'm on a 2017 R8 V10 Plus that I also daily. 25,000 miles and climbing.

I need to get out there and measure it! I have only tested this to 5.68s 100-200km/h on 91 octane. . There is a guy on dragy who has gone low 5s 60-130 with his VF car on race gas.