R8 standing mile results. NA and TT

[Heffner Performance]

Yesterday there was an event taking place called the Top Gun Run which involved a two mile long runway in South Florida for us to come out and play on. Being that I had just taken delivery of my R8 on Thursday this seemed like a great opportunity to stretch it's legs and gather some data. We headed out early Sunday morning with another one of our customers in a Twin Turbo Gallardo Spyder to make the nearly two hundred mile (one way) drive. Ben from Wheels Boutique was good enough to meet us out there in his Heffner Twin Turbo R8 as were three other Heffner Twin Turbo Gallardo Owners and a few Ford GT owners as well. Aside from the people that we knew there was a wide variety of cars out there hoping to see what types of speed they could achieve over a one mile distance.

Early in the day I pulled my car to the starting line. This is a 2009 R8 with a Stasis exhaust. I launched the car briskly, tried my best to push the gas pedal through the floor and proceeded to row it through the gears. The car was incredibly stable throughout the run and the sound from the Stasis exhaust is simply spectacular. The car came through the one mile mark in sixth gear at 155 mph which was actually a bit faster than I had expected out of a naturally aspirated R8. I plan to dyno this car early in the week to see what it is putting out.

A little later in the day, Ben pulls his Heffner Twin Turbo R8 up to the line. This car is running our 6 psi bolt on system on 93 octane and makes a bit over 600 horsepower at the flywheel. In Ben's own words he "drove it like he stole it" and headed down the runway like a man on a mission. This car crossed the one mile mark at 177 mph! Need less to say, Ben was quite excited. Great job, Ben and thank you for coming out.

Needless to say, we will be working on a few tweaks for the next time out in hopes to run better than 180 in the mile. On the 100 octane tune I am certain that we will be nearing the 190 mark which I believe is about as fast as the car will go with the stock gearing and RPM limit.

I have some great in car video of both cars and will get them posted as soon as we finish editing them. This will likely be tomorrow sometime.

All in all, everyone there had a great time. Thanks go to Mario and the guys at the Top Gun Run for putting on a terrific event. I suggest that anyone in the south Florida area look into this event and head out if your schedule permits. It is an excellent venue to push your car in a safe manner. www.topgunrun.com

Jason Heffner
Heffner Performance, Inc.
www.heffnersperformance.com
941-359-0900

[Monkey boy UK]

Brilliant post Jason, what did the othrs such as the TT Gallardo post, also, any R8 V10's?

Look forward to seeing the video!

[Heffner Performance]

There were no V10 R8's present at this event. There were however several new Corvette ZR1's which ran in the mid to low 170 mph range. The Gallardos with factory gearing and rpm limit are limited to around 195 mph. All four Twin Turbo Gallardos were able to hit the RPM limiter prior to the one mile mark. One brave soul decided to keep it to the floor on the rev limiter until he crossed the mile. He ran 196. The others backed off of the throttle a bit to keep it off of the limiter and ran between 191 and 194.

[thezman]

Looks like an awesome day at the track....thanks for sharring

[SebringSilver]

Great result for a virtually stock R8 4.2!

Apparently a modded Ford GT did 253 mph! Wow!

[Vincent]

Hurry up with my car Jason. I want to have some fun too.

[2010R8BLCF]

I have an R8 V10 and would have loved to have made this event but ran at a Braman track event instead at PBIR. The 144 I hit on the 6/10-mile straight (still learning) might have fallen had I done the Top Gun Run, allowing that I was in 3rd gear and not from a standstill as would have been the TGR.

P.S. I met ben and saw his twin-turbo beast at the Supercar Experience weekend two weeks ago in Palm Beach. Makes me want to have the Heffner treatment done on my car, but I might wait a few years until the warranty expires on its own.