I am a Viperclub member and current Viper owner (06 FE Supercharged Coupe) who recently purchased the first twin turbo Lamborghini Gallardo built by Jason Heffner from its original owner Wayne Skiles out of California. Wayne wanted to build the first Gallardo Spyder which is why he sold it but it is a very famous car and a historic build for Jason and the Lamborghini community who never had significant power options before.
This car (my car) was also on the cover and in a feature of Luxury and Exotics Magazine. The car currently makes 800hp but is soon getting boost turned up to 900-1000hp with 4WD to boot! There has been much posted on this car and even Lamborghini's one and only factory test driver ([SIZE=-1]Valentino Baldoni who has been[/SIZE] working there like 50+ years) came down after hearing of this build and drove the car himself.
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I am in the process of changing the stealthy look of the car with a modified paint scheme with Viper like stripes running across the top, new wheels, carbon wing and so on. I am not a fan of the stealth look although it did look better in person than in pics.
Here a couple quick renderings I did (not actual wheels I am going with in either photo).
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In total there are now 5 of these TT Lamborghini Gallardo's built by Jason and they are works of art. Everything from the engine bay, Jason's work, to the interior and exterior Italian design are incredible.
Car and Driver did a test on the number 2 car which does not make as much HP as the other 4 cars (but is now getting upgraded with Jason) and they talked about wheel spin problems (mostly due to 6spd / gearing) and still recorded 0-60 in 3.1 second, 11.4 Quarter Mile @ 129mph, 0-150 15.5 sec, 0-170 19.2 sec on street tires / pump gas. The original owner of the car I purchased was asked if he wanted to allow Car and Driver to test the car and he said no fearing they would beat the crap out of it since it's not their money but it would have been cool to see it there as well. Mine has the F1 trans that it is impossible to shift faster than with a manual and allows one to be much more consistent - it even blips the throttle for rev matching down shifts in the split of a second.
Car and Driver article:
Heffner Performance Twin Turbo Ford GT and Twin Turbo Lamborghini Gallardo - Specialty Files - Car and Driver November 2006
Another owner with more horsepower (apx 800-875hp) than the one in Car and Driver took his to the Strip and on a very hot day, street tires, spinning tires off the line and running on pump gas he got a 10.99/11.0 so the cars can easily run mid 10's in better conditions with sticker tires. If nobody beats me to it I plan to be the one to hit these numbers.
The latest Gallardo TT Jason built has 1000hp (the most yet) and it will certainly be in the low 10's if not better. Just like the Vipers there are transmission, half shaft, clutch and other issues being worked out of all these cars but once we get it all worked out they will really be something.
Next month there should be a new Car and Driver 0-200-0 issue coming out and Jason put one of the TT Gallardo's into the mix and I think all will be very suprised with the results as there were cars the likes of the Saleen S7 and the other big boys involved. I have also heard Jason is looking for someone with a Bugatti Veyron so he can run one of these head to head.
The new Euro Magazine that was mentioned with yet another one of these Heffner TT Gallardo's is European Car Magazine. Unfortunately they got it wrong in terms of this being the worlds fastest Gallardo (it is one of the fastest but the other TT Gallardo owners have posted better times and in some cases have more HP such as the new 1000hp build and upcoming 1000HP Spyder from the man I bought the 1st TT G from)
Here is the cover:
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Jason builds some incredible cars and this is no exception. The scream from it's Twin Turbo V10 climbing to over 8000rpms and no mufflers or cats (my current config) is just like being at an F1 race. The easily repeatable performance and traction you get with the 4wd is amazing as this thing pulls with heavy g's pinning you in your seat and many I have driven in it say this is the fastest car they have ever been in, that it's Scary Fast(this is not from girls either but die hard car guys), that it could take a street bike out and so on.
There is no doubt the car hooks up better than my Supercharged 06 FE Coupe and "feels" a good deal faster although they are probably close in actual 1/4 mile. After that it's definitely the Lambo on the top end as this car really just gets going at 130.
Right now I am in a virtual car heaven as I love the way both my modified Viper and modified Lamborghini are performing and it's so much fun to pick which I am going to drive in the morning - decisions, decisions!
Jim
on your 100k TT viper or selling at the 70k and leaving the 30k on the table
