VIDEO: Audi R8 plus stripped down for aural pleasure

Some say, a picture tells a thousand words. But even a whole set of photos, no matter how beautifully or creatively crafted, pales in comparison next to a well thought out video. This clip, depicting a stripped down Audi R8 V10 plus caught with its pants down on a dyno, is one of those videos.

It’s a remarkably simple yet powerful advertisement for Audi’s top of the line, 550 hp R8 supercar. The entire rear end of the car has been dismantled to show the Lamborghini-developed 5.2 litre V10 engine in full glory, allowing the viewer to enjoy the motor’s blissful roar without any pesky bodywork to hold it back. Call it Audi’s reinterpretation of acoustic, unplugged recording for unadulterated aural pleasure.

That it sounds so good without the exhaust ends attached is something to note. What you hear is all mechanical, not cleverly set-up exhaust sound engineering that’s so widely used in this day and age.

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Hafriz Shah

Preferring to drive cars rather than desks, Hafriz Shah ditched his suit and tie to join the ranks of Malaysia’s motoring hacks. A car’s technical brilliance is completely lost on him, appreciating character-making quirks more. When not writing this ego trip of a bio, he’s usually off driving about aimlessly, preferably in a car with the right combination of three foot pedals and six gears.

 

Comments

  • azlan87 on Mar 13, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    wow… sounds very F1 like…

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  • Still looks good without a rear bumper. That’s not what every car can do. The one and only Ironman car.

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  • Shehzad on Mar 13, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    Heaven.

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  • oh gosh the engine sound good, but there is fire coming out from the tail pipe, quite dangerous

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    • “but there is fire coming out from the tail pipe, quite dangerous”

      LOLed so hard when i read this, do you know anything about car?

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  • consrito on Mar 13, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    I’ve repeat the video over and over again! Awesomeeeeeee!

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  • Jimmy on Mar 13, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    So lets see how many youngsters have the ability to buy a brand-new one using their own money.
    Don’t let ‘ultamate driving machine’ appear in your car number plates ya, only boy thinks those words are glamorous.
    Do support original as far as possible.

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  • NONICKNAME on Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    #eargasm

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  • Naz@AE111 on Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    Holy REV!! That’s so awesome!!!

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  • One noob question here…y the exhaust pipe will come out flames?
    can a normal car do the same?

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    • The engine has a rev limit of 8700rpm. When one downshift from high gear into low gear while the rev is still high, the engine might rev well over 8700rpm (I believe more than 10000rpm for this R8). So when the cylinder is going up and down so fast, not all fuel will be burn before it goes out to the exhaust and thus you get flame in the exhaust.

      And yes normal car can do it (manual or overridable semi-auto). But most probably the engine will blow up into millions of pieces after you try it a couple more times.

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      • Agree but I’m not too sure about the engine might rev past the redline as judging from the sound, the transmission automatically downshift when the speed reduces like the driver let the foot off the gas pedal and let the car slow down on its own. That’s what I think.

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      • The ECU will not allow the car to downshift and exceed rev limit. The flames are normal under such loads espcially off throttle downshift where ignition is retarded and also because the car is MISSING its exhaust mufflers! This video is obviously sound-edited. It should be much, much louder and annoying without the mufflers

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  • paohyean on Mar 13, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    I just creamed my pants..
    *eargasm*

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  • time to go “mandi wajib” damn it

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  • Exhaust temps when engine’s at full load is about 900++ degC, with some excess HC’s, definitely fire’s gonna spit out of that tailpipe

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  • nabill on Mar 13, 2013 at 11:33 pm

    the gearbox shift is sooooo fast

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  • Nice to see the orange glow inside the pipes. Thats the cat converter ceramic core. If you took off the pipe in your trusty Proton and see the converter core you’ll see the same glow. This demo has had the mufflers removed and actually not good for the car because the hot exhaust is hitting the aluminum chassis frame directly. Don’t do this at home folks. Flames are normal. Ignition retard during shift

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  • This is something u will never get will turbo engines…

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