litchfield R8 V10

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nlaw

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52 posts

216 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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Hi
Any R8 V10 owners had experience with the Litchfield tuning stage 1 upgrade?
Cheers

R8Reece

1,485 posts

88 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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Not seen many R8’s with a litchfield upgrade, they seem more popular with GTR’s?

Have you considered Ricky at RE Performance - he has huge experience in this field with R8’s?

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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As above, Ricky at RE Performance is an official installer for the APR tune. I had him put this on my V10 a couple of years ago and the difference is certainly noticible.

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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Are we talking Gen 2? Is this just the tune to take the 530bhp standard cars up to the 600bhp of the Plus cars, or something else altogether?

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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In my case, it is for a Gen 1 and took the power from 520 to around 580bhp.

bigmowley

1,878 posts

175 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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Lichfield remapped my R8 RWS to the 605hp R8 Plus tune. It was done very professionally and quickly despite needing to remove the rear diffuser to strap the car onto the dyno. Been done a couple of years now and no issues.
They told me that to go any further than this was not really possible on a standard engine. The slightly higher rated tunes in the Huracan uses different valves and valve springs.

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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Yeah there's more exotic internals in Performantes.

JohnnyUK

755 posts

77 months

Sunday 2nd May 2021
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bigmowley said:
Lichfield remapped my R8 RWS to the 605hp R8 Plus tune. It was done very professionally and quickly despite needing to remove the rear diffuser to strap the car onto the dyno. Been done a couple of years now and no issues.
Me too on my RWS.

Next option was to change the exhaust, but 605hp thru the rear wheels is enough for me!


bigmowley

1,878 posts

175 months

Sunday 2nd May 2021
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JohnnyUK said:
bigmowley said:
Lichfield remapped my R8 RWS to the 605hp R8 Plus tune. It was done very professionally and quickly despite needing to remove the rear diffuser to strap the car onto the dyno. Been done a couple of years now and no issues.
Me too on my RWS.

Next option was to change the exhaust, but 605hp thru the rear wheels is enough for me!
And me laugh especially on bald cup 2 tyres in winter. rotate

Joking apart it’s bloody quick now and I have absolutely no desire to go any quicker. (Do I need to hand In my Pistonheads card now?)

nlaw

Original Poster:

52 posts

216 months

Monday 3rd May 2021
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Thanks for the info.
Mine's gen 2 and though i'm aware of ricky, litchfield's pricing seems pretty competitive.

Breadvan2

134 posts

131 months

Monday 3rd May 2021
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I think I’ll go with Litchfield for my RWS when I pluck up the courage to get it tuned (car is still under audi warranty). I’ve heard a few horror stories with APR software in RS6/7, not just from the internet but from friends


adamellisdj

409 posts

37 months

Monday 3rd May 2021
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Il be using Litchfield to do the 458 when the warranty runs out.

They quote real HP gains and use the same rolling road the manufacturers use etc.


JohnnyUK

755 posts

77 months

Monday 3rd May 2021
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bigmowley said:
And me laugh especially on bald cup 2 tyres in winter. rotate

Joking apart it’s bloody quick now and I have absolutely no desire to go any quicker. (Do I need to hand In my Pistonheads card now?)
I scare myself sometimes....cry

Breadvan2

134 posts

131 months

Monday 3rd May 2021
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JohnnyUK said:
I scare myself sometimes....cry
How do you find the Michelin’s compared to the Pirelli’s?

I find it a little twitchy with the standard pirelli tyres

bigmowley

1,878 posts

175 months

Monday 3rd May 2021
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Breadvan2 said:
JohnnyUK said:
I scare myself sometimes....cry
How do you find the Michelin’s compared to the Pirelli’s?

I find it a little twitchy with the standard pirelli tyres
They are a lot better on Cup 2 tyres as long as it’s warm. I took off the standard fit Pirellis almost as soon as I got it because I bought it for track work. I ran it for quite a while on Cup2’s and then refitted the Pirellis when I was waiting for a new set of Cup2’s to arrive. The difference was much bigger than I expected with a lack of traction and as you said more twitchy. It’s been on Cup2’s ever since. My guess if it’s not being used on track then the sweet spot is probably PS4 tyres which seem to work well on other similar cars.

Breadvan2

134 posts

131 months

Tuesday 4th May 2021
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Thanks for the feedback Johny. Think I’ll go with the PS4 then then maybe a tickle from Litchfield

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Tuesday 4th May 2021
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Breadvan2 said:
Thanks for the feedback Johny. Think I’ll go with the PS4 then then maybe a tickle from Litchfield
I hope I'm not stating the obvious here but it's the PS4S you want to go for not the lesser PS4.

Breadvan2

134 posts

131 months

Wednesday 5th May 2021
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Trev450 said:
I hope I'm not stating the obvious here but it's the PS4S you want to go for not the lesser PS4.
Good shout. I didn’t realise there was more than one type

JohnnyUK

755 posts

77 months

Wednesday 5th May 2021
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Breadvan2 said:
JohnnyUK said:
I scare myself sometimes....cry
How do you find the Michelin’s compared to the Pirelli’s?

I find it a little twitchy with the standard pirelli tyres
I love the Michelins - quieter, smoother and stickier.

Also put them on the B8 RS4 - transformative.