Garrett – Advancing Motion has something special lined up for SEMA this year. The curvaceous black-and-white beauty featured here is a 2015 Lamborghini Huracán, which was rebuilt from the ground up with a twin-turbo LS engine swap and a manual transmission! With plans to make four figures at the rear wheels and a star-spangled soundtrack shooting out the exhaust pipes, this is one Raging Bull we can definitely get behind.
Created by YouTube personality Chris Steinbacher from the B is for Build YouTube channel, the car was originally a Lambo Huracán LP610-4 that was modified with an aftermarket turbocharger kit. As it so happens, the turbo kit had a fuel pressure regulator failure and the whole thing promptly burned to the ground. But that’s where Garrett – Advancing Motion and Steinbacher stepped in with plans to rebuild the car with a twin-turbo LS engine swap.
Quite frankly, it’s nuts to see this thing come together, and hugely impressive that the builders actually managed to make the double-boosted LS engine work at all in the Italian shell. We guess “LS swap all the things” is more than just a meme for some folks. What’s more, the builders are billing their creation as the only Lamborghini Huracán in the world with a manual transmission.
As for the engine, it’s a 430-cubic-inch (7.0L) V8 built by Texas Speed and Performance, which breathes through a pair of Garrett GTX3582R Gen II turbochargers. The plan is to make 1,000 horsepower from the setup. Meanwhile, the row-your-own transmission is a Graziano unit from an Audi R8, which exclusively feeds the rear wheels.
The exterior was modified with carbon fiber panels from a Huracán Super Trofeo, with the aesthetic based on a Khyzyl Saleem design.
See the B is for Build folks pick up the toasted shell in the following video:
This LS engine-swap Lambo is already lining up to drop some jaws when it debuts in Vegas next month, and should impress even in the rarified custom crowd of SEMA. Are you a fan of the build? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section, and make sure to subscribe to GM Authority for 24/7 GM news coverage.
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SO YOU’RE LEAKING HIS CAR BEFORE HE EVEN POSTS THE FINAL EPISODES OF THE BUILD?! I hope he sues somebody for this!
You’re kidding right? He had already shown this render and a few other in his videos. He also said the final product may not even look anything like the concepts he’s shown. No one’s getting sued, chill out.
Sue for what?
If you’re going to say for breaching an press embargo, fat chance. Corporate may have the teeth and the mean to sue someone, but no youtube nobody will, especially for publicly released documents.
This is just a render that Chris, from B is for Build, has already posted on his YouTube channel.
By “sue”, I think you mean “thank”. YouTubers’ incomes are primarily driven by ad revenue and ad revenue is driven by getting more viewers. Chris is a sharp guy. I’m sure he welcomes any and all publicity that drives traffic his way.