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McLaren 720S Drag Races Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Huracan, Humiliation Is Hard

McLaren 720S Drag Races Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Huracan 4 photos
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If you happen to drive a McLaren 720S, it's only normal to be bombarded with all sorts of drag racing requests, since the British toy has built carbon fiber-solid reputation. And we are now here to deliver the latest example of this, which involves the Macca battling a twin-turbo Lamborghini Huracan.
The drivers of the supercars decided to skip the prepped surface of the drag strip and go for a street racing session. As such, the goold old rolling start was used, since this minimizes traction loss risks and causes less traffic disruption.

Note that the British missile we have here isn't stock. You see, the owner of the McLaren 720S, who happens to be a YouTuber, wanted to prepare for the avalanche of races, so he took the twin-turbo V8 of the thing down the aftermarket route.

However, this is an early stage build, which means the supercar received an exhaust and an ECU remap. As a result of this, the vehicle now delivers around 900 horsepower at the crank.

As for its Raging Bull opponent, the Italian exotic obviously couldn't face the McLaren in naturally aspirated form, so its owner installed a twin-turbo package. However, while the said setup pushed to car to 1,000 ponies on pump gas, using race juice pushes the output to around 1,200 ponies.

The mid-engined machines battled on multiple occasions, as an even start wasn't exactly easy to achieve for their drivers. Regardless, the magical combination was finally found, with the results being extremely spicy. Note that both cars had aficionados riding shotgun at the time of the race.

P.S.: Those of you who are in a hurry should know the sprinting action awaits at the 9:25 point of the video below, with the part of the clip that comes before this being loaded with YouTube chit-chat

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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