Calvo Motorsports on 2500hp Lamborghinis, Vipers, Billet Blocks and How To Stop Breaking Your Sh*t
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Calvo is back for round two — this time we're diving deep into the Lamborghini Huracan platform, new business ventures, an update on the drag and drive car, TX2K recap, and much more. T
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00:00 Getting Into Lamborghinis/R8 Platform and How the Performante Build Started
8:42 Viper vs. Lambo Engine Complexity
15:13 Industry Collaboration, Tony at T1, AMS, and Sheepy
20:24 Dave's Performante Build: First Passes, Issues, and Promising Results 23:33 Hart's Turbos and the Turbo Insights
27:51 Using Your Own Car as the Guinea Pig, R&D Philosophy
30:24 The Future Of Calvo Motorsports
36:24 The Machine Shop, Capabilities and In-House Control
44:26 Fabricio's Billet Block Viper
1:10:17 Drag & Drive Viper Update
1:19:25 2JZ Engine's, Customer Vetting & Mechanical Sympathy
1:28:49 Anti-Lag Abuse, Customer Education, and the True Cost of Breaking Your Car
1:47:53 Lamborghini Market, Underground's 260 Record, Half Mile Speed Reality Check
Lamborghini Huracan
"...eed something you can buy it and not just for the Huracan R8 platform, it's pretty much there for everythin..."
Toyota A90
"Incredible engine. Like, you know, I always go back to, uh, the Viper was a 90% car. It was 90% awesome."
Dodge Viper
"...ine. Like, you know, I always go back to, uh, the Viper was a 90% car. It was 90% awesome."
Chevrolet Camaro
"...se people building, you know, thousand horsepower Camaros that would want a gear set that holds very strong..."
Ford Maverick
"...hine shop and everything. And, um, I drove my, my Maverick. So, but I love that Maverick."
Mazda MX-5 / Miata
"...hat's local. That's, it's cool if you have like a Miata, you know, it's a very small technical track. It'..."
Nissan R33
"...best part. He's telling me how he just rolled his R33 GTR off one of these clips like three weeks befor..."
Shelby GT500
"full send it. I was like, dude, like fuck man. And so, but yeah, that's, that's that. So that was me when I took a GT 500 around our local racetrack, like hopped in and I was over driving a car right out the gate. It's like, I probably should have taken a slower without,"
Chevrolet Corvette
"...allies, race tracks, or to warehouse to hide your Corvette, because you're going through a messy divorce and..."
Peugeot 106
"...urbos or something stupid? I think they were like 106s or something. Yeah. Yeah. It's just something cra..."
Nissan Gtrs
"...er STO. Yeah. It's like, it's way better than the GTRs, he says, like when it comes to daily driving. Bu..."
Porsche 911
"...e category of like manual badass cars. I know the 911 Turbo is all well drive, but like, it's a driver'..."
Lamborghini Gallardo
"...ion I really wanted to touch on. You've done some Gallardo stuff as well, right? Yes. How different is the h..."
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