Huracán who? Reiter Engineering shows the Lamborghini Gallardo still has some fight left in it

By Stephen Edelstein December 2, 2014

The Lamborghini Gallardo may have been retired to make room for the all-new Huracán, but there’s still some fight left in this bull.

Lambo tuner extraordinaire Reiter Engineering is proving that with its new Gallardo Extenso R-EX, an update of the Gallardo race cars the German company has built in the past.

The name “Extenso” refers to the car’s face-lifted status, and indeed Reiter has made many modifications to keep the Gallardo competitive on track.

Building on the already-aggressive looks of the stock car, the rear track was widened to 80 inches, the maximum allowed under FIA rules. The entire car is also wrapped in carbon-fiber bodywork inspired by Reiter’s old Murcielago R-SV racer.

The V10 engine also received a through going over, gaining new camshafts, sturdier Mahle pistons, and a retuned exhaust system to make sure every Ferrari and Porsche driver will hear this thing coming.

Reiter plans to the Gallardo Extenso R-EX in popular sports-car series, including the Blancpain GT Series and the Pirelli World Challenge.

Privateer racing teams can get their hands on one for 248,000 euros (just over $300,000), and they’ll be getting some solid engineering. Reiter says it’s built over 100 race cars, and every one built since 2012 is still using its original engine.

In the high-stress environment of racing, that’s a pretty impressive statistic.

Meanwhile, Lamborghini itself will launch a racing version of the Huracán, the LP620-2 Super Trofeo. So far it’s only slated to compete in the Lambo-only Blancpain Super Trofeo series, but it could be deployed in other race series in the future.

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