You may have missed out on this crazy project from the USA. This Lamborghini The Huracan, nicknamed "Burntacan", has little left of its Italian origins, except for its silhouette. Owned by the YouTube channel "B is for Build", it has been transformed into a veritable dragster war machine.
The channel's slogan sets the tone: "We fix cars, we break cars, we buy, sell, and trade cars all with the ultimate goal of having fun." And that's exactly the spirit behind this crazy project: dismantle, weld, reinvent, sometimes break... but always in a good mood.
A Mad Max Huracan
This project is not new. The team salvaged a wrecked Huracan from 2019 and completely rebuilt it around a twin-turbo LS V8 engine with manual gearbox. A sacrilege for purists, but a dream for extreme mechanical enthusiasts.
The car was renamed Burntacan, a nod to its vocation as a dragster. Between the modified fenders, the redone electronics from A to Z, and the rebuilt dashboard with custom switches, everything has been thought out with performance in mind. Styling? A cross between Mad Max and Fast & Furious.
981 horsepower... almost 1000
For its latest evolution, the team has reworked all the electronics, redone the wiring, simplified the fuel system and improved the injectors. Result: thehe Burntacan achieved 981 hp on the dyno, close to the 1,000 hp target. But a problem prevented the power from being modulated as intended, making the car... a little too brutal for its creator.
Not feeling ready to pilot a 1,000 hp rear-wheel drive for a quarter mile, he entrusted the steering wheel to Cletus McFarland, a famous driver specializing in drag racing.
World record on the line
It was at LS Fest West that the Burntacan made its mark. Despite imperfect engine mapping and temperamental behavior at high revs, Cletus clocked 12.665 seconds to 188 km/h, a world record for a Lamborghini Huracan with manual gearbox.
The car could even have been aiming for 10 seconds if it had had more set-up time on site. But the simple fact that it was able to line up on the track, run hard, without any problems, and that an outside driver was able to take control of it immediately, was enough to make the team proud.
A sequel in sight?
Since then, B is for Build has moved on to other equally crazy projects, such as the reconstruction of a Lamborghini Murciélago with... a 3D printer. But the designer doesn't rule out returning the Burntacan to the track, notably in Florida at Cletus, to aim for an even better time.
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