The Modified McLaren 720s That Hits 270mph
A CAR dealership has taken speed to the next level - by modifying high-performance sports cars like this incredible McLaren 720s. The supercars at Wheels Boutique, Miami have record-breaking speeds, all down to their expert modifications. Owner and car modifier Alejandro Enrique told FutureStudiosCars: “We had the record for the longest time for the fastest McLaren in the world. Miami has a huge market for super cars. There's a lot of people who own them and there's a lot of people who modify them. So, it just attracts us as our business to do a lot of supercars.” The car enthusiasts at Wheels Boutique have been improving high end sports cars and supercars since 1999. Most of their work focuses on mounting high performance wheels, high speed balancing and suspension upgrades. But with this McLaren 720s they went that little bit further, teaming up with Pure Turbos to make one of the fastest cars in the world - even faster. The $300,000 car has a top speed of 270 MPH and can do a quarter mile in 8.9 seconds – almost a whole second faster than the factory model.
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00:00Just looking at it, you can tell it's something that's not ordinary from what you see every day.
00:04Technology is way advanced.
00:06This is a big turbo, highly modified car.
00:11We wanted to push it as far as we could, continue to evolve them every day.
00:15It's another level.
00:17Sometimes, a standard supercar just isn't super enough.
00:33In a world where every microsecond counts, modifications are everything.
00:39And Will's Boutique in Miami have record breaking form.
00:43We had the record for the longest time for the fastest McLaren in the world.
00:46Miami has a huge market for supercars.
00:48We just love them. We love playing with them. They're such great cars.
00:50And why not, if you can?
00:54Here we have our purple 720S.
00:56This is a big turbo, highly modified car, ready to race.
00:59Technology is way advanced.
01:01Just looking at it, you can tell it's something that's not ordinary from what you see every day.
01:05Powered by a twin turbo charged V8 engine,
01:08this $300,000 McLaren has a top speed of 270 miles per hour.
01:15When you get the opportunity to get a car like this,
01:18and really start messing with it, and changing things here and there,
01:21and testing them out, it's another level of a supercar.
01:24And that's what we like to do.
01:27The car was lowered about an inch from factory.
01:29And this has our Anarchy three-piece wheel.
01:31This is what helps you achieve the speed on the track.
01:34Mickey Thompson, 19-inch tire, with an HRE R101 lightweight.
01:39This is a very light wheel.
01:41Then you have your Novitec exhaust,
01:43which sticks out a little bit farther out than your factory.
01:46It allows better airflow for the car.
01:48We matched the orange striping to match the interior.
01:50We did the turbos, the full exhaust.
01:52We did the engine management.
01:54We did filters.
01:55The amazing thing about these cars, they're great out of the box.
01:59So with minor little changes, they actually become spectacular.
02:02And today, this car is being put through its paces.
02:05How fast can it go over a quarter of a mile?
02:09The weather's not ideal today. It's a little hot in Florida.
02:11But this car should technically run 990 quarter mile to an 899 quarter mile.
02:17The McLarens, unfortunately, can't do a burnout like most cars.
02:19So there's no way to get the tires hot.
02:21So we utilize the tire warmers to get the tires up to temperature.
02:24It goes up to 160 degrees.
02:26So we can go straight to the strip and make a good pass.
02:28Hot tires means sticky. Sticky means fast down the track.
02:31You look at the factory cars, people who test them out have done 950s, 940s.
02:36We have actually ran an 897.
02:39And numbers like these take some serious engine tweaks.
02:43We've actually taken this car and taken it from factory makes 700 horsepower to the wheels
02:48to 980 horsepower to the wheels.
02:50So you're adding 280 more horsepower than it comes with.
02:53When you're already at 700 to get to 900, it takes a lot to get there.
02:56That's almost half a second faster than a factory one.
02:58When you put it in speed, it's a lot of speed.
03:00We love the car, and then we wanted to push it as far as we could.
03:03And then we are continuing to evolve them every day.
03:05Something new comes out, we find out a new trick, we do stuff like that.
03:08So it's never ending evolving with these cars.
03:10Tires at optimum temperature.
03:12Time to see what this baby can do.
03:34Yeah!
03:43The car ran a 9.489 at 150 miles per hour.
03:46The car was quick tonight, but not as fast as it normally is.
03:49The weather's not favorable for us tonight, it's almost 98 degrees in sunny Florida.
03:53Definitely it's a better car to see when the weather's cold,
03:56but for the temperatures and 1800 DA, it was actually pretty good running tonight.
03:59So if you're planning to take your McLaren into the record books,
04:03these are the guys to beat.