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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: V12 TT torque is evil....

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Old 02-04-2010, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Benz-O-Rama
In my best Rain Main voice..."Of course, I'm an eggggggcellent driver"

MPH seems low, no? I thought those things were up there with my car. Guess not.
A little low...but I don't see a stock 520hp 2006-2007 Gallardo cracking 119mph. A Superleggera would probably crack 120mph at the track. An LP560-4 ran 123+mph:

http://www.dragtimes.com/Lamborghini...lip-18104.html

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Interesting comparisons - what is puzzling with the Gallardo is the huge gap in performance between e.g. an 08 and the LP560-4. The LP560-4 is a ferocious animal in all acceleration tests I have read, getting close to cracking the 3 sec 0-60 barrier, yet on paper the car is rated a mere 40 HP higher than a 08 Gallardo. Same goes for the difference between the 5.2 R8 and the 560-4, the gap on the track is huge! but comparing them on paper the difference should not be that much.
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Originally Posted by CA_E55
Interesting comparisons - what is puzzling with the Gallardo is the huge gap in performance between e.g. an 08 and the LP560-4. The LP560-4 is a ferocious animal in all acceleration tests I have read, getting close to cracking the 3 sec 0-60 barrier, yet on paper the car is rated a mere 40 HP higher than a 08 Gallardo. Same goes for the difference between the 5.2 R8 and the 560-4, the gap on the track is huge! but comparing them on paper the difference should not be that much.
I believe that Lamborghini is underrating the LP560-4's hp.

A Superleggera is rated at 530hp (10 more than the SE or 2007 Gallardo) and has dynoed 436awhp on a Dynojet:

http://www.dragtimes.com/Lamborghini...lip-20111.html

A stock LP560-4 has dynoed 496awhp before getting a Heffner TT kit (I believe Heffner does his dynos on Dynojets):

http://www.carztune.com/heffner-lp56...tt-in-10-steps

So the LP560-4 likely makes closer to 600hp.

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