[Dotson]

Well, yes.. please do not flame me... I don't need that. And I don't think there is any need for that either. Thank you.

"1st off, i weighed my Sv on a 4 point scale, and the car with fuel, oil and after market exhaust weighed just over 3320pds. I saved approximately 100pds with the exhaust, so at 3420pds, minus fuel, and oil, would put you right on the factorys claimed 3366pds."


When I say weight at full, I mean, water, oil, feul AND driver. A dry weight of 1550 kg is probably right... but with water, oil, feul and driver weigh app. 1680 kg! Your data doesn't even seem to be incompatible with mine anyways.

"2. If you ever saw the diablos 4 wheel drive system removed, youd realize how rediculous your claim of only 50kg difference really is."

Lamborghini claims VT system weighs 42 kg. Quattroruote weighed a Diablo 2WD and VT and there was a 48 kg difference.. the cars are the same, only difference is the VT system... and it was under a 50 kg difference!

The VT quattroruote weighed was an old VT.. a '99 VT maybe weigh more because of a new interior, etc... then maybe the difference between an SV and '99 VT is more than 50 kg.. maybe 60/70 kg?

"3.The Vt's i raced were both 99's, and both were geared similarly to mine, as none of us could hit 60 in 1st gear."

Well, you just told me your SV has a racing exhaust. Have you tried VT '99 with short gear ratio and seen if it felt similar to your SV when it was stock? I know an SV is a little faster.. I don't doubt that an SV will pull a little ahead of a VT in the straits... but what I am saying is that there is not such a big difference in performance between these models.

"4.A 6.0 is substantially faster than a Vt, due not to its 20 more hp, but its wider and broader torque curve."

Both '99 VT and 6.0 have VVT... and not only that, even if 6.0 has more torque at low rpms, this does not make a huge difference when in the 5000-7500 rpm range. For instance, a 530 hp SV with VVT has a broader torque curve than an SE30, but an SE30 is faster than an SV with the same medium gear ratio, because it has a little better hp/weight ratio.

A 492 hp Diablo VT did 1/4 mile in 12.29s.. a 6.0 with the same gear ratio did 11.8s... 530 hp VT with VVT like the 6.0, but on lighter weight than the 6.0 would do similar.. at most 11.9s! the difference is not so big.

"Dont put all your faith in magazine results, testing temps, drivers, unforseen variables make huge differences. [/b][/quote]"

My friend in Italy owns exotic car show room... he tries many Diablos often (VT, SV, 6.0, GT, SE), and many other cars... I get most of my information from him. He has tried 6.0 and VT.. he said there was not a huge difference in acceleration.

Look, you own a Diablo and I respect you.. if you think there is something wrong with what I say, I don't mind you tell me. But all the data I have seen so far tells me that a VT is not so different from a 6.0 or even an SV. Yes, SV is a little faster than a VT, and even a 6.0... I have said that since the begining. But they are the same car, and the difference is not big.