THIRDGEN
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On 10/6/2020 at 6:39 PM, Roman said:
Guitar god dead at 65.
Seriously? Still doing this
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On 10/21/2023 at 10:10 PM, VCR said:
Holy smokes! Look who has finally resurfaced after all these yeras!! Ok, let's get all the veteran members back, attract some new blood too and make this place great again!
Yes, why don't you do that.
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On 5/7/2021 at 9:32 PM, jackhorner said:
The Glory days of LamboPower are over unfortunately. This was the greatest place to get advice on Lambo's, travel, new cities, etc. Miss those old days.
Yes was also a place for non Lambo ower trolls to hang out unfortunately.
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Wow, what has happened to Lambo-Power? I was a member under a different name when the site first started. Came with Allan from the Lambo
Chat Site I think. This place was crazy cool for many years. Its like a deserted town now. -
Anyone ever try this? I am getting a little too wide in the butt to sit comfortably. Those seats are fairly tight on anyone. The carbon seats
are an upgrade and look awesome but I would trade for the comfort seats if I could. Any suggestions?
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I have installed a few that remove the rear cats and connect to the main large convertors at the engine and have no muffler in between to the rear exhaust tips.
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Wow, this site has really gone quiet....
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I have a Rossa Vik. Will get a pic up
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On 5/19/2021 at 10:31 AM, Destructo said:
You joined 5 hours ago...
Hahahahaha, this is funny
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That car is super sharp!
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On 4/5/2022 at 12:49 PM, sprite said:
The build quality on the iPE is great and it's super lightweight. The cat bypass pipes have fake mini cats inside just where the O2 sensor hooks up so no check engine light.
Very nice!
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On 3/29/2022 at 9:50 AM, Kevin2772 said:
While i agree with some of what you said, and maybe its just because i was an active poster without a lambo, but the non lambo owners I never saw as the problem around here. TBH it was usually the guys with the biggest garages and some of the biggest ego's. Most of the big fights were dick measuring contests between who had what and when. Maybe im wrong, who knows, but right about now this forum could use those 30 posts a day popularity contests just to get some of the threads moving and worth reading. None of my other forums had this decline. Even Ferrari Chat is still VERY active from the few times I check it a month. Its just here. And the true decline started when people like Kris Singh ran off (and took a few members with him). Not that Kris leaving was any fault but his own, but that was when the decline really started as it seemed to me he couldnt take the heat that was a pretty common thing around here and something that made this forum great once.
My apology's Kevin. I would have never known you did not own one because your input was great. I was mainly referring to troll types that really just wanted to be tough guys behind a user name with no real input. They had no interest in helping the site and improving it. You are just the opposite. Always enjoyed your posts.
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On 10/8/2018 at 9:38 PM, Destructo said:
Link: https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/lamborghini/lp-770-4-superveloce-jota-2dr-isr/first-drive
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ review: glorious V12 supercar driven
That looks really rather angry…“The Aventador SVJ is the most extreme version of the Aventador, featuring the most powerful V12 Lamborghini has ever created”.
As supercar sales pitches go, the one-liner for this last blast of naturally aspirated insanity tickles the synapses. For most of us the Aventador SV felt on the outer margins of extreme, but the SVJ goes further towards the dark side. A lot further.
Let’s start with the name, Lamborghini Aventador Super Veloce Jota. SV is familiar and literally translates as VERY FAST, but the Jota element has historical significance and has only ever graced two cars previously: the Miura P400 Jota and the Diablo SE30 Jota.
Jota refers to appendix J of the FIA rule book that the team at Lamborghini pored over when trying to find a way of homologating the legendary Miura for racing. So as the name and back story suggest, the SVJ is very fast and very track-focused. Hence why I find myself at the legendary Estoril circuit in Portugal.
Strong sales pitch. How’s the performance?
Let’s start with engine. The 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 features all new titanium intake valves and modified cylinder heads increasing the output to 759bhp (a 20bhp increase on the SV).The flywheel has been lightened to improve throttle response and the engine now redlines at 8,700rpm. This is paired to the automated manual ISR (Independent Shifting Rods) transmission we’ve become familiar with in the Aventador family, but reprogrammed to shorten shift times.
Anti-roll bar stiffness has been increased by 50 per cent over the SV and the SVJ comes with bespoke Pirelli P-Zero Corsas as standard, with Trofeo Rs available as an option. We’re on the Corsas today.
How fast is it?
Despite the addition of rear-wheel steering and active aero, the SVJ delivers a 50kg weight saving over the standard Aventador (lighter exhaust, increased use of carbon fibre, lighter wheels) which means the SVJ dispatches the 0-62mph dash in 2.8 seconds (same as the SV), with 124mph coming up a mere 5.8 seconds later, its top speed set at the nominal Italian supercar staple of 217mph.
Find the space, though, and we’re confident you’d smash that. Talking of smashing, the SVJ obliterated the Nürburgring production car lap record with a time of 6:44.97 – over two seconds faster than the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and a full 15 seconds faster than the SV.
With only a 20bhp increase? There must be some aero trickery, surely?
Yup, the SVJ features ALA 2 (Aerodynamic Lamborghini Attiva 2), a development of the system first seen on the Huracan Performanté. Air is channelled under and along the sides of the car via two active flaps in the front splitter, while further back the huge rear wing harnesses the airflow through the central pylon. Like the Performanté, it uses it to stall the wing, or feed it to either side, to increase downforce on the inside wheel, actively helping rotate the car into the corner.
Overall downforce is up by 40 per cent over the SV. Further improvements include rear-wheel steering, increasing stability at high speed and virtually shortening the wheelbase for more agility in tighter corners. Parameters for all four Anima drive mode settings have been finessed as has the steering to “increase engagement and precision”.
I bet it sounds good.
You’re not wrong. In a supercar market now largely dominated by the rise of the turbo and their decimation of visceral soundtracks, the naturally aspirated V12 in the SVJ is worth the price of entry alone.
Lift the red safety cover on the starter button and prod the Aventador into life, and your senses are spiked by the fast turnover of the starter motor priming the 12 cylinders before it leaps into life and settles into an angry idle.
So what’s it like around Estoril?
Ah yes, Estoril, a circuit I last drove in the McLaren Senna which, at £750k, costs twice as much as the SVJ. Since I was here last, the circuit has been completely resurfaced, much to the consternation of the team from Lamborghini. The box-fresh new tarmac, free from any rubber and lightly covered in construction dust, has severely reduced grip levels.
With one final warning about the lack of grip, we head off down the pit lane, Lambo Chief test driver Mario Fasanetto leading the way. After a sighting lap I exit the infamous Parabolica in third gear and belt the V12 to the 8,700rpm red line and… what a noise! Up to fourth gear, fifth gear, past the gantry and hit the brakes at 175mph at the 200m board. The SVJ squirms under the force, then down the gears and into turn one in second, third on exit and do it all again.
First lap impressions are that it’s brutally fast, (the Senna reached the same speed on the straight, but had better exit speed from Parabolica – the effects of older more ‘rubbered in’ tarmac and extra downforce) the engine is a force of nature and the upshifts in Corsa have the same violent punch as in the SV, but can occasionally be too intrusive, upsetting the balance of the car.
Downshifts are smoother and accompanied by an artillery barrage of pops and crackles. For my money the brake pedal feels a little soft when braking from big speeds – the huge carbon ceramics are effective and offer plenty of modulation, but I’d like a firmer pedal for confidence.
Can you really feel the ALA system working?As the laps accumulate you begin to trust and take liberties the SVJ in a way you wouldn’t dare in the standard Aventador. After a couple of laps you begin to brake later and flick the SVJ more assertively at the corners, leaning on the myriad technologies focused on delivering speed and drama.
The deeper you dig into its capabilities, the more you begin to trust it and the more rewarding the experience becomes. Turn-in to slower corners is aided by the rear-wheel steer and mid-corner throttle sees the AWD pull the nose out and through the exit. In the higher speed turns the SVJ remains fully planted. Even if you over-commit, the SVJ is predictable and exploitable in a way no Aventador has managed previously and leaves us wanting more laps and more time.
I bet it’s more comfortable than the Senna?
Yup, where the Senna is pared back to the extreme (and see-through in places) the interior of the SVJ is mildly less masochistic and awash with carbon fibre and Alcantara.
The one piece carbon-fibre race seats are surprisingly comfortable and the revised graphic TFT screen now shows the ALA data and Anima settings, helping to give a now eight-year-old supercar a fresh feel. The intimidatingly narrow windscreen and chunky A-pillars are familiar, but now the rear view mirror and wing mirrors are filled with that huge rear wing.
So should I buy one?
If you want one you’re going to need to be quick… SVJs will be limited to 900 units with prices starting at £356,000, plus a further 63 limited editions at £440,000 featuring visible carbon fibre and painted livery to honour the company’s founding in 1963. These will be followed by a roadster with deliveries starting early 2019, taking the total Aventador production numbers to 10,000 in the nine years of its life.
So you liked it then?
Absolutely. While our first delve into the dark side of the SVJ was limited by track conditions, it proves that the team in St #### still know how to deliver drama better than anyone.
There might be faster ways to lap a circuit (although the Nürburgring time proves the SVJ’s capabilities in the right hands) but a supercar should be about more than pure data. The SVJ grabs your attention from the outset, spikes every sense and backs up its aggressive looks with technology and capabilities that make you grin.
It doesn’t take itself too seriously, either, and offers up its potential easily. It’s about the thrill of the journey as much as the science of speed, and for that it should be celebrated as a fitting end to the Aventador story.
Spec: £356,000, 6.5-litre V12, 759bhp, 531lb ft, 0-62mph in 2.8secs, 217mph
Score: 9/10
Love it! Thank you for posting.
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The mods always did a good job but it really doesn't matter. Looking behind us serves no purpose. Looking ahead can create new ideas. I honestly think the good days are behind us like we enjoyed. Times have changed. The site shutting down so long changed the direction. Many members went to other sites as VCR said. That was the biggest change.
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On 5/17/2021 at 1:21 PM, VCR said:
A few of us are still here.
The big shutdown for the new site format drove many away. One particular bad member ticked off many veteran members before the mods stepped in but the damages were already done.
I agree with the first sentence but the second one had nothing to do with the site going South. Just my opinion. In the beginning days of Lambo Power this was the best place 10 times over. As time went on more screwball members started joining and tried to win a popularity contest by posting 30 times a hour and didn't even own a Lambo. Trolls. The decline of it being an awesome site started there. They thought they owned it when in fact they ruined it. Some really good early members bailed out. The new site format seems to be the final nail in the coffin. The best times are behind us now just like the USA economy is. That is what is too bad. Lamborghini itself is about to end the good times with a promise of hibrids only coming out. The SVJ roadster is the last of the real V12 cars. They will end up being 2 million dollars as they are already 1million bucks.
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Long time ago but are you interested in selling?
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If anyone is interested to sell or knows of someone who is. Much appreciated!
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On 6/26/2018 at 2:06 PM, IanMan said:
Just passing the word on. If anyone has anything they are looking for specifically, I have a network of over 1,700 dealers and traders I can reach out to with many great deals to be had, and quite often. I work here directly with a very experienced trader who can source almost anything and for great prices. Also let me know if you or anyone else is trying to get rid of anything.
Rolex datejust 26mm White dial 69173 for wife. Thanks, Billy
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Very cool
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On 1/31/2020 at 9:48 AM, Chipster said:
Great pic. I haven't seen too many while they are actually out driving but I did the other day. Looks better every time I see an H. Congrats!
Thank you!
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I think the box and clutch is by far the very best in the industry! I have driven them all to make the comparison.
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I just wish they would just try to rule the American muscle platform instead of trying to compete with Ferraris and other exotics. Its a Chevy. I own 3 old vettes
and I love them but its an apples and oranges comparison.
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On 1/31/2020 at 9:48 AM, Chipster said:
Great pic. I haven't seen too many while they are actually out driving but I did the other day. Looks better every time I see an H. Congrats!
Thank you. I drove an Aventador first and the Huracan second, same day at the dealer 3 years ago and chose the Huracan for multiple reasons. Price was not one of them.
Owned a bunch of doors up Lambos so that is not such a big thing for me anymore either. Super gearbox and clutch. Aventador needs it.
Where Did Everyone Go??
in Automobili Lamborghini
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Hey Kev, Billy here