[The "official" ab's Lamborghini Diablo make over thread]

It doesn't get that hot where these shields are at and plus the shields have a 1200 hi-temp paint on them. (VHT). Plus my headers are ceramic coated inside and out. It will be completely fine.

 

 

ok cool. its just that i saw a million dollar 42' offshore cat have a massive fire the other week. That resign realy burns beyond belief!

 

your work looks fcuking awesome!

[The "official" ab's Lamborghini Diablo make over thread]

Today I didn't get too much done. I have very little time these days because of work. It's keeping me very busy, but I got something done today and saved myself a bundle. Doing a little is better than nothing at all!

 

I must have lost my heat shield for my passenger side axle that covers the rubber boot from the headers. It must have fallen off. I looked up the part # and Lamborghini wanted over $350 for the simple heat shield. Now I am a distrubutor of Lamborghini parts and can get great pricing for myself or anyone on here, but even at my cost it was still too much for me to eat. So I decided to make my own part.

 

Here is the diagram of the part in question. It's part number#8

I took the original heat shield and made a copy of it. I used the original as a mold.

I put wax paper on it so that way it would release the part I am making.

 

Here is the fiberglass resin I just mixed in the bowl.

 

Fiberglass matting I am going to use.

 

Cutting small squares to layer on the mold.

Putting a layer of fiberglass on the original part.

 

First layer on.

 

 

Putting on multiple layers

 

Five total layers

Put another layer of wax paper on top to press out all the air bubbles and air pockets. Then I let it cure for a few hours.

 

After it cured, I peeled off the wax paper.

 

here is the finished product after it cured. I took the original shield and traced it on the new piece.

 

I then cut it with my air saw.

 

 

After I cut out the piece. Now it's starting to look like a heat shield.

 

 

Nice and thick!

 

Here it is after I painted it with 1200 degree paint. I need to drill it and put the bracket on it. Then it's done! Didn't come out too bad for my first time. More to come later. I want to get this car back on the road before the end of July. I will be getting my pinion gear lashed this week. After that is done, it will be going back together pretty quickly.

 

Thanks for all the nice comments.

 

I'm not all that familiar with exactly how hot it gets around where that heat sheild is placed, but fibreglass resign will burn and is very hard to put out.

[Drifting Diablo...]

There is a part 1 to that vid, with the driver drifting around the same corner the other way with full control. I think that is an Italian race track (i forget the name) and the driver is the Lambo test driver Mario Fasanetto done for publicity photos when the 6.0 was new. From what it looks he stopped on purpose.

[What is the fastest stock Diablo?]

The GT is s little bit heavier, but a lot easier to drive. And the Jota actually have more torque than the GT, at a lower RPM.

 

(Mainly) because of the race cam, the Jota is very difficult to drive and set right. I would say any experienced (Lambo) driver would probably either cut off the engine, make the car jump like hell or spin out the first times driving a Jota, if they weren't instructed how the engine behaves. Even if you know how to drive the car, either of the three can occationally happen because the engine is so "nervous" and acts like the beast it is

 

 

fcuk i need a Diablo JOTA!!! pure 666 evil

[Bumper.......Gone]

that is a hot arse!!

[$250K for a 94 TT Diablo with chopped top??]

The ecu was replaced with a motec system, I was told there was big money in the internals as well...

 

 

thanks for the info, motec provide some of the best engine management around.

[$250K for a 94 TT Diablo with chopped top??]

would be very interesting to know what they did to the engine and ecu

[Just curious...how many of you had a pinion gear snap on you?]

I came across a guy that smashed the pinion in the black roadster that's a rent car in Melbourne, Australia. He lost the 15k bond

[Prototype]

i think Horace Pagani had a bit to do with that.

[WTB complete Lambo V12 not working irrepairable]

8.2L marine v12 prefered for display, require all internals. Rod through block, cracked head/block and broken bits are fine. Ceased? No Problem! Inlet and exhaust manifolds would be nice but not needed. There must be heaps of those marine engines laying around Miami, but hopefully there is something is Australia.

[Advice Needed for purchashing a 6.0 VT]

I WILL HAVE TO GET RID OF ONE OF MY DIABLO'S NOW I CAN'T KEEP THEM ALL I CURRENTLT HAVE AN SE30, 99SV, 6.0, ROADSTER,VT, THESE ARE MY DIABLOS ONLY BUT I THINK THIS NEW ELY BLUE ONE IS A KEEPER WHERE DO I GET MORE INFO ON THESE CARS BESIDES LAMBORGHINI REGISTRY THERE IS NOT TO MUCH THERE? THANKS

 

 

you have more Diablos than I have Diablo models! :thebirdman:

oh, a dealer

[Only 12 RWD Diablos made in 96?]

98+ SV's+Vt's have the 530hp Variable valve timing motors. There was no 510Hp motor in the U.S , this was on the Euro 96-97 SV's without Variable valve timing.

 

What we do know now, is that Lambo was pretty much full of crap on the Diablo motor specs. I know for fact that early Diablos, and the variable valve timing motors, make exactly the same amount of power on the dyno. no more than 5hp seperates them. The Diablo SV also does not weigh 3300lbs like stated for the U.S. market, as it weighs over 3600lbs AFTER the exhaust change. The Diablo 6.0's make slightly more power, approx 30rwhp over a stock 91-99 Diablo, not enough to make up the 400lb weight difference between it, and a 91.

 

Italians, gota love em! does the variable valve timing do anything at all? surely it beefs up the torque down low or something??

[Only 12 RWD Diablos made in 96?]

I have posted twice over the years on this board, requesting information about the unusual 96 2wd Diablo series. I know that Symbolic, has or had a dark blue 96 D car forsale.

Nobody seems to know the story behind these rare factory 2wd cars. From what I had read, the 96 2wd was offered forsale, as a less expensive alternative to the VT, before the SV was released. I also read that the 2wd "slick" post 93 Diablo, was offered as late as 1998, in other RoW markets.

There are some mechanical changes with the car. The 94 dash, is the most obvious cosmetic change, when comparing the car to the 2wd 91-93 series. I do know that Lamborghini USA, has a thin seperate shop manual, devoted just for the 96 series 2wd cars.

This car is also very special, on account of the hot silver exterior color. I hope the car is sold to an enthusiast. Bill is a fun guy to talk with, when negotiating a deal. No need to tell him stories, how you do not like the color, and that you really want a yellow 95VT. He cuts thru the b.s. immediately.

 

 

I remember reading somewhere a while ago now that the 2wd was offered right up to the MY99 and are rare because the SV was available as well, so most people wanting a 2wd went for the SV. Other upgrades are the bigger side air scoops, brembo brakes, revised front bar and engine bay like the VT. Also that the VTs and normal Diablos after a certain date have the same 510hp engine as the SV.

[Only 12 RWD Diablos made in 96?]

Would it have different front hubs as well? Anyone converted a normal Diablo to a VT?

There is a black '96 or '97 normal Diablo getting around Sydney somewhere.

[The "official" ab's Lamborghini Diablo make over thread]

[Has anybody removed the back bumper?]

The SVR and SV are HOT!!!!

[Do it yourself LP5000S kit]

goodluck with the restoration!!

[Jota SE]

those things a quite rare, now there is one less! fcuk, that is my favorite diablo (the jota) and someone ruined one of them

[diablo sv questions]

hi guys , i have the oppotunity to pick up a 99 SV . can the following 00 VT bits fit on a SV ?

 

VT rims

 

VT front bar

 

thanks and sorry if the question has been asked already , SV is yellow BTW .

 

VT's are so rare in australia that sometimes you have to take a different option to what you want . i am not a fan of altering a car at all to look like something else , but a few changes to a SV might not hurt

 

 

Yellow 99 SV!! Beautiful, Can't be many of those in oz. very late model factory 2wd Lamborghini, HOT! Please whatever you do, make sure you can return to stock if needed. There are pics somewhere of a 99 roadster that has 6.0 wheels and front bar (lookalike?) and it looks like a 6.0 roadster! yours will look like a 6.0 SV!! goodluck with the purchase.

[Allan Black/Red SLR for sale]

That doesnt seem to be the case, not to mention the reason for selling is quite odd. I spoke to them, and they said they just bought the car 6 months ago, but baby faces sale? 6 months ago you didnt know a baby was coming? Then they said, at their regular home, they only have room to park one car?

 

 

Maybe the wife is realy realy fat??

[Poor, poor diablo's...]

i think the purple one at the start of the thread is turbo'd or supercharged or something, also has custom rear fenders to make it wider!!

[Who runs test pipes in their Diablo?]

Here's a link

 

link click here

 

straight pipes. Just a mock set up I did. I didn't like it too much...it needs back pressure, but I am making something in the works right now.

 

But anyways..it will give you an idea.

 

 

 

Sounds good to me, what would more back pressure do?

[Finally got my DIablo]

that car is HOT!!!

 

Congrats!!!

 

my ideal 1st lambo is a fly yellow early 2wd diablo over black... I better get back to work!

[good information lost]

you have a pm!!

[good information lost]

i basically copied the whole katrina diablo thread, that info was priceless, but my hard drive crashed completely in december