RE: Oof: Huracan replacement will get 10,000rpm V8

[redroadster]

Two fingers up to the electric milk float brigade .

[matrignano]

D4rez said:

You’ve realised it’s flat plane… and still said what you’ve said below it. Maaaan really.

Just a different block, crank and pistons but other than that then

Having a different configuration crankshaft doesn’t mean the engine is totally different

Look at Ford Coyote vs Voodoo or Merc GT vs Black Series

[GT9]

redroadster said:

Two fingers up to the electric milk float brigade .

You might have point if there wasn't an electric motor and battery bolted onto it.

[ArgonautX]

matrignano said:

Having a different configuration crankshaft doesn’t mean the engine is totally different

Look at Ford Coyote vs Voodoo or Merc GT vs Black Series

There is little chance this has the same basic block as the Audi/Porsche V8. That engine has a 90 mm bore spacing and a maximum of 84.5 mm bore size. That would mean you would have to use a 89 mm stroke to achieve 4 liters of displacement - which would result in nearly 30 m/s piston speed - much higher than the already high piston speed of the 5.2 V10 engine.

[Fast and Spurious]

GT9 said:

redroadster said:

Two fingers up to the electric milk float brigade .

You might have point if there wasn't an electric motor and battery bolted onto it.

If this could run on hydrogen it would be perfect!

[much]

Gallardo/Huracan (Audi) : 88/90mm bore spacing, 82,5/84,5mm bore, 92,8mm stroke
Urus (Porsche/Audi/Bentley) : 93mm bore spacing, 86mm bore and stroke

[dvs_dave]

Fast and Spurious said:

If this could run on hydrogen it would be perfect!

No, It’d completely ruin it.

HTH

[cerb4.5lee]

GT9 said:

redroadster said:

Two fingers up to the electric milk float brigade .

You might have point if there wasn't an electric motor and battery bolted onto it.

Part of me did expect the V10's replacement to be fully electric if I'm honest, especially with EVs being the "in thing" at the moment. So I'm happy that it will still have an engine(and turbos) in it for sure.

Nothing would ruin a supercar more for me than getting rid of the engine completely, and that would be like a supercar for the boring/shy and retiring folk I reckon. A supercar needs noise/theatre in my opinion, and a silent supercar just doesn't compute to me.

[GT9]

Fast and Spurious said:

If this could run on hydrogen it would be perfect!

I assume you are joking.
If not, given a 10,000 psi hydrogen tank with an exterior volume of 80 litres holds about the same amount of energy as an 8 litre petrol tank, what sort of range were you hoping for?

[GT9]

Sway said:

A gallardo or huracan is also an Audi...

It'll sound incredible in neutral in Knightsbridge - but a 900bhp entry level model is just ridiculous, and borderline unusable, or rather, unavailable.

4WD is probably a given for these 1000 Nm monsters, without it, the rated torque in lower gears is unusable.

[ArgonautX]

much said:

Gallardo/Huracan (Audi) : 88/90mm bore spacing, 82,5/84,5mm bore, 92,8mm stroke
Urus (Porsche/Audi/Bentley) : 93mm bore spacing, 86mm bore and stroke

86 mm stroke is still too long for 10 000 rpm

[dinkel]

Wooof woooof: a 10k revs 4 litre V8

Insane specs and I'm sure lots of inexperienced drivers will wreck absolute automotive jewels soon...

[NGK210]

Very impressive stats.
Is it a clean-sheet Lamborghini in-house design or a derivation of VWG's ubiquitous hot-V twin-turbo V8 - eg, the V8 in the Urus, RS6, et al?

[CountyAFC]

NGK210 said:

Very impressive stats.
Is it a clean-sheet Lamborghini in-house design or a derivation of VWG's ubiquitous hot-V twin-turbo V8 - eg, the V8 in the Urus, RS6, et al?

That's a good point. Maybe we should discuss it...

[smilo996]

That is a very fair trade, 2 cylinders for that in return. Nothing if not ambitious. Poison to luddites.

[Dr G]

I am glad that Lamborghini still allow teenage boys to write their spec sheets. This sort of silliness should be applauded.

Why 10k RPM? Because why the cluck not!

[otolith]

Sofa said:

Mumsnet is leaking again... Seriously, Lamborghini have decided to do something a bit mental that doesn't really make sense, but is presumably going to be pretty epic. And people are here complaining that it doesn't entirely make sense and might be a bit over the top... on a Lamborghini?!

I'm glad someone else was thinking that. The impression that they recruited the project team at an insane asylum is a Lamborghini brand value.

[MyV10BarksAndBites]

Slippydiff said:

Galsia said:

It won’t sound like a V10 though

This ^.

Shame they didn't elect to go with a smaller capacity V10 and turbo it along with the use of a hybrid system.

I agree