The LP670-4 SV is the swans song of the Lamborghini Murcielago range, a snorting, snarling supercar with hypercar ambitions. Yet no SV owner can hold his head up high knowing that it only produces 670 hp, while the car that replaced it, the Aventador, makes 700 hp.
As the story goes, David Wiggs, the friend of supercar social media personality Robert Himler, recently bought a Murcielago LP670-4 SV. And the first thing he did with it was to take it to a dyno. In it’s all-wheel drive configuration, the car makes 595 horsepower at the wheels.
But from now the real fun begins, as the Lambo’s front differential, half-shafts and torque tube are all removed. This turns it into a RWD car, and also saves 125 pounds (56 kg). As a result of the streamlined drivetrain, the wheel horsepower output is increased by 20.
Further weight savings are accomplished by removing the secondary catalysts and muffler. But the end goal of the Epic Build is to add another 1,000 horsepower for a grand total of 1,600 whp. We smell twin turbos!
But from now the real fun begins, as the Lambo’s front differential, half-shafts and torque tube are all removed. This turns it into a RWD car, and also saves 125 pounds (56 kg). As a result of the streamlined drivetrain, the wheel horsepower output is increased by 20.
Further weight savings are accomplished by removing the secondary catalysts and muffler. But the end goal of the Epic Build is to add another 1,000 horsepower for a grand total of 1,600 whp. We smell twin turbos!
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