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Post by sc397 on Nov 9, 2021 15:07:15 GMT -8
The LM001 definitely looks like a military vehicle and not a dune buggy on steroids (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Renowned automotive engineer Giulio Alfieri did his best in taming the rear-engined handling demons.
This time an AMC 5.2L/360ci V8 gave power, still with an anemic horsepower output, though. According to Joe Sackey –writer of The Lamborghini Miura Bible– the engine was chosen because according to Stefano Pasini (another Lamborghini historian), the Mimran Bros. had stake at Renault at the time and since Renault was in cahoots with AMC, they were able to get an AMC engine for their rig. Why didn’t Lamborghini just use one of their 3.0L V8s –which while small, packed around 249HP- is beyond me. Torque? They could’ve tuned the 3.0L for torque, raising it from around 200 ft-lb/torque. Maybe they didn’t want to bother with that. Far from the muscle-car era of 384 ft-lb/torque claim (depending on configuration), the AMC 360 was making 220 ft-lb/ torque by the time the LM001 was built.
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Post by 69Rebel on Nov 9, 2021 18:23:24 GMT -8
Isn't a 360 5.9L? Sounds more like it had a 304.
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