On my way to work this morning I happened upon an orangeish/peachy color Lambo Diablo. Followed him for a few minutes (I'm a couple of cars behind in single lane). I know the stretch of road we're on breaks into two lanes with a set of lights in a few miles. I work my way around the traffic to position myself behind the Diablo just in time to get to the lights (for whatever reason, its like 90% of the time I get the red here). So we're lined up at the light - I'm revving hard and shoot him a look - he looks over and smiles.
I'm like hell yeah, It's on. The adrenaline is pumping and I got a bit of a shake going on (I always get butterflies when I'm about to drop the hammer). I know I have no chance, or do I?
So the light goes green. I launch (when I hit it the front end lifts and the car roars like some dinosaur), in my head I'm thinking perfect launch...get going, get going, I got him by a car, shift hard NOW into 2nd - good shift again - where is this guy?
I look to my right to find out where he is on me - oh wait, zoooooooom - there he goes. Before I even get a chance to find 3rd hes by me and is just pulling like a mother. And that was that.
Thats what I expected. I was surprised to take him off the line but I just figure he was giving me a chance and to see if I had anything - guess not when it comes to Lambo power.
At least I can say I raced one.

 

"At least I can say I raced one." but didnt beat one lol i woulda been scared what do you think they run in a 1/4

 

Do Diablo's run 11's? I know they are rated with more HP than a Z06, and the new Z06's are moving into the 11's in some cases.

Oh well, I wish I was in your place. I'd love to race a Diablo, even knowing I'd lose. It'd be fun to hear it wind up through the gears.

 

You shouldn't have got him off the line, those are AWD. I guess he just didn't feel like destroying his couple thousand dollar clutch if he could just catch you later. lol

 

I think they do 60 in about 3.7 - 4.0 second range depending on model year. I read something about a standing kilometer (0.63 Miles roughly) taking 20 seconds.
And yeah, what a beautiful roar - not even a roar - it was a sweet tuned growl...

 

you didnt beat a diablo you got screwed with by a diablo ....LOL....he probably went home and told his buddies about this silly guy in a camaro that was trying to race him...LMAO

not that i wouldnt like to hear on of those diablo's rapping out next to me or going past me ...LOL

 

Depends on what model diablo. They make some pumped up versions. 93 introduce the Diablo VT had 4wd traction control

Lambo cars

Gives you info on all the cars. power ranging from 492 to 550+ hp
Possible 11's easy. But cars like these with that much power arent ment for dragging so they usually run low 12's at 115-130mph. Gallardo V-10 500hp runs 12.2 at 122mph

 

basically you got your *** handed by a diablo.lol

 

yeah i cant pic a you beatin one, IT COULD HAPPEN....... But highly doubt it. Even those 1979 Diablos were runnin high 13s to low 14s, when V8s in the 70s were runnin cruddy numbers. Diablo always had a performance name

 

I know why you "beat him off the line"... the guy in the Diablo was looking at your car and laughing too hard to see the light go green! LOL

No offense tho man... I'm a die hard 3rd gen fan.... but they're no competition for a car like that....

 

I never expected to beat him. I knew I had no chance. That doesn't mean I'm not going to race.
I didn't think I'd beat a BMW M5, but I did. I didn't think I'd take down my neighbor and his '73 454 Stingray, but I did.
By know means should I ever be beating a Lamborghini with a $10k car...
The Diablo is a rare car in Ottawa (All Ferraris/Lambos) are rare here. I'll try and race anything that is close to my world of power. I'll take down ricers just to put them in their place. I'll go after the big boys because you should never back away from a challenge.

 

Lambos/Ferraris are rare in most of Canada... I can attest to that... altho there is 1 new Lambo (like 1-2 years old) in my area... but they are a rare car here in the north... if a guy's willing to let you run against him, why not!

And keep putting those ricers in their place...

 

There are alot of guys here with cars that could run down diablos and perhaps handle well with them too. many cars with turbos and superchargers that look stock but run 11's or better. That would be something else to see the guys face after he just got raped by a 80's camaro!

 

I know a guy that took a 350 IROC to the strip and beet a guy with an $80,000 Lotus... needless to say the guy with the Lotus was... well... not happy... ha ha

 

honestly, even in my v6 i'd race anything that revved on me. granted 99 percent of the time i'm gonna loose, but why not?

i raced a guy in a ferrari downtown about 4 months ago, i did everything the best i ever have (launching shift points etc) and he passed me like i was standing still, honestly why not race? atleast you stepped up

 

I totally agree. In all my time racing, Ive NEVEr backed down from a challenege. Like you, I get out and love putting ricers in their place. But if a blown 69 Z28 lines up beside me, ill race him justl ie Id race that Lambo man. Yeah you wont win but you know what, you proved you got the ***** to race man and thats what ut takes to race. Hell, I took my stock L)3 Camaro and raced htis dude in a 94 Gt 5.0 and he beat me by like barely 2 cars. He tried bragging and Im like "Dude, you beat probably the weakest V8 Chevyrolet everp ut into a Camaro....and you only got me by 2 car lengths, so that means all I gotta do is put headers and exhaust and your Stang is gettin smoked by a LO3 lol" Well, dont know if I owuld have beat him really but someone looekd out for me cause next itme I raced him, he got cocky and hoppedo utta the whole on me and i didnt even take off till he had a car on me so I did the best I could and he only ened up with a car and a half on me lol, so sad. Anyways, keep up the good work man!

 

i've raced a lambo. i won. wasn't in my third gen it was a 68z28 with a 427 with a shyt load done to it. lol completet drag car. it was so funny. instead of me trying to keep up he was trying to keep up. i played with him for the first 1/8 mile then just romped on it. lol say bye bye. the things runs mid 9's really cool being 17 and haveing your boss ask if you wanan drag my 68 z28. one of those time you go change you underwear. lol nice try thought i never back down. unless it's a cop . lol

 

You think they are rare in the north you should come down to alabama I have never seen a top end car like that we got a lot of corvettes and mustangs that it

 

That wasn't a smile, it was a richie-rich boy laugh. He should have had you off the line, but are you sure it was a real one and not a kit car? Some of those are really good and with the stretched fiero chassis and monocoque chassis you can get some good motor in there, but I hav't seen one with a lambo powerplant or suspension. You might have been smacked by a nice kit car.
Wish you got a chance to talk to the guy and/or snap some pics. Who knows it could have been Chevy powered.

 

I totally agree!

I guess I'll tell my little encounter with a Lambo, rather than start a whole entire thread (for those in the Queens, New York area, it happened at around 2:00 in the morning.... coming back from Rockaway Beach, that long stetch on CrossBay Blvd);

My cousin was a die hard Chevy fan, although he still is... he's not much into the racing scene anymore. Anyway, back in the mid 90's, he picked up a 1986 IROC (less engine) for pretty cheap, and decided to build something for himself. I remember searching, searching, and searching every single junkyard for a Big Block with him, but to no avail though.

Anyway, we were in this one junkyard in particular, and he came across something a little different. A 1966 425 Oldsmoblie engine.... which he nabbed for practically nothing. The next thing I knew, he hauled both the engine, along with a Turbo 400 that he also picked up.... and myself, back home. I remember him dropping me off, and told me we'd begin installing everything the next day.

But.... he's just like me (along with everyone reading this), and when I arrived the next day, the engine, tranny, driveshaft was all already linked to the rear of the car (he kept the stock posi rear). He had a little trouble getting the motor mounted, and out of frustration he wound up just welding the motor mounts on.

After measuring a few things, he had a Y-Pipe fabricated to mate between the exhaust manifolds, and the now 'gutted' converter. The car already had a decent catback system, so that went untouched.

Now, I honestly wasn't their for the tuning.... but I can honestly say this, out of all the years that I've been involved in racing, I've never been in a more powerful (naturally aspirated) car in my entire life. I don't know what he did (as all mechanics have their secrets), but this car was incredibly fast!

He always tinkered with it, and everytime I'd come by... something new would be on. Whether it was rims, tires, ignition etc... something always found it's way onto this little project. After a few days, he had the ar dialed in. I remember him having to change a few things, as the stock suspension wasn't cutting it.

He finally had it the way he wanted, and the car looked completely stock. For those who might have come across it in New York during that time, yes, it was the Triple Black Iroc, with the words "Super Sport" painted in Silver metallic (script) on each fender. Getting into details though, I don't remember how much stall, nor gearing, but I will tell you that he modified the gearing in the tranny, and retained the stock (I think it was a 3.45) rear.

Onto the story. A few of us got together that night, and went clubbing in Long Island (Hempstead Turnpike area). It was a great night, as all the girls were cool.... no fights that night, and everybody was mellow (which can be pretty rare in New York).

I don't know 'how' the heck we wound up over on Rockaway beach, but I remember a lot of people driving out there in their own cars.... screaming at each other on the highway through the windows. Our friends had their own 'worked' cars as well, but nobody really raced each other that night though.

It was now around 2:00 in the morning, and I remember everyone starving, and wanting to go to White Castles. We all got in our cars (I was with my cousin of course <grin>), and took off from the beach. On the way back home, we got to the toll booth.... and some rich putz in a red Lambo pulled up about two lanes away.

One of my friends sarcasticly yelled out from another car, "Nice Fiero, I mean Lambo" (implying it was some type of kit car).... with the owner now immediately starting to rev it up. The freaking thing sounded awesome, and from the futuristic exhaust note alone, I thought we were ALL going to have our asses handed to us. I'm telling you, this thing sounded awesome, and the owner wanted to play! My cousin looked at me laughing to himself, to this day....I will NEVER forget that look. He held the brake, then gave the IROC a little 'shot' to get the tires all nice and sticky.

Now, at this point, I've yet to see what my cousin's car can really do.... as other than a couple of revs, and maybe hitting it half throttle, he never really embellished on the engine's power.

The Lambo's clutch engaged, and he took off pretty nice (he didn't hammer it), and made his way to the red light not too far from the toll, with my cousin now pulled up directly side by side of him. All of our friends are behind us, as the street only had two lanes.... and I can still hear all of them SCREAMING for my cousin to, "Take him.... take him, DESTROY HIM!!!!".

The Lambo's owner was histerical in his seat, as he looked at the IROC like, "Give me a break". This only made my cousin even more anxious, and he started revving the car so hard that I got goosebumps all over my body from watching the freaking hood lift up!

It was on, now the Lambo started to rev it up. The light was seconds from changing, and after my cousin said, "Hold on", I immediately braced myself securely in the seat. I looked at my cousin in awe, of how his eyes were locked on that light.

The light suddenly turned green, and my cousin hammered it..... the Iroc's nose went up, and I almost went flying into the back seat. I was pinned, and I couldn't move my head. All I could hear was the Iroc's thundering exhaust, with my cousin looking in the rearview mirror screaming, "Whaddya Got, whaddya got".

Before I knew it, the car reached 140MPH.... but this is where the Lambo finally caught up, and blew right passed us. It didn't matter though, as the point was made, and the Lambo was raped. We got to White Castles, and after waiting a few minutes our friends finally got there. They too were in absolute awe, and one of them even commented that he though he seen fire issuing from out of the exhaust pipes. All any of them could say was, "Holy ****, holy ****".

I will NEVER forget that car! :hail:

 

Dude that has to be one of the best stories I have ever heard in a long time. Congrats that is awesome. Lambos are fast but are more topspeed cars. i wish I had my Iroc running that fast but it will be some day. LOL you can count on that.

 

True or not, it was a well written and descriptive story. Very entertaining.

 

i would definatly give it two thumbs up

 

!Two Thumbs up here as well ! That sounded like a great iroc! Also i know a kid with a 425 Olds its a 65 Nintey Eight.. Very well desriptive story! One of the best ive read!

 

It probaby wasnt a real lambo, merely just one of the many Kit cars. The cars with a lamborghini body kits and look just like a labo

 

I wanna know what kind of exhaust he had that sounded so much like a lambo. down in new york, there are some high rollers that own cars like that. Probly real IMO

 

yeah you cant mimic the sound of a lambo even if you try unless youve never heard one before

 

lmao, yeah if it sounded like a "REAL" lambo, then i bet it was one

 

There are a couple real one's here in Ottawa, where 91Z-Reaper is from, but I doubt it lauched hard in anticipation to race, they're crazy fast. There's a group of black countache owners around too, they're not quite as fast.

 

As already stated, our friends were behind us... but just to mention, they later emphasized on how it was literally impossible for them to keep up with either car.

Yes, the lamborghini hammered it (this was testified by the same person who commented that it was a Fiero at first, as he stated both cars had taken off sideways). I don't know how far back the Lambo was after we took off (he could have been a few cars away, for that matter), all I honestly remember is the first few seconds after the launch (in which the Lambo was NOWHERE to be found), holding on for dear life, then finally topping out at around 140MPH (with the Lambo finally catching us, then blowing right by us), as well as remembering all of our friends is absolute awe.

But the one thing that I will forever take with me, is the feeling that that particular car had given me. Looking back now, there is very little doubt that that Iroc was my first ten second experience...

 

Damn like i said b4. THAT IROC MUST BE ONE QUIK RIDE!:hail:

 

I googled a sound clip that reminded me of that particular exhaust tone... but to be honest, the one we raced sounded much more throaty (but perhaps this was because when I heard him rev it the first time, we were under the toll, and it echoed). Still though, the sound is unreal. Even this clip doesn't do the Lambo's exhaust any justice, as it sounds much stronger in person....

Click Here

 

Those things sound goood!!

heres some more Lambo sounds

 

How did both cars take off sideways if the Lambo is AWD?

 

street 86 sc would be proud of your story

 

haha, i like that subject line, "beat a diablo"...

he didnt launch and he prolly didnt have it at WOT when he passed you...

i also like how all these slow 3rd gen owners talk **** about ricers then say they race EVERYTHING on the road when they know they are going to lose... hmmmm....

 

hmm if you dont like to hear about it then dont come here ....

that seems to be the easiest way to fix that now doesnt it

 

I like how people open thier mouths and say stupid things on TGO. That is the biggest attempt at flame bait I have ever seen. Unless of course that is some great sarcasm you have going on. As far as slow thirdgen owners, at least they are driving something resembling a sports car, not some 4 cylinder family car with a nasty wing and some crappy graphics on the side.

 

Don't flame someone when they post flame bait, that way there isn't an argument.