RE: Non Audi content - fastest SUV on earth...

["TM" <mizutanit@mindspring.com>]

Rob,
Great story. Anyway, the LM002 is _not_ anywhere near as fast as a
C5 Vette. That's plain silly. The truck weighs 6000 lbs.!

I think 0-60 was in the 7s, though. Of course, 0-60 runs probably
suck about 10 gallons out of the tank- I think these trucks got about
6 mpg. Not 10 gallons maybe, but they ate gas like crazy.

I heard that Lambo made a non-US-spec model of this truck as a last
hurrah with the 8.0L marine block version of the V-12. 600hp in the
boat version, don't know exactly how much hp when this thing is put
into a truck.

That's nothing, though. John Lingenfelter's shop built a GMC Suburban
using a Mercruiser 9.0L marine block and a supercharger. It did 0-60
in the 6s range. That's amazing. Also had 4-piston 13" Brembos and
Bilstein suspension. Some crazy sheik in the Middle East is driving
around in that monster. I'd love to have one of those, as a tow vehicle,
of course.

Regards,
Taka Mizutani
trying to get a 5ktq