The Lamborghini V10 is a ninety degree (90°)

V10 A V10 engine is a ten-cylinder piston engine where two banks of five cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V10 engines are much less common than V8 and V12 engines. Several V10 diesel engines have been pr ...

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which was developed for the

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automobile, first sold in 2003. Developed by

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, for use in the Gallardo, and the first engine developed for Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. after they were acquired by

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– part of the

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. This engine has its origins in two concept cars made by Lamborghini, the 1988 P140 and the 1995 Calà. Both were equipped with engines having a 3.9-litre displacement. In the early 2000s, Lamborghini resumed the project and the engine was redesigned by increasing its displacement. The

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and

cylinder block In an internal combustion engine, the engine block is the structure which contains the cylinders and other components. In an early automotive engine, the engine block consisted of just the cylinder block, to which a separate crankcase was attac ...

are built at the Audi Hungaria Zrt. factory in

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, whilst final assembly is carried out at

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, Italy. The engine has a 90° vee angle and, unusually for a production engine, a

dry sump A dry-sump system is a method to manage the lubricating motor oil in four-stroke and large two-stroke piston driven internal combustion engines. The dry-sump system uses two or more oil pumps and a separate oil reservoir, as opposed to a conve ...

lubrication system is utilised to keep the

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of the engine low. There was also some speculation that the engine block of the original 5.0-litre Lamborghini V10 was closely based on the Audi 4.2 FSI V8, which Audi produces for its luxury cars. However, this was denied by

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, in their official documentation for their 5.2 FSI V10 engine, as used in the

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and

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– the Lamborghini 5.0 V10 has a cylinder bore spacing of between centres, whereas the Audi 5.2 V10 cylinder bore spacing is , the same as the Audi 4.2 FSI V8. The

cylinder head In an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head (often abbreviated to simply "head") sits above the cylinders and forms the roof of the combustion chamber. In sidevalve engines, the head is a simple sheet of metal; whereas in more modern ov ...

s use the four valves per cylinder layout favoured by the Italian firm, rather than the five valve per cylinder variation formerly favoured by the German members of Volkswagen Group – including Audi and Volkswagen Passenger Cars. It was later confirmed that the new 5.2-litre Lamborghini V10 is mechanically identical to the Audi 5.2 V10 engine, as is evident by Lamborghini's usage of Audi's

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, and 90 mm cylinder spacing.

Specifications

;engine configuration: 90°

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;

lubrication system ;engine displacement etc. :5.0 — ; bore x stroke: . Rod length is 154mm. (Rod/

stroke ratio In a reciprocating piston engine, the stroke ratio, defined by either bore/stroke ratio or stroke/bore ratio, is a term to describe the ratio between cylinder bore diameter and piston stroke length. This can be used for either an internal com ...

:1.65), 496.1 cc per cylinder;

compression ratio The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values. A fundamental specification for such engines, it is measured two ways: the stati ...

: 11.5:1 :5.2 — ; bore x stroke: . Rod length is 154mm. (Rod/

:1.65), 520.4 cc per cylinder; compression ratio: 12.5:1 ;cylinder block and crankcase :5.0 — cast aluminium alloy with integrated liners with eutectic alloy; cylinder bore spacing; forged steel crankshaft with 18° split crankpins to create even 72° firing intervals :5.2 — cast aluminium alloy; 90 mm cylinder bore spacing; forged steel crankshaft with non-split crankpins creating uneven firing intervals of 90° and 54° ;cylinder heads and valvetrain: cast aluminium alloy, four valves per cylinder, 40 valves total, low-friction roller cam followers with automatic hydraulic valve clearance compensation, chain driven

double overhead camshaft An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion cha ...

s, continuously

variable valve timing In internal combustion engines, variable valve timing (VVT) is the process of altering the timing of a valve lift event, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions. It is increasingly being used in combination with varia ...

system both for intake and exhaust ;aspiration: two air filters, two hot-film air mass meters, two cast alloy throttle bodies each with electronically controlled throttle valves, cast

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alloy variable geometry and resonance intake manifold ;fuel system :5.0 — two linked

common rail Common rail direct fuel injection is a direct fuel injection system built around a high-pressure (over ) fuel rail feeding solenoid valves, as opposed to a low-pressure fuel pump feeding unit injectors (or pump nozzles). High-pressure injection ...

fuel distributor rails, electronic sequential multi-point indirect fuel injection with 10 intake manifold-sited fuel injectors :5.2 — fully demand-controlled and returnless; fuel tank mounted low pressure fuel pump,

(FSI): two inlet camshaft double-cam driven single-piston high-pressure injection pumps maintaining pressure in the two stainless steel

fuel distributor rails, ten combustion chamber sited direct injection solenoid-controlled sequential fuel injectors ;ignition system and engine management: mapped direct ignition with centrally mounted spark plugs and ten individual direct-acting single spark coils; two Lamborghini LIE electronic

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(ECUs) working on the 'master and slave' concept due to the high revving nature of the engine ;exhaust system :5.0 — five-into-one exhaust manifolds for each cylinder bank :5.2 — 2-1-2 branch exhaust manifold per cylinder bank to minimise reverse pulsation of expelled exhaust gasses ;5.0 power and torque outputs and applications : at 7,800 rpm; at 4,500 rpm (80% available from 1,500 rpm) — Gallardo 2003-2005 : at 8,000 rpm; at 4,250 rpm — Gallardo SE, Spyder, and 2006-2008 : at 8,000 rpm; at 4,250 rpm — Gallardo Superleggera ;5.2 power and torque outputs and applications : at 7,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Gallardo Super GT - 2008-2009 : at 8,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Gallardo LP550/2, Balboni, Spyder, Bicolore, AD Personam, Singapore Limited Edition, Super Trofeo, Tricolore, Hong Kong 20th Anniversary Edition, Malaysia Limited Edition, India Serie Speciale, Indonesia Limited Edition, Edizione Tecnica - 2010-2013 : at 8,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Gallardo LP560/4, LP560/4 Spyder, Polizia, Gold Edition, Bicolore, LP560/4 Noctis, LP560/4 Bianco Rosso, Super Trofeo, LP560/4 GT, Reiter Extenso, Edizione Tecnica, LP560/2 50° Anniversario - 2008-2013 : at 8,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Gallardo LP570/4 SuperLeggera, Spyder Performante, Edizione Tecnica, SuperLeggera Nero Nemesis, SuperLeggera Bianco Canopus, Super Trofeo Stradale, Squadra Corse, Macau GP Edition - 2010-2013 : at 8,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Gallardo GT3 : at 8,250 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Huracán LP610/4 coupé and spyder - 2014-2019 : at 8,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Huracán LP580/2 coupé and spyder - 2016-present : at 8,250 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Huracán LP620/2 Super Trofeo, GT3, Super Trofeo Evo - 2014-present : at 8,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Huracán LP640/4 Performaté coupé and spyder - 2017-present : at 8,000 rpm; at 6,500 rpm — Huracán LP640/4 Evo coupé and spyder - 2019-present

Vehicles

As of 2019, all V10s in the Lamborghini lineup after the first generation Gallardo use the 5.2-litre variant. They are: Lamborghini * Gallardo LP 550-2 * Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder * Gallardo LP 560-4 * Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder * Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera Edizione Technica * Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante Edizone Technica * Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse * Gallardo LP 550-2 Bicolore * Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore * Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale * Gallardo GT3-R * Gallardo LP 600 GT3 * Sesto Elemento * Egoista * Huracán LP 610-4 Avio * Huracán LP 580-2 * Huracán LP 580-2 Spyder * Huracán LP 610-4 Spyder * Huracán LP 610-4 * Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo * Huracán GT3 * Huracán Super Trofeo Evo * Huracán Super Trofeo Omologata * Huracán LP 640-4 Performante * Huracán LP 640-4 Performante Spyder * Huracán LP 640-4 Evo * Huracán LP 610-2 Evo RWD * Huracán GT3 Evo *

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LPI 910-4 * Urus Concept Audi * R8 V10 * S8 D3 * S6 C6 * RS 6 C6 (The Lamborghini V10 has also had a placement in the Audi R8, RS6, S8 and S6. The 5.2 V10 used in the S6 and S8 is different in several important aspects, namely a less robust crankshaft with a split pin design, cast aluminum pistons, and a traditional wet-sump oiling system, as well as differences in the valvetrain - all of which, combined, result in the much higher RPM red line and specific power output of the Gallardo and R8) Italdesign * Zerouno * Zerouno Duerta

References

External links

Lamborghini.com
official website {{Lamborghini road car timeline 1980 to date

Gasoline engines by model V10 engines

Specifications

Vehicles

See also

References

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