Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Discussion
Nacnud said:
jamesk said: Ah yes I have that one saved at homeIs that camera car a Griff 500? Just wondered as it seems to breeze alongside the SEAC - is the 500 really that much quicker thru the higher gears?
Two reasons for that impression....
First, in the solo run I missed third gear by rushing the change giving Dan a huge edge; in the trio run Dan was pushing hard all the way.
Second, I went to the rolling road after Duxford and my SEAC was only pushing out 205bhp at the wheels. Turned out my cam was completely knackered, one of the lobes was so worn I could nearly get my little finger betwwen the top of the lobe and the height it was supposed to have been.
Now I've replaced the cam, Griff 500s are only marginally faster then my SEAC but I've got now something strangling my high revs (which happens to be my big power band). When I get this sorted out I reckon there will nothing in it.
A couple of points I'll add to this...
Nacnud was a little disappointed with the performance of the Mendip Monster at Mania, but if you watch the footage we were flying past other cars.
Because the Griff 500 is (relatively speaking) civilised, people forget that there is still very little on the road that can match the 0-60, and I am talking about some seriously expensive kit.
Getting the power down at the right time at the start of the run makes a huge difference, I got a bit sideways at the start of one run and had a hell of a job to catch up.
In most instances the point where the griff was starting to go past the SEAC's was probably over 130mph
, where aerodynamics start to play a part. ... oh and Nacnuds car is very noticably quicker since the new cam (which is not surprising after seeing the old one). Pebbledash and I sometimes have to change down to keep up
The noise that thing makes is just 
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