My LS3 Rebuilt Griff

[Harding91]

OH. Dear. Lord.

I love you OP!

I have a massive passion for LS Motors

And TVR's are just plain cool

Following this! More sexy engine shots? the LS Motors are beautifull

One day i'll own an LS1 Mk1 MX5

[anonymous-user]

What was the project cost of this? I keep looking at the pictures and I want one!

[Rower]

Is it at home Chris ? I have seen you in the MG a couple of times but keen to see the Griff in the flesh as it were !

Rower

[scotty_d]

Seen this on the Griff side. Not bad for a griff i guess.

Will this be At Chatsworth?

[Jandywa]

That looks fking awesome!

[7 TVR]

Thanks for the thumbs up, the car has taken over a 1.5 years to complete and all thats left know is to get the set up right, i need to get some track time in the car and get used to the fly by wire throttle, which i must confess i'm finding a bit odd but i've only just finished running the car in!
There is massive amounts of grunt but at the same time its really well mannered on the GM ECU but can't wait to really push it :]
The car is going to be at Chatsworth hopefully with a new larger set of wheels to lay more rubber down on the rears!
As for cost its just got silly as i ended up following the in for a penny in for a pound mantra with the petrol tank being the only thing apart from the chassis and body that is original.
Including the purchase of the car and the plate i reckon i'm the better side of 55k
But for that i've got the car i've always dreamed of with a juiced up nigh on 500bhp motor wieghing in at 1060KG :]
I'm not quit finished as i plan to tweek the motor with a cam and a few other bits but thats for after the summer.
The original plan was to create my perfect track car, i've now learnt i'll always be compromised by the fact i want to keep the Griff on the road so next project is a full blown track monster!!! eg wide bodied LS7 powered 350c or ls powered tuscan racer??????????
More pictures to follow

[7 TVR]

[quote=scotty_d]Seen this on the Griff side. Not bad for a griff i guess.

Don't take it out on me that you only got the 4.2
The day i bought the Griff i had actually gone to test drive a cerb! The roof down option won but if i ever sell the 350 a 4.5 lightweight will be filling that space!!!

[7 TVR]

Rower said:

Is it at home Chris ? I have seen you in the MG a couple of times but keen to see the Griff in the flesh as it were !

Rower

Hi Guy did not know you were on here!!
The car is up in Blackpool ready to collect, only problem is i have a prolapsed disk and can just about manage 10 steps!
Been in bed 3 days and getting serious cabin fever ;[
i'll drive by once its collected!

[scotty_d]

7 TVR]cotty_d said:

Seen this on the Griff side. Not bad for a griff i guess.

Don't take it out on me that you only got the 4.2
The day i bought the Griff i had actually gone to test drive a cerb! The roof down option won but if i ever sell the 350 a 4.5 lightweight will be filling that space!!!

I will have to come have a nose at it. And yellow is the fastest colour after all

[VR6 Turbo]

so much want, I love it such a nice motor.

VR

[pmanson]

I dropped by chim off at top cats this afternoon for a bit of work and they had a tamora ls conversion in... looked great!

[pit5top]

Would love to hear this. Looks a fabulous conversion.

[Speedracer329]

The Griff is my least favourite TVR (well I would say that as an ex Chim owner), & would prefer to stick with the original power plant, but having said that I really really like much of what you have done there.

[CarlosV8]

Awesome conversion. Having just sold my Chim and replaced with with an LS1 powered Monaro I would think your Grif puts a massive smile on your face as that's a nutty combination! I'd love to go down this route with a Chimaera one day

[Choo]

Christian, saw yours (kind of, as under wraps) when I went to pick my Tiv up today. Have to say from what I coud see it looks awesome, hope you've got it back for Chatsworth as would love to see out of workshop. And as for the the LS.... Scary stuff bet there is a bit of twist when you put all that power down.

[GTRene]

GTRene said:

7 TVR said:

I see you on the Ultima forum as well!
An itch i'm seriously considering although i might have to change the Family BMW round first!
Do you still have your special BM?
Keep posting the interesting pictures

Indeed, stil have feelings for such brutal car, although the last years I'm getting more to the GT40 replica, they are so timeless to look at and can be brutal too
And yes, I still have that one off ever made Hartge Z3 coupe (its not a BMW, although based on it, its a factory Hartge officialy ) wich also can give a punch but more refined compared to the other 2.
Thats why I also love the TVR idea with the LS376 or 525 engine, for me best in a T350c (more rigid) but in a Griffith or Chimaera may be possible too.
To many lovely V8 cars on my list and not much money to spend so a bit reading and info collecting, distract my mind a bit.

7 TVR said:

In hindsight i would of kept the griff standardish and bought a cat d 350c and build a wide body LS GT car, as the only alternative to find the handling i'm looking for in the Griff would be to add a full cage and some Aero!
Learnt i need to keep the Griff as a special road car and occasional track toy, & buy myself a proper track tool hence the LS Ultima interest as its rear wheel V8 Power with a wider track more rubber and alot more.
Personal fav is Wayne old car now owned by Luckyp serious piece of raw carbon power & sexy as hell! Would be the final piece in the jigsaw!

Indeed, sounds better, the Grif is not really suited well enough for track use and better a nice mix, a fast roadcar and also occasionally trackday car.
I would use the T350c also that way, most road and a few trackdays, but in my case I want it LHD to...and there's no LHD T350c yet...but I guess
with the Sagaris LHD parts/replica you could do it on the T350?

I saw also you have a T350c too, you lucky man

Indeed a Ultima GTR is more suited although in the right configuration...not with a AS engine...a LS would do nice, there are also some Belgian racers Ultima,
as I speak of it there's a race Ultima GTR for sale...but that has a BMW R6 engine and 450hp I thought...
Also grasser do Ultima racing...maby you can get there some info...
Indeed that luckyp car is lovely.

I brought the writings to your/this thread so we won't disturb to much the other guys build

Nice build btw in this thread

[7 TVR]

Just a couple of pictures of the finished seats in car

[7 TVR]

[Porkie]

Fabulous!

[rohrl]

Looks brilliant and the LS series conversion suits the Griff down to the ground. It seems to just be a matter of time before they all get done. I bet it sounds fantastic too.