Rebuilt 400HC against rebuilt 500HC(Griff)

[CHIMV8]

Went back to back with the above, 500 first then 400 and i can confirm the 500 pickup far out weighed the 400.

Standard set up on both,how can i improve the low end power on the 400??

[ChimpOnGas]

Add a blower

[CHIMV8]

ChimpOnGas said:

Add a blower

To easy and expensive

Cheaper to keep the Griff!!

[QBee]

FWIW, I have a well sorted V8D 500 engine in my car and cannot do more than keep pace with FatBoyChim's supercharged 400 on the track, both of us onthe same tyres. So the SC gives you an extra 80+ bhp

[CHIMV8]

QBee said:

FWIW, I have a well sorted V8D 500 engine in my car and cannot do more than keep pace with FatBoyChim's supercharged 400 on the track, both of us onthe same tyres. So the SC gives you an extra 80+ bhp

mmm....

[Chilliman]

CHIMV8 said:

ChimpOnGas said:

Add a blower

To easy and expensive

Cheaper to keep the Griff!!

Me no understandee You have a Griff 500 and a 400 Chim?

Sorry, I'm a bit dense at times

[Bassfiend229hp]

CHIMV8 said:

ChimpOnGas said:

Add a blower

To easy and expensive

Cheaper to keep the Griff!!

Why would you want to keep a Griff? That's like having Keira Knightley giving you the come to bed eyes and sticking with Jo Brand because she's grateful!

[CHIMV8]

Chilliman said:

CHIMV8 said:

ChimpOnGas said:

Add a blower

To easy and expensive

Cheaper to keep the Griff!!

Me no understandee You have a Griff 500 and a 400 Chim?

Sorry, I'm a bit dense at times

Yep.

[CHIMV8]

Bassfiend229hp said:

CHIMV8 said:

ChimpOnGas said:

Add a blower

To easy and expensive

Cheaper to keep the Griff!!

Why would you want to keep a Griff? That's like having Keira Knightley giving you the come to bed eyes and sticking with Jo Brand because she's grateful!

The Chim will be stopping Phil.

[Bassfiend229hp]

CHIMV8 said:

The Chim will be stopping Phil.

...so just how did you end up with the ugly sister as well as the prom queen?

[Chuffmeister]

Bassfiend229hp said:

Why would you want to keep a Griff? That's like having Keira Knightley giving you the come to bed eyes and sticking with Jo Brand because she's grateful!

It's known as 'brand loyalty' ... anyway, you would want it 'knightley'...

[phazed]

Swap mechanicals.

Job jobbed in a weekend.

[TV8]

phazed said:

Swap mechanicals.

Job jobbed in a weekend.

Took me a quarter of that time to get the old pioneer radio out!

[Bassfiend229hp]

Chuffmeister said:

Bassfiend229hp said:

Why would you want to keep a Griff? That's like having Keira Knightley giving you the come to bed eyes and sticking with Jo Brand because she's grateful!

It's known as 'brand loyalty' ... anyway, you would want it 'knightley'...

Actually - thinking about it it's obvious - you'd keep the Griff just to make the Chim feel that bit extra *EXTRA* special.

[Goaty Bill]

phazed said:

Swap mechanicals.

Job jobbed in a weekend.

Peter old man, even for a die hard modifier like yourself, that's a bit excessive.
How much would a grief with a chimaera 400 engine then be saleable for?
Doesn't bear thinking about really.

As the OP can clearly afford to keep two TVRs in the drive/garage at once, albeit as a short term arrangement, the price difference between this Chimaera and the Griffith is unlikely to be the principal motivation for the change.

I think the two obvious choices are - blow it or 'replace' it (the engine that is).

Once you have owned a 500, nothing else will do IMO.

[phazed]

A friend has just sold his 93 grief 400, tidy with a set of Nitrons fitted...............................£9K!

[RichardD]

CHIMV8 said:

...how can i improve the low end power on the 400??

I have a spare 5.0 RV8 sat in my garage ! (Not serp though).

[Gary11]

Goaty Bill said:

Peter old man, even for a die hard modifier like yourself, that's a bit excessive.
How much would a grief with a chimaera 400 engine then be saleable for?
Doesn't bear thinking about really.

As the OP can clearly afford to keep two TVRs in the drive/garage at once, albeit as a short term arrangement, the price difference between this Chimaera and the Griffith is unlikely to be the principal motivation for the change.

I think the two obvious choices are - blow it or 'replace' it (the engine that is).

Once you have owned a 500, nothing else will do IMO.

I just sold a 500 am very happy with the 430BV performance much as before TBH just feels more revvy than grunty bloody quick night and day from a std 400.

[CHIMV8]

Bassfiend229hp said:

...so just how did you end up with the ugly sister as well as the prom queen?

Grabbed a bargain Phil, now sold and profit paying for outriggers and chassis powdercoating