Are griffith engine bays naturally scruffy?
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Hi,
I am genuinely intrigued as to why so many Griffiths for sale are totally immaculate until it comes to the engine bays’ and engines. I don’t mean to be offensive but many of them I have seen seem quite grotty.
Are they particularly difficult to keep clean, or is it that Griffith owners would rather be driving and leave polishing engines, engine bay’s and their nuts to Chimaera owners.
Regards
Nick
I am genuinely intrigued as to why so many Griffiths for sale are totally immaculate until it comes to the engine bays’ and engines. I don’t mean to be offensive but many of them I have seen seem quite grotty.
Are they particularly difficult to keep clean, or is it that Griffith owners would rather be driving and leave polishing engines, engine bay’s and their nuts to Chimaera owners.
Regards
Nick
YES, they Are a bugger And a back breaker to keep clean !!
The front wings are wide which makes it a stretch to reach in , my back and other bits of me are giving me a lot of pain at the mo ( Bike smash in 2010 ) which makes it very awkward and the bonnet doesn't open high enough .
The early cars circa pre 97 I think , had the inner wing tops painted satin black which looks Orrible very fast . The later ones were painted body colour Which is far nicer and easier to keep clean.
Lots of alloy bits and bobs are a pain to keep clean ( Swirl pot ) etc etc . Over the winter the alloy parts get a furry deposit on them and discolour badly .
My headers look awfull , but stainless ones are circa £ 800 I beleive !
The front wings are wide which makes it a stretch to reach in , my back and other bits of me are giving me a lot of pain at the mo ( Bike smash in 2010 ) which makes it very awkward and the bonnet doesn't open high enough .
The early cars circa pre 97 I think , had the inner wing tops painted satin black which looks Orrible very fast . The later ones were painted body colour Which is far nicer and easier to keep clean.
Lots of alloy bits and bobs are a pain to keep clean ( Swirl pot ) etc etc . Over the winter the alloy parts get a furry deposit on them and discolour badly .
My headers look awfull , but stainless ones are circa £ 800 I beleive !
Maybe because driving them is more important than spending my life polishing? As you may tel I'm not a polisher! If the car is not decaying and the outside is presentable then in my eyes it is fine. I have a job, wife, child that I'd rather be spending my time on than polishing bits of the car that are not on show. I also would rather spend cash on performance or just maintenance than on "shiny bits".
Maybe this is a contraversial view, but I'm more interested in driving it than polishing it.
Maybe this is a contraversial view, but I'm more interested in driving it than polishing it.
They are very difficult to keep clean, the design of the front end fires dirt, grit, sand etc across the engine. Shiny finishes do not last long. There are some very hard areas to remove debris from, mainly around the injectors/ inlet manifold. Avoid parking under conifers, those bits get everywhere. The fun but is when a leaf or twig lands on a hot part and smokes a bit.
Alex - don't be glum - you'll cheer up once you have that LS safely in place!!
The ignition is EDIS8 running off a Megasquirt 2. The last bracket I made had the coils 'horizontal' which meant the leads were crossing over each other. Wasn't too bothered how 'neat' it looked, but crossing the leads meant the connectors weren't seated very well. Having the coils in this orientation means one side runs to 1,3,5,7 and the other to 2,4,6,8 - therefore no 'crossing' needed and the connectors are nicely seated on the coil towers.
The ignition is EDIS8 running off a Megasquirt 2. The last bracket I made had the coils 'horizontal' which meant the leads were crossing over each other. Wasn't too bothered how 'neat' it looked, but crossing the leads meant the connectors weren't seated very well. Having the coils in this orientation means one side runs to 1,3,5,7 and the other to 2,4,6,8 - therefore no 'crossing' needed and the connectors are nicely seated on the coil towers.
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