Ultimate Griff

[virgil]

Being faced with either binnning off the Griff of Fixing the worst of the 'problems' and keeping it got me thinking....

What would you change/fix on a Griff to make it the ultimate car?

My list:

Slow window rising
Poor lights
Heating/cooling/Aircon etc
Heat soak from engine to cockpit.
350-400 hp
6 speed box?
17"/18" wheels
No leaks
Seatbelts that don't get 'stuck'

Any more thoughts?

[K67 KRB]

Mine has got more than enough hp.

Better brakes.
Better engine cooling system.


That's it. I can put up with everything else.

I think they call it character.

[seasider]

Slow window rising................Sorted extra relays
Poor lights.......................Sorted LE 7" lenses
Heat soak from engine to cockpit..Better with twin speed fan
350-400 hp........................Nearly
No leaks..........................All Ok(shouldn't have said that)

[virgil]

seasider said:

Slow window rising................Sorted extra relays Poor lights.......................Sorted LE 7" lenses Heat soak from engine to cockpit..Better with twin speed fan 350-400 hp........................Nearly No leaks..........................All Ok(shouldn't have said that)

Hmmm, can't drop my car round to you for a couple of weeks can I?

[virgil]

K67 KRB said:

Mine has got more than enough hp. Better brakes. Better engine cooling system. That's it. I can put up with everything else. I think they call it character.

So what are the obvious/easy engine tweeks?

[dnb]

Slow window rising: Done - Rewired and much improved
Poor lights: See above. Also fitted (slightly) higher power bulbs.
Heating/cooling/Aircon etc: Don't need A/C. Heating and cooling in progress
Heat soak from engine to cockpit.: Never been a problem on mine.
350-400 hp: Working on it!
6 speed box?: Don't think this would give much improvement for me.
17"/18" wheels: No! 16 front, 17 rear maybe.
No leaks: I try to avoid vegetables wherever I can.
Seatbelts that don't get 'stuck': Max Power seatbelt pad thingies solved this on mine for some reason.

Any more thoughts:

Remote boot opening (Well worth the bother)
Better fuel economy
Better seats.

I think I'm nearly there. (Well, will be after the respray!)

[jeboa]

Electric Windows - Modified Wiring??

Could you expand on the theory behind this please, I would be very interested as it feels like an age trying to get the damn things up - even after checking they are in the runners, etc.

[virgil]

jeboa said:

Electric Windows - Modified Wiring?? Could you expand on the theory behind this please, I would be very interested as it feels like an age trying to get the damn things up - even after checking they are in the runners, etc.

The idea is that when TVR designed the Griff they tried to save as much weight as possible so used the thinnest wire available to man. This in turn means that every electrical component has wire too thin to power the device (too thin a wire for the current draw means voltage drops and motors run slow, bulbs glow dim etc)

The accepted 'fix' (rather than re-wire the whole car) is to install a relay with a much thicker power feed wire near the device in question...the relay draws minimum current to switch the device using the thicker power feed...does that ramble make any sense...?

>> Edited by virgil on Tuesday 16th May 14:45

[seasider]

A few links...


Clicky for fast windows




Clicky for Light




clicky for 386 lbft



Clicky for up & down splitter


Griffith not a


Yes it's been a slow day

>> Edited by seasider on Tuesday 16th May 16:00

[Podie]

virgil said:

The idea is that when TVR designed the Griff they tried to save as much weight as possible so used the thinnest wire available to man.

Save weight or cost..?

[mikedavis1]

Fuel lines that don't split

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[seasider]

Podie said:

Save weight or cost..?

Weight on a Griff cost on a Chimp


Sorry couldn't resist

Anyway look at the thread title & get back on ya own forum

[Podie]

seasider said:

Anyway look at the thread title & get back on ya own forum

Fair point... "ultimate Griff" = Chimaera...

[virgil]

seasider said:

Podie said: Save weight or cost..? Weight on a Griff cost on a Chimp

Well said!

[griffsmith]

Easily interrogateable ECU to monitor engine running, oh and mapped wasted spark ignition.. but then dnb I think you've got those already as well??

[seasider]

Podie said:

Fair point... "ultimate Griff" = Chimaera...

Sorry doesn't equate fella

[Podie]

seasider said:

Podie said: Fair point... "ultimate Griff" = Chimaera... Sorry doesn't equate fella

Slow window rising: Nope
Poor lights: Nope
Heat soak from engine to cockpit.: Nope
Leaks: Nope
Seatbelts that get 'stuck': Nope
Roof that can't get in the boot easily: Nope


these Griff's seem to need a lot of fixing...


>> Edited by Podie on Tuesday 16th May 15:28

[seasider]

Podie said:

>> Edited by Podie on Tuesday 16th May 15:28

I'm glad ypou added the thought you'd gone all green eyed

[antonyj]

Slow window rising, fixed that with new window guide felt thingies....

No leaks, never has leaked, but then again lives in garage.....




>> Edited by antonyj on Tuesday 16th May 19:50

[dnb]

griffsmith said:

Easily interrogateable ECU to monitor engine running, oh and mapped wasted spark ignition.. but then dnb I think you've got those already as well??

Not wasted spark. It's COP! The rest is right though.