Fastest ever Griff at VMAX!

[Painey]

Took myself and the Griff along to the fantastic VMAX IV at Bruntinghorpe last Sunday and clocked the highest speed they've seen for a Griff at this event, measured through the speed trap at 163mph. A friend of mine took a picture of what the speedo was reading at the time, see http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v127/Painey/Griffith_Speedo.jpg

I was dead chuffed about that as the car is completely standard and seems to be running very well. Also the event itself was absolutely fantastic and if you get the chance to go to the next one then I'd strongly recommend it.

In races from standing starts up to the the hairpin before the main straight I managed to beat a Noble, 420 SEAC, BMW M Coupe, 911, Ferrari 355 etc but also got done myself many times. Managed to get faster times than the Chimps as well!

All in all great fun and was very satisfying to see the Griff holding it's own amongst such fantastic company.

All the best - Chris

P.S. If anyone knows how to post a pic on here can they tell me? thx.


>>> Edited by Painey on Wednesday 24th March 14:07

[DustyC]

Painey said:

Quote this to see how I did it.

Did you get that with the roof up or down?
If you tried both was there much difference?

[DustyC]

ha ha, beat you Edt!

>> Edited by DustyC on Wednesday 24th March 14:14

[Painey]

Didn't have the roof down as it was occasionally chucking it down! Gavinr did have the roof off the SEAC which was not slow at all, I think between me and him it was one all by the end of the day. Brave man!!

Actually to be honest I was rather worried that the roof would fly off at those speeds!!

[Ding]

Are those white knuckles in that photo?

As I am a coward I do not think I would trust myself to push my Griff to that speed, (I have to admit no where close).
Well done that man.

Ellie

[RECON RON]

Purely out of interest, which cars were you beaten by?

[Painey]

A Ruf 911, a couple of mega powerful 911 turbo's which didn't just beat me but were over the horizon in a matter of seconds!

I beat a Noble up to about 120ish but then we got to a corner and it was goodbye!! They carry some serious speed round corners, truly amazing to see. Lost once to the SEAC but one back on them later. Quite difficult trying to launch a Griffith on a wet slippery track and actually get some traction though as I'm sure you can imagine!

[pvapour]

RECON RON said:

Purely out of interest, which cars were you beaten by?

Ruf R Turbo Adam 200
996 TT X50 Daz 192
Murcielago Sean 190
993TT Derestrictor 186
Brabus 6.3SL MikeS 184
TuscanS Nick 179
Diablo Tony 996hasgone 179
TuscanS Ehasler 179
Cerbera 4.5 BigT 178
Ruf993 Phil 178
ferrari 360 Brian 178
360spider pani 177
Ferrari 360 Viant 177
Ferrari 360 NinjaAli 176
964Cup Melv 170
Ferrari 355 costa 169
996C4S RoyW 169
TuscanS (alfEssex) 168
Ferrari 355 alpin 168
Maserati 3200 Chris 167
M5 Nik GF 167
Maserati3200 MrTony 166
Noble Joust 164
Ferrari 348 Will 164


if that's what you meant? too 163, must take the chim next time.

>> Edited by pvapour on Wednesday 24th March 16:47

[Painey]

pvapour said:

RECON RON said: Purely out of interest, which cars were you beaten by? Ruf R Turbo Adam 200 996 TT X50 Daz 192 Murcielago Sean 190 993TT Derestrictor 186 Brabus 6.3SL MikeS 184 TuscanS Nick 179 Diablo Tony 996hasgone 179 TuscanS Ehasler 179 Cerbera 4.5 BigT 178 Ruf993 Phil 178 ferrari 360 Brian 178 360spider pani 177 Ferrari 360 Viant 177 Ferrari 360 NinjaAli 176 964Cup Melv 170 Ferrari 355 costa 169 996C4S RoyW 169 TuscanS (alfEssex) 168 Ferrari 355 alpin 168 Maserati 3200 Chris 167 M5 Nik GF 167 Maserati3200 MrTony 166 Noble Joust 164 Ferrari 348 Will 164 if that's what you meant? too 163, must take the chim next time. >> Edited by pvapour on Wednesday 24th March 16:47

that'll be them then!!

[simpo two]

Ding said:

As I am a coward I do not think I would trust myself to push my Griff to that speed, (I have to admit no where close).

Good show. My best was an indicated 144mph (runway)and that was fast enough!

[RECON RON]

Cheers for the information, the Tuscan S did well. I know I'm being a bit of an anorak but are there any 0-60 or 0-100mph times etc?

[RichB]

simpo two said:

Ding said: As I am a coward I do not think I would trust myself to push my Griff to that speed, (I have to admit no where close). Good show. My best was an indicated 144mph (runway)and that was fast enough!

You must be going soft John, I was doing an indicated 145 in Belgium last year with my wife in the passenger seat and no she didn't tell me to slow down! It was the relative passing speed of the lorries on the inside that caused it! Rich...

[zz top]

Clocked by the fuzz at 145mph over 2/3rds mile on military runway. Took 1/3mile to slow down at that speed before overshooting the runway end. My speedo was reading late 150'smph, just goes to show how much they are out. After two runs, engine oil was like water!!!Drove home very slowly that day...zz

>> Edited by zz top on Wednesday 24th March 21:15

[Painey]

RECON RON said:

Cheers for the information, the Tuscan S did well. I know I'm being a bit of an anorak but are there any 0-60 or 0-100mph times etc?

Don't think there are any recorded times for acceleration unless anyone there had some data logging equipment with them. The things which really stick in my mind about last Sunday were the speed that Noble goes round corners at, the rate at which very high powered porsches accelerate and lastly, how much of a good time it was!!!

[chim500nj]

Anyone know what revs he was pulling in that Griff at 167 MPH? Must have been approaching 6000...

[Painey]

Yep, was somewhere in the high 5,000's. Couldn't say exactly as I was trying to keep my eye on the road and the car in a straight line as it was quite windy last sunday.

I'd be interested to see what difference a Mark Adams chip/triple plenum etc would do to the revs this high up. I'm told that one of the benefits of this is an engine that revs more freely so I'd have thought that higher speeds would surely follow? If it matters my Griff showed on Austec's rolling road that peak power of 285bhp was coming at 5,100rpm. The rate of acceleration really tails off once your past that.

All the best - Chris

[MOD500]

Hello

I was in the blue 500 chim on Sunday, for some reason mine pulled like train to 160 and then slowed up loads, I still had plenty of revs left too. It did this on every run, maybe be an aerodynamic wall?

The chip and plenum upgrades are well worth it, I have the Mark Adams chip and ACT Al upgrade system (not the carbon system), but it still makes a big difference.

Great day on Sunday

MOD.

[2 sheds]

MOD500 said:

Hello I was in the blue 500 chim on Sunday, for some reason mine pulled like train to 160 and then slowed up loads, I still had plenty of revs left too. It did this on every run, maybe be an aerodynamic wall? The chip and plenum upgrades are well worth it, I have the Mark Adams chip and ACT Al upgrade system (not the carbon system), but it still makes a big difference. Great day on Sunday MOD.

Hi Mod
I would suggest that your rev counter could be under reading ?, i guess 160mph should equate to around 6000 rpm, it must be going well to reach 160 though !
Tim

[MOD500]

Hi Tim

Yes, the rev counter may have been misreading. Though I remember Mark Adams telling me he had raised the limiter to 6250 from 6000 revs

The car still felt to be accelerating, though much slower than at speeds less than 160. At the top end does the limiter cut in abruptly as in the lower gears, or do you gently hit the limiter and hit v-max?

Either way it was great fun on Sunday!

Thanks


Martyn.

>> Edited by MOD500 on Thursday 25th March 18:24

[Edt]

The one time I went down that strip running on decent fuel (as opposed to TVR mania when I had crappy 95 RON in so didnt push much) I recall the 500 got to around 6K + a bit revs & just sat there. Roof off probably didnt help, but couldnt squeeze a helmeted Ed in with roof on

Regards, Ed, sans helmet