Looking for a Griffith

[Stick Legs]

RichB said:

pdgriff said:

Hi..not sure if this is best practice?? But potentially selling my griffith. Garaged in north hants..not perfect but worth a look...thoughts..

If you had read the thread you'd have seen that the OP's bought one.

Yup.

Bought N500GFF.

Haven’t stopped grinning. And really 270 miles in rain on a Friday motorway at commuter time through Birmingham is really the worst environment for a Griff.
I still enjoyed it thoughly.



Home with his stable mate.

9.4 litres.
16 cylinders.
~700 bhp.

Not a bad pairing.

[RichB]

Stick Legs said:

<clip> ~700 bhp...

Blimey, how many bhp have you got in that Range Rover

[Stick Legs]

RichB said:

Blimey, how many bhp have you got in that Range Rover

Book figures dear boy.

In reality the Griffith 500 is well shy of 340 they claimed, but the Range Rover is 339 bhp book for an SDV8. So yeah, probably ~620 bhp.

My previous high water mark was 18 cylinders, 8.3 litres & 500 odd bhp.

(Jaguar XJ-S V12 & Vauxhall Omega Elite).

[bg-tvr]

pdgriff said:

Hi..not sure if this is best practice?? But potentially selling my griffith. Garaged in north hants..not perfect but worth a look...thoughts..

I'm currently actively looking and have been following this thread with interest. I have a very similar budget to the OP (congrats on your purchase!) - so if you wanted to pm me your details then we could have a chat! Thanks.

[Stick Legs]

Quick update to say it’s been thoroughly enjoyable and everything so far I hoped it would be!

[lancepar]

Bostin----- tec it through the city tunnels.

[mjlloyd500]

Yes some say 340 bhp mine was a 320 bhp but is over 300 it all depends what parts they had that day at the factory

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

mjlloyd500 said:

Yes some say 340 bhp mine was a 320 bhp but is over 300 it all depends what parts they had that day at the factory

Or what fibs they were telling on the day

Edited by 2 sMoKiN bArReLs on Sunday 22 December 12:03

[8Speed]

mjlloyd500 said:

Yes some say 340 bhp mine was a 320 bhp but is over 300 it all depends what parts they had that day at the factory

Still a decent enough power for today's roads. I'm not really a fan of 700+ bhp for road cars - seems rather pointless to me.

[BritishTvr450]

8Speed said:

Still a decent enough power for today's roads. I'm not really a fan of 700+ bhp for road cars - seems rather pointless to me.

I’ve agreed with that for a very long time.
Now these cars are like old gentlemen as are most the owners it’s probably not a good luck to be racing young hipsters in hot hatches with 300+ bhp in any case.

I found with good compression from a rebuilt engine running a modern Ecu you get close to 350 ft of torque which on roads tends to be more than enough to propel the car to high speeds with little effort just as good at 320 or more hp does.

[mjlloyd500]

2 smoking barrels what would you know driving all those girls chimaera tvrs

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

mjlloyd500 said:

2 smoking barrels what would you know driving all those girls chimaera tvrs

Not a lot!

[Simpo Two]

Stick Legs said:

My previous high water mark was 18 cylinders, 8.3 litres & 500 odd bhp.

Ha, I remember that competition! At the time I had a Griff 4.0, Griff 500 and a BMW 730V8 - making 24 cylinders, 12 litres and about 800bhp.

Now it's down to only 15 cylinders, 7.6 litres and 490bhp. But one is a boat!