Anyone here driven/owned a Bristol Fighter?
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What are they like?
I cannot afford one myself but I always quite liked them and one has recently appeared on a driveway on a house a couple of miles away. so i thought id ask.
For those that don't know what they are, here are a couple of pictures.
The Fighter has an 8L 525bhp - 628bhp or Twin Turbo 1012 bhp versions.
They seem designed to be very fast and comfortable, with many well thought out features. All models have huge reserves of torque at low revs as well as long top gears. So it would seem to be designed to give a good ride on torque but with huge punch if you want to go fast, together with relative light weight for its power and refinement. Sounds like a very impressive car.
Kerb weight only 1595 kg
Drag factor reduced to 0.25 by a new rear wake diffuser.
1012 bhp at 5600 rpm.
1036 lb.ft of torque at 4500 rpm.
I cannot afford one myself but I always quite liked them and one has recently appeared on a driveway on a house a couple of miles away. so i thought id ask.
For those that don't know what they are, here are a couple of pictures.
The Fighter has an 8L 525bhp - 628bhp or Twin Turbo 1012 bhp versions.
They seem designed to be very fast and comfortable, with many well thought out features. All models have huge reserves of torque at low revs as well as long top gears. So it would seem to be designed to give a good ride on torque but with huge punch if you want to go fast, together with relative light weight for its power and refinement. Sounds like a very impressive car.
Kerb weight only 1595 kg
Drag factor reduced to 0.25 by a new rear wake diffuser.
1012 bhp at 5600 rpm.
1036 lb.ft of torque at 4500 rpm.
MondeoMan1981 said:
Now thats a traditional British motor car 
Properly so, even if it is an American engine...IIRC, they weighed each component individually, down to things like zip ties so they could guarantee a perfect weight distribution.
Yet when their old boss was in charge, if he didn't like a potential client he wouldn't sell to them unless they beat him on the scalextric track upstairs!
Always thought it would be the heart choice for a lottery win daily driver.
Oh, and I believe they are serviced according to 'engine hours' rather than mileage..
The figures make interesting reading:
1012 bhp at 5600 rpm.
1036 lb.ft of torque at 4500 rpm
Kerb weight only 1595 kg. 52% on rear wheels.
A potential maximum speed of more than 270 mph has been electronically limited to a more than sufficient 225 mph at only 4500 rpm
I would love to take one to Germany and hunt down every AMG, Porsche and Brabus on the autobahnen!
1012 bhp at 5600 rpm.
1036 lb.ft of torque at 4500 rpm
Kerb weight only 1595 kg. 52% on rear wheels.
A potential maximum speed of more than 270 mph has been electronically limited to a more than sufficient 225 mph at only 4500 rpm
I would love to take one to Germany and hunt down every AMG, Porsche and Brabus on the autobahnen!
I should have put links in the original post.
http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/BristolFighter.htm
http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/FighterT.htm
At 3500 rpm the standard Fighter produces a remarkable 525 lb.ft of torque. The Fighter T delivers a scarcely believable 900 lb.ft at the same rpm.
Also on the T model - 49.8 mph at 1000 rpm in 6th gear.
Also just under 900 bhp at the rear wheels and just over 900 lb ft after losses so only looses about 10% through the transmission.
http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/BristolFighter.htm
http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/FighterT.htm
At 3500 rpm the standard Fighter produces a remarkable 525 lb.ft of torque. The Fighter T delivers a scarcely believable 900 lb.ft at the same rpm.
Also on the T model - 49.8 mph at 1000 rpm in 6th gear.
Also just under 900 bhp at the rear wheels and just over 900 lb ft after losses so only looses about 10% through the transmission.
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