5litre on the fleaBay - you'll never believe it!!!!

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:37 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TVR-Griffith-5-li ... dZViewItem

wow 340bhp and 340lbs/ft . . . yeah right!

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:34 pm

how much??

Mike

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:03 pm

ive just emailed the guy and asked if they are dyno proven figures or quoted from the TVR owners manual . . . lol!

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:54 pm

if you are hunting on ebay there are a few 4.8 and 5.3 LM engines iron block versions of the LS chevy, about 50-75lb heavier than the LS (the 5.3 has an autobox on it) for $1800 and $3700 , and very complete one with 4 miles on it one with 88 miles, even with shipping, duty and vat that to me is cheep.
Mike

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:10 pm

"TVR Factory figures"

was the reply. I replied saying if it put out that amount the crank would snap

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:17 pm

. . . and he relied with "Well I've just sold it for the buy it now price of £4k. Griff 500 engines regularly go for that"

What the f**K???? Do people really have no bloody sense at all????

I'd love to see the owners face when he gets taht on the road . . . all blow and no go lol

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:28 pm

They are special TVR bred blackpool ponies, about 1.2x more powerful than a normal ponie.

My mates grif 500 recently put down 300bhp (dyno dynamics - calculated flywheel figure) - engine was standard apart from:
Megasquirt (therefore no AFM - big help)
EDIS8
ACT trumpets
STD 65mm inlet (!!)

On the same day, most others were putting down considerably less. (i.e. 250-270)

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:36 pm

He also sold it outside ebay as the auction seemed to be ended early.
I recently got a telling off from ebay, and had my auction ended by them as I told folk in the text that I had set the reserve at 300 quid for my item??

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:50 pm

yeah they are pretty tight on things nowadays, anyone else notice their charges have gone up quite a bit as well?

I sold a bunch of stuff the other week, made about 300. Fees were about 40, paypal about 30, plus 50 postage, then i forgot the bloody final value fees which stumped me for another 45 quid. I may as well not have bothered!

dnb · Post by **dnb** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:20 pm

Eliot wrote:They are special TVR bred blackpool ponies, about 1.2x more powerful than a normal ponie...

Everyone knows they're donkeys, not ponies