My Griffin Motorsport E30 2.7

[harvs]

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[Rich320I]

this the one of ebay mate? looks nice, id put your pictures one below the other next time, most peoples monitors arent 5 foot wide

[harvs]

naa its not and lool sorry im new to all this e30 zone took me about 45 mins to up load the pics....

[Rich320I]

lol, yeah think next time just put the image code one line under the other

oh right looks exactly like the griffen one that was on ebay monthish ago,

anyways nice looking car. got any plans for it?

[steve_k]

Looks good

i'm sure thats brettki's old car, could be wrong though.

do you know the full spec??

[shanehaward]

i really like this. interior looks nice with the red paint

[Fal_325i]

Looks good

i'm sure thats brettki's old car, could be wrong though.

do you know the full spec??

It is indeed Brett's old car, the grey one that got reshelled into the red car you see here , engine etc was transffered over.

Thanks

[Rich320I]

Looks good

i'm sure thats brettki's old car, could be wrong though.

do you know the full spec??

It is indeed the reshelled one.

so twas the one on ebay for months ago, thought i was going crazy

[Fal_325i]

Looks good

i'm sure thats brettki's old car, could be wrong though.

do you know the full spec??

It is indeed the reshelled one.

so twas the one on ebay for months ago, thought i was going crazy

Yep

[harvs]

o sorry then it was the one on there a month ago and yhh its the one that was re-shelled it used to be dolphin grey and amm just working on the car atm as i am only 16 i am making it very clean replacing most off the bottom off the car and making the car look amazing....and yhh it is a bmw e30 2.7 with uprated cams pistons ect the next thing i would like to do is the wheels... thanks for all the comments guys...

[pnd]

if you are only sixteen I hope you are going to be very careful when you get top drive this or you will be off the road. Sorry to put a downer on it but thats a lot of car for someone who has just passed their test.

[suchy]

if you are only sixteen I hope you are going to be very careful when you get top drive this or you will be off the road. Sorry to put a downer on it but thats a lot of car for someone who has just passed their test.

S'ok insurance will be prohibitive until 25!!! I think he'll be fine by then!

[rallygaz]

SIXTEEN AND YOU GOT THIS I'M GONNA PUNCH MY DAD IN THE FACE


nice car though lucky sod!!

[harvs]

naa im going to get it insured under my mums name which will cost £3578 and where my car is there is a yard at the back i drive it everyday and ive managed to go through 2 sets of tires so i am used to the car and by the time i can drive it wont be a problem

[brettski]

Yep thats my old car look after it mate. Its up to you regarding the wheels but they were part of the package that Griffin offered as they are light but its up to you. Enjoy it but be careful!

[Cloggy Saint]

3.5 grand for insurance??!!

[bss325i]

Driving up and down a yard wont get you ready for any car let alone this one!

Que the eBay ad with it smashed or a link in external ads on here to a copart or some other salvage auction.

Insured in your mums name. Hmmm.

[sweep]

How have you gone through 2 sets of tyres?

[steve_k]

How have you gone through 2 sets of tyres?

diffin round the yard innit?!!?

[Cloggy Saint]

i am used to the car and by the time i can drive it wont be a problem

Famous last words.
17 year old boy, with no real driving experience, + car, usually = crash.
17 year boy, with no real driving experience + 2.7 rwd car = Almost certain crash.

[maxfield]

i am used to the car and by the time i can drive it wont be a problem

At 14 I was driving a 200 hp M3 and a 350 hp on track. But at 17 a 1.6 E30 caught me out a couple of times. Being on the road is a different kettle of fish.

[petchy]

Yep thats my old car look after it mate

Oh he's looking after it alright- already bought it 2 sets of tyres in a month from getting used to it in his back yard!! Must be a bugger to find the blighting point and is just doing burnouts up and down!!

All well and good in the back yard but take care on the open road mate, I've had plenty bumps and scrapes over the years- in smaller cars than this with more driving experience. Your insurance quote was £3500 for a reason.

Its a nice motor, would be a shame to see it in a hedge and you on a slab.

[HairyScreech]

This ones toast. Dibs on the remains of the engine, a proper autopsy will reveal what griffin have done.

[bss325i]

Dibs on the head when you've stripped it!

[maggspower]

C'mon guys bashing up newbies is a sport for the mods.

I'll have the rear bumper

[bss325i]

C'mon guys bashing up newbies is a sport for the mods.

I'll have the rear bumper

Ah yes! My sincerest apologies to the OP.

I hope you look after the car and be sensible with it.

To be fair, my best mate sold his 320iS to a 16 year old lad 3 years ago and the car is still in one piece.

He is on here in fact under the user name E30_KIDD.

[ross_jsy]

I love all the "you will smash it to pieces" posts. I bought my stripped and caged sport when I was 17 and it's still in one piece several years later but then again I didn't pay £3.5k to insure the car in someone else' name, that's plain retarded.

[Rich320I]

sure so long as he takes it carefull all will be well, love to have a peek at what griffin did to the engine

like ross, i had a MK2 escort rs2000 and an astra gte 16v at 17/18 admittedly not as powerful as the above, but i never really got in any scrapes.

the insurance is abit sketch though,

[suchy]

I love all the "you will smash it to pieces" posts. I bought my stripped and caged sport when I was 17 and it's still in one piece several years later but then again I didn't pay £3.5k to insure the car in someone else' name, that's plain retarded.

Unfortunately the odds are against this car remaining intact. Of course there are exceptions as mentioned here. Hope this car is one of them. An inexperienced hot-head behind the wheel of a breathed-upon 2.7 rwd usually spells disaster!! Comment on back yard antics does nothing to reassure!!

But I think I would've been the same at the OP's age with this in my possesion so hope the OP enjoys it and treats it with a bit of respect. Smoking tyres in the back yard is a different ballgame to driving properly

Someone should link up Lee's insurance story about the car insured in a Mum's name that was involved in a fatal crash....

[harvs]

thanks for all the comments guys in will take extra care off her ...

[HairyScreech]

In all seriousness if you ever crack the engine open be sure to take lots of photos.
Griffin did something funny with those lumps and it would be good to know what.
By all accounts tsunami something along the lines of modified pugeot pistons.

[BATTS91]

Nice car , and good luck with it !

[brettski]

In my original thread on this car i typed the actual road test from a magazine and the engine spec. I'm not sure what they did to the head but i'm sure it just had mahle pistons. It was quick but my Stannard engined sport is a lot quicker!

[E30BeemerLad]

To the original poster, be VERY careful with the whole deal of your mother insuring the car with you as a named driver. This is what is called "fronting". The insurers are pretty hot on it.

If you have a bad smack, especially if you hit someone else, they will probably start making further enquiries to see if you are the main user/ it is your car. If they rumble you then they will void your policy, but worse than that, when they have finished paying out the third party, they will come after your mum for the thousands they have paid out.

[suchy]

Good post Lee. Do you have the Cornish(?) one that involved fatalities and parent's losing their house and everything? Not to shock but to put it out there again.