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Like its forerunner namesakes, the Griffith 200 and Griffith 400, the modern Griffith was a lightweight (1,060 kg (2,337 lb)) fiberglass-bodied, 2-door, 2-seat sports car with a V8 engine. Originally, it used a 4.0 L 240 hp (179 kW; 243 PS) Rover V8 engine, but that could be optionally increased to 4.3 L 280 hp (209 kW; 284 PS) in 1992 with a ...
Grantura Ltd of England designed the independent suspension for the TVR automobiles which later became the Griffith 200 and 400. The Griffith 400 had then state-of-the-art unequal wishbone suspension on all four corners and the car weighed significantly less than its contemporary, the AC Cobra, making it a very potent racing car.
TVR Griffith 200 front TVR Griffith 200 rear. The Griffith Series 200 could either be fitted with a 195 hp (145 kW; 198 PS) 289 cubic inches (4.74 L) overhead-valve Ford smallblock V8 engine as standard (of the type fitted to Ford Mustangs of the era), or an optional "K-code", "high-power" or "HiPo" V8 of similar displacement that put out 271 hp (202 kW; 275 PS), like those fitted to the ...
Mark Neary Donohue Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975), nicknamed "Captain Nice," [1] [2] and later "Dark Monohue," [2] was an American race car driver and engineer known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories.
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The Hirth HM 500 was a German four-cylinder air-cooled inverted inline engine developed from the Hirth HM 504 in 1938. Although developing the same output of the HM 504 (105 hp) and keeping the same capacity and bore, the HM 500 was a very different engine; the new HM 500 had a one-piece "closed" crankcase [ 1 ] for simplified manufacture. [ 2 ]
Technical specifications; Chassis: Steel tube frame, aluminum body: Suspension: Leading/trailing link torsion bar suspension: Wheelbase: 96.5–98 in (2,451–2,489 mm) Engine: Offenhauser 255–270 cu in (4.2–4.4 L) 16-valve, DOHC I4 naturally-aspirated FR Novi 183 cu in (3.0 L) 16-valve, 90° DOHC V8 supercharged FR FR: Transmission ...
The name International was first used by Norton both for its newly designed race bikes and also for the TT replica sports roadster in 1932. Overseen by Joe Craig, Arthur Carroll had designed an overhead-camshaft engine for the works racers and although it retained the 79 mm × 100 mm (3.1 in × 3.9 in) bore and stroke of the Norton CS1 the Model 30 International was all new.