Front Plates

[Patrick L]

Since removing my front number plate (in an effort to keep temp down whilst at Bruntingthorpe) the gauge stays well below 90 in central London driving. Having now been pulled over the plate must go back on.

Has anyone seen a Griff with a plate on the nose cone (E Type style). Does it spoil the look?

[Stroudy]

Have a look at SGirl's griff pics..
http://community.webshots.com/album/48772521XDBtLq

[david010167]

How big is your Reg No? Can you cut some plate off the left and right of the letters?

As far as I know, providing you have the new legal font, spacing and the correct colour at the front. the plate can be larger or smaller than the norm

In my case I have a summer front plate as my Reg is: n

LN LLL

and this ment I could make it about two thirds its normal width, or it my even be a bit smaller.

[Patrick L]

Thanks for posting SGirl's pics. Looks good to me. It will keep the eye's on the road and not the temp guage as well

[SGirl]

That kind of front plate isn't strictly legal any more... Just to warn you. But that car has had the stick-on plate on the front ever since it was born in 1995, and to my knowledge it has never been pulled over for having an illegal plate. I certainly never got pulled over for the plate. Or for anything else, for that matter!

>> Edited by SGirl on Saturday 31st May 08:05

[jigs]

Never mind the stick-on plate being illegal Sgirl doesn't even have letters and numbers on it!

I suppose if strategically placed it could cover some stonechips.

[david beer]

I know a small plate gives a small increase in cooling but fitting an air ram that doesnt under hang the car at all is by far the best way to go. There will be a bit on it in Sprint next month. Edit to say this is not an advert, its what i have done as well.

>> Edited by david beer on Sunday 1st June 08:49

[budd]

I had terrible overheating problems when I got my Griff two years ago,the number plate was one of the first things I changed.I fitted a small plate about 12x3inch,didn't have any effect on the cooling problem(which turned out to be a blocked radiator)but it looks great and as been fitted almost 2 yrs with (so far)no interest from plod.
It as become difficult to get small or odd sized No plates but if you try the small ads in a Motor Bike mag
you'll find someone who will make any size you want.
Try a company called Mal if you decide to go the small plate route,I've used them many times over the years for both cars and bikes and they offer excelent value and service.
However I don't think you can cure a cooling problem with a No plate try to find the real cause and cure that,having the the rad recored with a 4 row core worked wonders for my Griff and it now takes traffic jams and high ambient temps in its stride.

>> Edited by budd on Saturday 31st May 22:38

[simon.b]

The splitter as fitted by the factory is the way to go and you can leave the plate standard, though the four core rad will also help. Ground clearance is an issue with the splitter and that’s why most cars are splitter less.

It will be interesting to see what David has come up with this time.

Cheers,

Simon.

[david beer]

The article is written by a guy from the TVRCC and he actually made his unaware of mine, mine can be copied from the web site.

[jigs]

Is overheating not just a symtom of an underlying problem? Is too cool as bad as too hot - cause of inefficient power delivery? I understood that power was maximised around running temperature of 90 degrees.

[Patrick L]

When I took the plate off for Bruntingthorpe the temp was around 75ish. I was clocked at 160 mph. Would it have been faster with the plate on and temp at 90?