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What would be the advantage of it? German aircraft manufacturers had access to their own equivalents of each of these (i.e. Junkers 213 or Daimler Benz 603 instead of Griffon, their EZ series gyroscopic predictor sights, their own high octace fuel etc.), sometimes even at an earlier date.. although I am sure they would have liked unlimited fuel, problem being none had such 'item' at their disposal! Also I believe using the Griffon would be actually disadvantagous, as it consumed a lot more fuel than the engines it would be replacing, so range would suffer, and with its supercharger mounted at the back of the engine, one cannot use engine mounted cannons either.
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Its a personal view but the problem with the Db605 was that in that last couple of years it relied on GM1 or MW50 to make the Me109 competative. This added weight and complexity for a very temporary gain. The Griffon was able to make those performance gains as a stand alone unit.
603 605 are way too different engines
Glider proposed Griffon as replacement for BMW-801 in Fw-190, and I like that. By early 1944, planes using Griffon were have had on disposal (Wiki - sorry):
Power output:
2,035 hp (1,520 kW) at 7,000 ft (2,135 m MS gear),[nb 7] +18 psi boost pressure at 2,750 rpm
2,220 hp (1,655 kW) at 11,000 ft (2,135 m MS gear), +21 psi at 2,750 r.p.m using 150 Octane fuel
1,820 hp (1,360 kW) at 21,000 ft (6,400 m) at 2,750 rpm
... therefore beating contemporary DB-603 Jumo 213 by large margin ( if 213 was flying by that time anyway in a serial-produced shape?).
Replacing, in spirit of this thread, of DB-605 in Bf-109 was a task for Merlin, not for Griffon.