1984 Granada BOA; small progress & Civic 25/10/24

[mk2cossie]

anyone interested in a thread of my old ford? ;D

currently in parts again due to oil leaks, but other wise in daily use as my trusty steed

a few pics hopefully too

[escortina101]

Ooo very nice. whereabouts are you & what sort of money you thinking ?

[mk2cossie]

Haha, my bad. I meant interested as in starting the thread on it
Not selling the ole bus! Owes me to much

[Autofive]

hell yeah

I'm gagging for more information and photos of the build

[darrenh]

nice looking motor, whats the stats for pod ?

[slammedorion]

More pics please. Love a mk2 Granada.
My dad used to drive us miles in his old 2.3L. Got a soft spot for the mk2's.

[cresad]

Hi

Nice , I had one of these in white with a brown stripe down the side , great until the timing gear went.

I take it the oil leaks are cam cover and chain tensioner . lol ;D

Adam

[choaky]

Awsum! Mk2's just look soo right sat on granada cosworth wheels, lovely car mate :-)

[mk2cossie]

cresad, the oil leaks this time appear to only be the cam covers
never had the tensioner leak...yet

shall try and get some old pics scanned up and posted when i get a chance.

started off being a 2.8 carb model that i got from auction for the pricely sum of 30quid ;D
although with a knackered 2.8 lump that still motivated the ole girl home

[Sinky]

Yip more pics please. Its looking good.

[mk2cossie]

well, its back together and been apart again since posting
and the bloody cam covers still leak
how ever, I have gone from this

via these

to this

[mk2cossie]

well, i suppose a little history wouldnt hurt

got the old wagon years ago now (12years i think ), from a car auction.
the car as it was didnt sell, as the big end bearings were shot and the engine obviously noisy as hell. not what auctioners are looking for
managed to bag it for the pricely sum of £30, and drove it home ;D

a trip to the breakers to get a new heart for the ole girl for a ton (and collected in the back of my k10 micra ), overhauled the brakes and took it to work for its 1st mot in my ownership, which it passed

managed 4 track events so far in it, and a current best of 15.7s at Santa Pod with the autobox and dodgy fuelling ;D

[cresad]

Hi

I've just sorted the oil leak on the cam cover's of my 24v using a contact gasket sealer called Gasgacinch. I did a thread about it on the granada temp forum - gsoonline.freeforums.org/post347.html#p347 - if it's any good to you.

Adam

[AB car pix]

Damn, I interpreted that first post as a for sale one too!

Cool car!

[ChasR]

Excellent car I must say. Certainly has a bit of presence. Prey tell on the spec of the car . Any interior shots?

[mk2cossie]

Jun 14, 2012 23:12:55 GMT ChasR said:

Excellent car I must say. Certainly has a bit of presence. Prey tell on the spec of the car . Any interior shots?

thank you very much ;D
current spec is
+1mm over bore (now 2995cc)
Wossner forged pistons
H section rods
tubular manifolds and twin 2inch exhaust
slightly ported heads (by myself, so not sure if they are better )
and the Emerald ecu which is currently only on a basic map and limited to 5000rpm ;D

still running the mk3 granada 4speed auto box too, despite what the nay sayers think, its been 100% faultless

i do have an interior shot, shall get some others uploaded tonight and of the engine bay too

[Granadaman72]

Thats looking real smart, cossie rims defo suit the mk2 nicely. Ive had quite a few mk2's but id love another someday, perhaps a pre-facelift. The mk3 autoboxes do seem a bit weak but thats probably down to a lack of servicing if anything. There a nice smooth box when working right tho

[mk2cossie]

thanks nadaman ;D
not found the autobox to be weak yet, and it has been up the pod and several trackdays at Brands and survived perfectly so far

well, last thursday whilst having a nosey underneath I thought I ought to take a look at this

hmm, wonder what else is in there

and the expanding foam that was in there

[mk2cossie]

All nice and solid at the end of the sill now, and a liberal squirt of some generic waxoil in the cavities too ;D


And the section that was made up for repairing the sill as well

All the credit to Martin at my work though, as he done the welding and bent up the sill patch panel ;D

[eurogranada]

That is one nice car as well mate!!

How's the 24v lump working for you? Although yours is far from standard!