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

[mk2cossie]

other than an average of 20mpg at the mo, the 24v is good for me ;D

hoping to improve the economy and power with a proper setup on it tho, but thats as and when i can afford it

and the noise at 4-6000rpm with the tubular manifolds and stainless system is intoxicating

[eurogranada]

I can picture it in my mind.... huge grinn factor!

[mk2cossie]

skip to 1min58 for the start of it, and it was filmed via a mobile insulting taped to the rear view mirror

[mk2cossie]

Well, most mk2 granada owners will tell you the brakes arent that brilliant as standard. This is usually due to poor maintenance on them, as I found the standard stoppers more than adequate for hauling up the ole barge ;D

However, after the 2nd track day I noticed a brake vibration (warped rear drum!) and decided to upgrade a bit.
The rears are now mk3 24v setup, using a modified mk3 handbrake cable and some home made brackets


And after looking around for front bake upgrades and being put off by the 1k price tag of most, I managed to get a bigger setup for half the price ;D
Went from these standard ones

to these ;D


Need to order up a new set of hoses and replace a metal pipe that goes to the rear though

[mk2cossie]

Well, the brakes are still ok after being on the car over a year now ;D (although i strongly advise people to be certain they use their brakes hard if they choose mintex 1144 pads! )

Got another god damn oil leak from the cam cover though, but that will wait till i get the modified inlet manifold back to go on at the same time

[mk2cossie]

Well, the oil leaks will wait till I get the inlet manifold back from being modified so that can all be done in 1 hit ;D
Shall plumb the breather on the catch tank back in to the air filter as well at some point, and hopefully stop the fumes getting in the car

Spare inlet manifold currently looks like this though, after carefully prising off the end caps

[v8ian]

What have you done with the original front calipers??

[mk2cossie]

They are long gone I'm afraid. Although at a last check, they weren't that expensive to get recon ones from Unipart if that's any help for you?

[cozjon]

What break upgrade do you have on the front ?

[stuboy]

looking good

[mk2cossie]

Apr 20, 2013 10:26:53 GMT cozjon said:

What break upgrade do you have on the front ?

The front brakes are standard discs, pads and calipers from a bmw e38 7 series ;D
Brackets made up for the calipers to bolt up to the hubs, and the discs redrilled to the stud pattern of the Granada discs and bolted to the rear of the hubs as per standard. Managed to loose the 315mm discs behind 16inch wheels, possible even 15inch ones when i get some to test

[mr]

what are you having done to the inlet??

[mk2cossie]

Apr 22, 2013 10:10:22 GMT mr said:

what are you having done to the inlet??

I'm getting the end caps modified (made bigger) to see if the standard ones are really as restrictive as the nay sayers say they are ;D And just to be different as well

[mr]

I'm all for having different stuff on your car,you may even find it does make a difference......

guess i wont be keeping up with you this summer then( not that i ever did)...........may be close on the noise front though till my rear box gets swappped for a quiet one

[fred]

Love the old Mk2 grannies
well suited with the cossie wheels too
good to see these old girls kicking up a fuss at the pod ;D ;D ;D

[mk2cossie]

Thank you Fred
Got more welding to sort at some point, and the radio console to sort out :/
Spare wheel well is just a tad rotten, so a bit of welderating shall be occurring there fairly soon. pics to follow if i remember to take them!

[slot]

I'll be watching with interest on them engine mods bud
Soon to be hoofing a Boa into my Pig
Bookmarked
Dave

[mark1985]

Apr 20, 2013 10:26:53 GMT cozjon said:

What break upgrade do you have on the front ?

Looks cool dude very nice

[mk2cossie]

Finally got the spare wheel well sorted out, was a tad rotten and the last repair was showing through as well


My good friend Dave came round to my workplace yesterday on his day off and set to it for me
And after a couple of hours measuring up and double checking chopped it out


And by the end of the day was all new metal and water tight again. Just need to seam seal the joints and give it a lick of stone chip and paint and away we go again (I know, I've not vacuumed the curse word out the well in this pic )

[Granadaman72]

Looking good, nice repair work on the wheel well. What size tyres have you got on the cossie rims? Ive just picked a set up for my mk2 estate but they will need tyres, got 205 50 16 on at the mo but I'm thinking of going with 195 45's