Ford Granada - Attainable 90s Interesting Ford
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My relationship with Ford was destroyed before it even began as a result of my Grandfathers Orion Ghia, C170 CYD which he bought at 3 years old. My most enduring memory of it is from when I was about 8, my mother borrowing it, it breaking down (again, it did so ALL the time) and a car behind sounding its horn. My mother totally lost her s
t, leapt out and literally screamed at him 'the fking thing's just broken down again you '
He did actually apologise, calm her down and help push it out of the way!
But this, this I really like and would have myself
I don't think the spoiler is for me though.
That odomoter mechanism is almost identical to that in my Volvo, which had failed in the same way. Good old VDO!
General advice is to not reset the trip meter while moving, or in fact at all if you can avoid it.
t, leapt out and literally screamed at him 'the fking thing's just broken down again you ' He did actually apologise, calm her down and help push it out of the way!
But this, this I really like and would have myself
I don't think the spoiler is for me though.
That odomoter mechanism is almost identical to that in my Volvo, which had failed in the same way. Good old VDO!
General advice is to not reset the trip meter while moving, or in fact at all if you can avoid it.
First big trip done in the Granada!
I decided to take my parents away for the weekend , to the Cotswolds.
We loaded up the Granada and drove down the M5 to the Cotswolds and went around exploring. Stayed at a lovely hotel and spa. The Granada was spotted haha, never had people shout at me from a hotel room before “is that a Granada?” “Seriously cool”
The roads were quite flooded so a fair bit of driving through water so it needed a deep clean on the return
The hotel was located close to Caffeine and Machine so I popped in there having never been before.
Here’s the photos of the trip
The car easily swallows all our luggage 🧳
Found a model of it too at the Cotswolds Motor Museum
First recorded fill to so I have stats for the last few miles
Total Mileage 344.1
Litres Used 61.89
Gallons used 13.61
Trip Computer Gallons used 13.8
True MPG 25.3
Trip Computer MPG 24.5
Cost per Mile 25.70p
Pence per Litre 142.9 (E10 95 Ron)
I will be mixing up and using E5 97 or greater at some point
Some interesting things I’ve noticed from the trip. At 70mph the car efficiency isn’t drastically different to 50mph. Probably 3-4 mpg in it. It will cruise around 29-32 mpg on level ground
The exhaust is starting to blow badly so there’s a fair bit of noise.
I’m learning to drive the auto differently to a manual, the in gear coasting is more akin to being in neutral on a manual and I find when I’m overdrive (4th) it “coasts” for ages
Car was faultless through out the journey, next up is to sort the exhaust and front wheel bearing and some brown / beige carpet mats. Then also to resolve the slightly high idle.
Future plans are a full custom stainless exhaust with equal length headers and some bosses for lambda, I would like to adjust the AFR to ideal once I get data on it. The full system will be silenced, I don’t like noise but maybe a bit of a growl. The system on it , is hanging on just about , but clearly is rotting anyway
I decided to take my parents away for the weekend , to the Cotswolds.
We loaded up the Granada and drove down the M5 to the Cotswolds and went around exploring. Stayed at a lovely hotel and spa. The Granada was spotted haha, never had people shout at me from a hotel room before “is that a Granada?” “Seriously cool”
The roads were quite flooded so a fair bit of driving through water so it needed a deep clean on the return
The hotel was located close to Caffeine and Machine so I popped in there having never been before.
Here’s the photos of the trip
The car easily swallows all our luggage 🧳
Found a model of it too at the Cotswolds Motor Museum
First recorded fill to so I have stats for the last few miles
Total Mileage 344.1
Litres Used 61.89
Gallons used 13.61
Trip Computer Gallons used 13.8
True MPG 25.3
Trip Computer MPG 24.5
Cost per Mile 25.70p
Pence per Litre 142.9 (E10 95 Ron)
I will be mixing up and using E5 97 or greater at some point
Some interesting things I’ve noticed from the trip. At 70mph the car efficiency isn’t drastically different to 50mph. Probably 3-4 mpg in it. It will cruise around 29-32 mpg on level ground
The exhaust is starting to blow badly so there’s a fair bit of noise.
I’m learning to drive the auto differently to a manual, the in gear coasting is more akin to being in neutral on a manual and I find when I’m overdrive (4th) it “coasts” for ages
Car was faultless through out the journey, next up is to sort the exhaust and front wheel bearing and some brown / beige carpet mats. Then also to resolve the slightly high idle.
Future plans are a full custom stainless exhaust with equal length headers and some bosses for lambda, I would like to adjust the AFR to ideal once I get data on it. The full system will be silenced, I don’t like noise but maybe a bit of a growl. The system on it , is hanging on just about , but clearly is rotting anyway
Always thought the saloon versions of these looked better and cooler than the hatch.
I fell down a youtube wormhole and found this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwMAFnc6cao
I fell down a youtube wormhole and found this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwMAFnc6cao
njw1 said:
I'm currently on the lookout for something with a V8 to replace my diesel 5 series, however, there's a Granada Cosworth on ebay at the moment and this thread has made me seriously tempted...
Yeah I would say that’s even better than mine, having an extra 50bhp and more toys (AC, and reclining rear seats) . Apparently the cosworth models aren’t any worse on fuel , maybe even better Re the idle, i used to work in a ford dealer back then, and from memory to adjust the idle you unplug the tps and set to i think 1050rpm, memory hazy here, but it was something like that, used to have to do alot of them, and the idle control valve do like a good dose of carb cleaner to clean them from time to time.
Little update today,
Granada is still my daily, having done circa 1000 miles since I got it I’m finding the car more and more useful
I can glide over any road surface without issue
And the boot can easily swallow 4 wheels, and still have space for other items.
Wheels are not for the Granada BTW
Granada is still my daily, having done circa 1000 miles since I got it I’m finding the car more and more useful
I can glide over any road surface without issue
And the boot can easily swallow 4 wheels, and still have space for other items.
Wheels are not for the Granada BTW
Stick Legs said:
mintmansam said:
Haha I’m drilling a hole, to get to a screw….. I swear. High mileage is badge of honour !
It’s funny how cars do that.Once I was sad that my Range Rover was piling miles on & not ‘new’ anymore.
Now I can’t wait to see it turn 100k over.
I have a vivid memory of my dad being so upset with Ford when the Mk 3 Granada came out.
He had wanted a 2.8i Ghia Granada Mk2 Saloon for years.
We had been to the local dealers for so many visits. He had the spec agreed, It was to be light blue metallic, and manual
I was so impressed in the test drives he had, it had so much power, as an impressionable 1o year old I was smitten
He changed jobs and there was a delay in him placing his order. In the meantime Ford launched the new Mk3.
My Dad being a big fan of saloon cars hated the hatch only format. Called it a jelly mould as the Sierra was known and was so frustrated.
He wanted a new car and at the time there were no new Mk2s about I guess.
Anyway the dealer tried, we were taken out in a burgundy 2.8I Ghia Auto, it felt like a space ship and the kick down was something I had never seen really before, all dads cars had been Manual.
But My dad said no, despite me thinking it was so amazing and modern and swooping.
So instead He went to Vauxhall Opel, and got a deal on a gold metallic Senator 3.0I CD with brown crushed velour interior. Automatic, but I cared not for that, because It had a LCD dash that said 288 on start up... The Granada was yesterdays news instantly and I was in love with the digital dash.
Eventually in later years Dad got a Granada, but by now early 90s it felt less special, its was a G plate 2.0i and it as not very fast. It got replaced by a Bluebird Executive! but that is another story
I do love these cars, but have never ever driven one. I am glad yours is treating you so well
He had wanted a 2.8i Ghia Granada Mk2 Saloon for years.
We had been to the local dealers for so many visits. He had the spec agreed, It was to be light blue metallic, and manual
I was so impressed in the test drives he had, it had so much power, as an impressionable 1o year old I was smitten
He changed jobs and there was a delay in him placing his order. In the meantime Ford launched the new Mk3.
My Dad being a big fan of saloon cars hated the hatch only format. Called it a jelly mould as the Sierra was known and was so frustrated.
He wanted a new car and at the time there were no new Mk2s about I guess.
Anyway the dealer tried, we were taken out in a burgundy 2.8I Ghia Auto, it felt like a space ship and the kick down was something I had never seen really before, all dads cars had been Manual.
But My dad said no, despite me thinking it was so amazing and modern and swooping.
So instead He went to Vauxhall Opel, and got a deal on a gold metallic Senator 3.0I CD with brown crushed velour interior. Automatic, but I cared not for that, because It had a LCD dash that said 288 on start up... The Granada was yesterdays news instantly and I was in love with the digital dash.
Eventually in later years Dad got a Granada, but by now early 90s it felt less special, its was a G plate 2.0i and it as not very fast. It got replaced by a Bluebird Executive! but that is another story
I do love these cars, but have never ever driven one. I am glad yours is treating you so well
So got time this weekend to fix an increasingly loud drone, it was a sizeable hole in the silencer, quick fix for now until the full system. I know a motorsport fabricator so we will do the whole thing ourselves , this exhaust has done well but won’t last forever.
This is a far cry from his titanium exhausts but it was about getting it done with what we have.
Also fixed the heated seats, the relay termination to ground had rotted out of the fusebox, some linking of common earths has solved it and now we have toasty backs and bums haha
The Granada has got a little treat coming in the post too, some custom beige floor mats to match the carpet (currently black generic mats)
This is a far cry from his titanium exhausts but it was about getting it done with what we have.
Also fixed the heated seats, the relay termination to ground had rotted out of the fusebox, some linking of common earths has solved it and now we have toasty backs and bums haha
The Granada has got a little treat coming in the post too, some custom beige floor mats to match the carpet (currently black generic mats)
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