HI all,
After reading the artical on the Granada disc brake upgrade I understand that the 14x7 styled steel wheels will not fit. Is that correct? Just wondering as I plan to collecting parts for the disc conversion.
Walt

 

from what i read, you can make them fit by grinding away some of the caliper... but i'm not positive

 

They'll work; they just have a little clearance issue.

When I installed my SSBC discs up front, I had to use thin spacers for my Styled Steels to fit properly. Plenty of folks will tell you that spacers aren't safe - and they may not be the best solution. But you've gotta do what you've gotta do. I never had any bad experiences while using spacers - but I didn't run any road coarses either! For day to day driving, you'll be fine.

 

Yeah, I ran spacers on a 1929 Mercedes SSK kit car that I built, and I ran it for mucho miles without a hitch, but like Danny said, I didn't push it either. The problem with spacers is that you run the risk of shearing off the lug bolts if you really push the power to it.

 

I think I remember reading the hole in the early wheels is smaller than the granada hub. If this is the case have a machine shop turn the hub down

 

Would the clearance issue come up with the narrower version of that rim (5.5 or 6 or whatever the options are)? I've paid close attention to these posts cuz I would be interested in making the disk conversion on the front, adding a modern vacuum-assist master cylinder, and getting a set of the styled steel wheels. Also, my car is a 66 with the six, so I've got 4-bolt drums on the back. Is there a substitute 5-bolt drum of the same size or do I have to start messing with rear-end or hub replacement? thnks

 

gotta replace the whole rear end as far as i know to get 5 lug

 

and... if you change the rear, you'll need to change the driveshaft, thats where i'm at right now well that and doing the floors...lol

 

You do have to swap out the entire rearend to get the 5 lug and the driveshaft. You could go drum or disc for the rearend. You just have to decide if that's the route you want to go. If you aren't going to change the engine out then I don't think it will be a big deal either way because it's a six cylinder. Might also want to check the gear ratio of whatever rearend you do get to make sure it's what you want.

By the way American Racing does make some nice wheels if you do decide to keep the 4 lug setup. I think but I can't confirm this, you might be able to run the same Turbine wheels that they ran on some of the later model mustangs.

 

Thanks; this is coming up in other threads, too, with same outcomes. I'd like to get the 5-lug factory styled wheels. I had a 65 falcon futura, 6-stick...you would think those brake drums/hubs might be work for my 66 I6, but I guess not. All the brake kits I'm looking at indicate the same thing. Spindles and rear-end swap seem required.