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Shiny is Good! => General Pinto Talk => Topic started by: kneescraper on June 18, 2010, 11:59:20 AM

Title: Brakes
Post by: kneescraper on June 18, 2010, 11:59:20 AM
Weeding through the search results for Granada brakes is exhausting.....  I just cant seem to find what I am looking for...

We have a 75 pinto with the standard disc brakes that we are going to be road racing.  Did the granada have a 4 lug pattern?  We don't want to have to buy more wheels. 

Thanks
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: Bigtimmay on June 18, 2010, 12:03:20 PM
granadas are 5 lug and have 9 inch rear ends that are 5 lug too.

What are you wanting larger front brakes?
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: dave1987 on June 18, 2010, 12:13:49 PM
How about an 87-88 tbird turbocoupe? Don't those have rear 4 lug disc brakes? Not sure if the bolt pattern is the same, but the axle width might have to be modified to make it fit correctly on a Pinto. Should have trac-loc though.
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: Bigtimmay on June 18, 2010, 01:08:09 PM
Turbocoupes are 4 lug and they do use the same bolt pattern and do have a trac-loc and depending on if its a 5 speed or auto will either have 3.55 or 3.73 gears.They are wider then the factory rear and would require welding spring perchs on.

Well i just did a little looking around and kept coming up with granandas being 4 lug which i think is wrong because i have never seen a 4 lug granada.

You wanting to run gm calipers and granada rotors? if so i have only seen them in Ford 5X4.5 and GM 5X5 bolt patterns
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: DBSS1234 on June 18, 2010, 01:22:53 PM
6 cylinder Granada's can be 4 lug. I owned one and the 4 bolt pattern is the same as Pinto's and Mustang II's.
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: dave1987 on June 18, 2010, 01:40:00 PM
Agreed, there are 4 lug Granada's, I saw one at my regular yard that had a disc brakes in the rear. To bad I didn't nab it!
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: Bigtimmay on June 18, 2010, 01:54:32 PM
cool didnt know that but then again never seen a 4 lug granada just v8 ones around here
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: kneescraper on June 18, 2010, 02:17:32 PM
We want big brakes for the front.  The rear has a rearend from something else and seems to have more than enough stopping power, even for shoes, but the front is what needs the upgrade.
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: Bigtimmay on June 18, 2010, 03:13:28 PM
well we know some of the granadas had 4 lug now but that doesnt mean they are the same size as the v8 5 lug ones that are 10.5 inch rotors it would be cool if they are the same size.
Title: Re: Brakes
Post by: flash041 on June 19, 2010, 09:43:56 PM
If you saw a 4 lug Granada it was a Fox body one. I am almost sure the ones before that had only 5 lugs.