Are the granada swap just as good as an aftermarket disc swap for mid 60\'s fords

now if i were going to go for the granada swap say from ebay would it be worth it could I fit some brembo or willwood calipers or gass slotted rotors or would I have to use the stock rotor and caliper.Would it come with the spacers i've seen to replace the the backplate of the drum housing?

If you are wanting to go to disc and not the Granada, forget getting the Granada spindles. Wilwood makes a lot of kits to fit various spindles.

http://www.wilwood.com
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the wilwood drag race kits can those be used on the street for normal driving or not?

Aren't the Wilwood rotors a little lightweight for daily transportation use? I went to their site a few times in the past, looking, lingering and lusting for their superb product, had dreams of being like Greg [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_bow.gif[/img]! They seem to (my understanding only) recommend against using them on street cars?

That's why I changed my focus to something a little more "robusto", been watching too many cooking show lately. Did I get it right or is my cheapness kicking in..again [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]?

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These are their street kits...they have the vented rotos...

http://www.wilwood.com/products/kits/dpsfbk/index.asp
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ya thats what i heard too i just dont under stand why we cant use them on the street i mean brakes are and they are for stopping the car nothing else i mean why couldnt i bolt on some disc from the newer mustangs?

personally i would recommend the crossdrilled rotor granada kit. dramaticly cheaper and then get the GT NADA kit

http://www.geocities.com/fairlaniac/drawing.html

along with braided hoses, and you will have really good brakes, maybe add a larger cooling vent, then you can spend that extra dough on the rear disc kit from

http://www.ultrastang.com/Ultrainfo.asp?Page_ID=11

and do it all yourself, you will save $1000 or more!

Here is another option. Late model Mustang brakes on Granada spindles.

http://www.woodyg.com/fairlane/finfo/discs66.html

There is nothing wrong with the Granada swap for a normal daily driver type Mustang. As a matter of fact, i know a guy that open tracks with ducted Granada brakes quite successfully.

You really have three players in the vintage Ford brake market Baer, SSBC, and Wilwood. All produce fine brake kits. The Wilwood kits moves the front wheels out aprox 1/2" per side, so if you have some fancy rims take that into consideration. Things to consider are pad and rotor replacement costs and availability.
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I have the SSBC kit on my 69 stang and I must say, it's a pretty nice kit for the money. I had factory drum front brakes and didn't want to bother swapping spindals so I just got there kit that worked with them. It's really nice, 4 piston calipers and everything. Overall, I think it was worth the extra bucks as compared to a Granda swap. Just my .02 [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Dave