Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

Would the front hubs from a 1988 Granada 4x4 be any good?

cheers

mark

Rippers

You can use both the front and rear hubs from a 4x4 Granada and straight swap them on a 4x4 esc cos or saph. With give you a 5x112 pcd which is they same as most Audi's and Mercs. Shame they very really have motorsport styled wheels with decent offsets

Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

Are the older 2.8 Granada hubs a strong as the 2.9 versions ?

Mark

Warren

O the pain, I done it on my Escort

dojj

iTrader: (3)

for what?
to put onto the front of a esc/sierra?
yes, it's been done about 50 times already to turn them to 5 studs and keep everything else the same, all you do is swap the bit with the studs in it from one to the other
same with the rears
job done
sort the holes in the brake sicss out and slap on a set of rims and you are done

did this years and years and years ago, way before pf was about, same with the rear shim kit, and loads of other stuff too

only problem is making sure you have rims with the same ofset etc for when you do the swap as they aren't as common as you would think as far as i'm aware

dojj

iTrader: (3)

they are all the same, read the reply

the actual hub/knuckle assembly differs from year to year so not so easy to swap over, in any case, you'd need to swap loads more as well, calipers for starters

Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

They are for an EsCos, I can get hold of a pair cheapish just in case I go 5 stud when I finally start building my car up, and did not want to buy the wrong ones

Mark

dojj

iTrader: (3)

you might still be able to buy them new from ford
you'll need a set of bearings to go with them as well and they are a bit of a fucker to get out without a puller

but you only need the actual hub face, the knuckle is not compatiable with the escos
or the sierra cos for that matter

Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

Thanks

Mark

Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

Did you re-drill to BMW stud pattern or leave the Ford stud pattern?

Mark

4x4

isn't it the VAG cars that get all the kool german motorsport wheels to fit on?

Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

My EsCos has no rear diff at the moment
Is there any reason why I could not bolt on a complete Scorpio 24 valve rear beam giving me the 5 stud hubs and bigger diff all in one package?

Same diff ratio?
Same mounting points?
Same track?
Same geometry?

cheers

Mark

Rippers

Show me

dojj

iTrader: (3)

different diff ratio, 3.64:1 as opposed to 3.62:1
other than that, it's all good
other than the diff mount, you need to use the escos one as it's narroerwer than the scopr one

Mark V8

iTrader: (2)

That's only around 0.5% variation, not enough to trouble the transfer box I assume?

MaRK

dojj

iTrader: (3)

it's well within tolerances
it's just like having worn tyres and new ones front and back really and there are a few cars running about with this rear end convertion and no problems that i've heard of