Spicy Sleeper Granada Hits the Street/Strip to Prove Impressive Performance - Engine Power S9, E20 

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I had a 1980 Granada when I was in college. Four door, black with red interior and that classic hood ornament. Looked like a granny car. Had the 302 in it and my brother deleted the annoying California air pollution stuff. Put some washers on the bolts to set the carb back down in place after removing the junk, and punched out the restrictor in the gas fill tube so I could burn regular. Though it always had vacuum issues (the AC would quit when accelerating), yes it was a sleeper. The boys with their trans ams got their feelings hurt at every stoplight, LOL! In the winter I would put old snow tires on the rear and it had a stance a lot like your rebuilt one does. Lot of fond memories of that car. It was my last Ford product that was worth anything, after some bad experiences with some other cars I'm now a Chevy pickup gal. Thanks for doing this build and bringing back some memories!

Had an aunt she bought a inline 6 76 granada blue 4 door brand new and drove it till her death in 2018.. That car was bullet proof and never gave her any problems. She was 102 years old when she passed and was still driving that granada up to 8 months before she passed. Her children had a estate sell and it left alabama. Love the show and the builds espicially the 300 turbo i-6 build.

these two are the best! Pat: "Is this helmet messing up my hair?" Frankie IMMEDIATELY: "yes". I actually LOLed. thank you guys for this awesome show!

Never thought id say this but that Granada has a badass looking stance. The wide rear rubber makes it perfect!

I love this build, an actual sleeper with no dead giveaways!

So glad they put the hubcaps back on when they put the slicks on it. True sleeper status.

LOL, I'm old enough to have driven one back when they were new. This is just too fabulous for words.

When I was young, my sister-in-law bought a Ford Granada. I patched up all of the rust with fiber glass patches and gave it a respectable paint job at my work. Oh, the memories !

Cool seeing Craig make an appearance in an episode

I love this sleeper project. Just perfect

Most sleepers aren't really sleepers. There are always dead giveaways like huge rear tires. This one is actually a sleeper.

My dad has a 1973 grain Torino sport fast back with a 1971 Cleveland 4 barrel

Love it. A stock looking sleeper is my favorite of all vehicles.

Absolutely love this build. The family hauler was a 76 or 77 Granada when I was in University. Even with a 302 it was emisions control slow and had sloppy, overly soft suspension. Driving your sleeper would be an absolute blast.

It needs a Transgo stage 2 kit, it works like a manual valve body to hold gears but shifts automatically in drive

A sleeper!! Is exactly what that car is!! Awesome!

SUPER cool guys!!! I love a good sleeper!

I just cant get over how pristine the upholstery is. I mean there are no key marks on the column, the plastic Burl Wood trim is still looks good.

I did not expect this car to get close to the 6’s! Great job guys! I’m glad you’re keeping this channel alive. I grew up watching this show with my dad and now I have my own drag car. I hope Power Nation stays around forever.

I run a rpm air gap in my 76 f150 with a 331, AFR 165 heads and comp cams 35-308-8. I put a victor Jr in it to try and get better distribution with sniper EFI running it. Drove 3 miles to the next over town after the swap, turned around and immediately pulled it and put rpm air gap back in. Single planes in small displacement engines have no business on the streets. You can get away with it on big blocks, not small blocks. My opinion

I'm impressed, from a "Gran'ma Grocery Getter" to Get Out of My Way Boys. Nothing less than a jaw dropping transformation.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I LOVE MY MOTORSPORTS FAMILY!!!! SO MUCH FUN AND I LEARNED SO MUCH!!!! A MUST WATCH!!!! GREAT VIDEO AND THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

I absolutely love the old Grenada, I would drive that all the time. I will say that I would have to do 2 things on it which are completely cosmetic and that is replace the missing door trim and remove the luggage rack.

Absolutely loved this project guys!

I like the looks of the Granada better than just about any other car of the "downsizing" era, but especially in the first 2 years, Ford had trouble filling the engine bay with anything worth owning. It's great to see someone giving a car like this an engine it always deserved, especially while leaving the interior and exterior looks unchanged. Great job!

I love, love, love that y'all put my two favorite car projects in the same video. I love the Grenada because I'm a diehard Ford guy but my only weakness is the 80's Cutlass 442's. Best projects ever!!

Sleeper cars have always been cool and this one is clean too.

Wish I could find a cherry like this. All cars should be this well cared for. Another home run Frank and Pat!

SO good to see you all driving this around. I remember seeing the episodes for the intro and initial dyno runs. And then I chased a squirrel...

The 76ish-84ish car market had some of my favourite, under-appreciated cars! GREAT VIDEO!!!

As a sleeper, I love it.👍😉

Love the sleeper Granada!

This was a great project and nice to see it works well. Love the sleeper appearance. Pat and Frankie are great hosts for the show.

Love this ! Mid 6's easy if Pat would empty that pocket !

Fun to watch real engine guys testing cars. This could be a new show.

Love the lack of sleeper giveaway on this! Reminds me of my favorite sleeper I made some years ago, a Buick 455 in a 1990 Toyota Supra.. Had to work to get the sound down, especially with a slight lope in the Poston Cam, but all else looked factory. Thanks for sharing your awesome project with us!

Converted to quarter mile times this car is running mid-12s and with nitrous high 10's. My dad had one of these when I was a kid, I think the 0-40 mph time was somewhere in the mid 12's

Owned a few over the years with six bangers,need two more doors for a true sleeper.😎👍

Absolutely love it... God job guys!

I had a 1981 Ford Fairmont 4dr, it originally had a 2.3L 4cyl and I shoehorned a 7.5L 460 with a small cam and built c6 into an 8.8 with 3.55's and auburn posi. It was a fun sleeper

Fun event, enjoyed meeting you guys there

I've owned two Granadas, loved them both.

Guys, this is one of the best projects yet!! 7 ohs out of gramma's Ford!! Awesome!!👍

Anthony Smith is a genuine badass

I like sleepers....I pushed my '62 Galaxy 2dr as a 352...It was actually a 406 tri-power...And when that engine gave out, I replaced it with a race prepped 427 with the 406 carb set-up, but pushed it as a 390......It had Fairlane dog dish hubcaps and a BW 3speed overdrive transmission (there was no automatic option with the 406)....For a street runner, the only thing that came close was the 440 Road Runner, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades....lol

For manual shifting in street setup it ran a 14.45 1/4 mile which fir a boat with aerodynamics of a bookshelf is not too shabby and open headers on spray with slicks it ran an 11.05 in quarter mile that's crazy fast for that boat!

I run 7.50's in the 1/8th and 11.70's in the 1/4 with my small block Chevelle sleeper. That is through the exhaust with 3.08 rear gears. One secret is to never shift into 3rd. I run the entire 1/4 mile in 1st and 2nd gear. The 1/4 mile trap speed is 116 mph, and the RPM is about 6900, so it's important to have an engine that can rev. In this video they're shifting waaaay too early. Some transmission mods can fix that. I run a 2800 stall too. I'd love to have that Granada!

Yup....that brick is so 'plain jane' and sleepy. I would immediately think...puh leeze! He got loud pipes..whoopty-doo! And i would..like an idiot...take the bait and get thoroughly spanked all over the blacktop...i LOVE that Grenada!! Awesome job guys! Love it!!

Noticed thecraig909's 4 door F100 right next to their car at Ford Fest, then see they interviewed him too, pretty cool to see all my favorite youtube channels mixing together

I had a 1975 Granada with the 351w 2bbl. That was the only year the 351 was available, after that the most you could get was a 302 2bbl. I didn't hot rod it, but I was still able to surprise some guys with the power.

Great episode fellas 👍🏾

Absolutely love this episode, my Granddaddy owned a Granada back in the 70's. It seemed pretty peppy due to it's light weight. And I bleed Ford Blue so... enjoyed the footage from the Ford Fest, and the interview with Craig from Nine0Nine Speed Company was cool, watched his video from this event, wish I could have been there! I own a 1973 Mustang Mach 1 I enjoy and looking to make some upgrades this coming year. More Ford videos please! 😁

Seeing this awesome sleeper build and keeping up on the progress makes me want to turn my '78 LTD II into a sleeper as well!

love this one

Power Nation's Granda vs Bill's "Cracker Barrel" Malibu from Old Man's Garage.

Guys are great cool stuff!

My first car was a 1978 Ford Granada 6cyl bought it for $4,800.°° crashed it 18 times in 4 years and sold it for $480.°° But I still have my father's 1977 Ford E-100 cargo work van Last time I rebuild it was in 1996, would love to get it going some day, before my Dad kicks the Bucket.

DAMNNNNNNNNNNNN ITTTTTTT GUY'SSSSSSSS!!!!!!! I MISSED THE ENGINE BUILD AND SET UP OF THIS MONSTER SLEEPER I HAD ONE OF THOSE CARS WITH A 302 IN IT BACK IN THE DAY WAS A 1978 I THINK!!!! BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU PULLED UNDER 10 SECS WITH REG TIRES AND EXHAUST SHITTTTTTTTTT MANNNNN!!!!!! AND THE NEST RUN YA PULLED A 8SEC WOWOWO!!! JUST SAYIN!!!! THANKS, F.M.V.

HAHAHAHA, Love it. I had the Mercury version. It was a Monarch. Very comfortable nice riding car but a dog on the stock power side. I absolutely love the sleeper look!

Love these series, and I've wanted to do something like this but to the 1978 Futura.

I love the sleeper look. I had a Monarch with a 351w when I was in HS I am doing the same with my 92' Ranger keeping it as stock looking as possible on the outside

1/4 mile time would be great. I have no idea on if that was good or not. 1/8th isn’t my thing

Wow, I love that Granada!

My uncle bought one new in 1977. It was the Sport model with a 302 v8 and a four speed. His car was black with gold trim and gold rims. 👍

Sweet build

The blue smoke thou... As an engine builder on a tv show that must have stung a little seeing that much blow by pouring out.

So excited to see juice box bronco from deboss garage!! Keep up the amazing projects, turbo Ford 300 has been my favorite.

Love the Nova!! Granada is cool too!

I've seen that blonde mullet dude with the truck before. I think he has a Fox body Mustang on his YT channel? Nice job on that Gramp-ada 🤘

My dad bought a 78 Grenada wagon new. I got to take my drivers license test in it. The 302 had some pep (until the valves were adjusted at the dealer)

Good stuff you guys 👍

Badass show guys

My brother had a sticker on the boot of his Corsair 2000E, "Old ford's never die they only get better" but 702 from a '77 Granada is respectable in anyone's book!

Of all the cars of all the shows, the granada is my favorite

A Pantera and a souped up Granada. Literally my dream garage.

Cold freezing my ass off 3 degrees cant to any or my projects or restore my Chevelle this episode put a huge smile on my face love the Granada on a scale of 10 it gets a 1000

the camera angle in the car makes the drivers head look HUGE!

Surely I can't be the only one that was reminded of the opening sequence from cheers watching them drive that old sled around town

This is very cool car and project love it 👍🇦🇺🍻

Er-ma-ba-gerd...that DeTomaso Pantera made me feel something special down below. I have ALWAYS wanted one of the newer ones in red with the down low streamlined GT look with the 351W and a T5. That's a bucket list car for me.

Love the mid to late '70s bodies!

This video had everything! Loved it 👌🏻

Ayyyy! Y’all got Craig on the show!

Looks like Pat's been lifting, while laying off the buttermilk biscuits. Good for you Pat!

Cool the first car I got to ride in as a kid was a 77 Granada light blue with a blue interior.

Man, talk about dream jobs! I know that every job has it's "meh" but how many builders get to play with the engines they build? Also, great to see you getting into crank balancing and machine shop stuff. Head work is a good place for beginners to start. I would like to see someone resurrect some old Sioux valve grinding equipment, knurl valve guides, cut seats check that valves are sealing well and lap in valves for better seal, showing the best place on the valve face for the contact with the seat and more. This helps in any engine build from generators to race cars.

Cool Granada

hey guys ii love to see this granada on sick week 2023

Looks almost identical to my first car; I always wished that I had kept that car. After this series, I REALLY wish I still had the car.

All the latest tech is great but the old and rough stuff has place as well and that spells fun!

10:45 Those eyes are OPEN!🔈🔉🔊

Nice Build!

Nice! Always wanted to do that to a Ford Fairmont.

That Granada has more pens /pencils on board than the stationery shop.

Loving the car

Good to see Anthony on the show with Hercules!

I still believe you guys should do an engine build on a Ford 400. That engine is much, much better than anyone ever gives it credit for. It has the capabilities of producing amounts of torque that would come very close to some diesel engines (I dare say). I built one many years ago and it produced an incredible amount of horsepower and torque that I didn't plan on when I built it during my days at Northwestern Auto/Diesel College (now known as UNO in Lima Ohio). Hit me up if you want the story on it and the research I did before choosing the engine as a project.

Never woulda thought I’d ever say, “That Grenada is badass”!

Isn't that my grandmothers grocery getter!