It was the auto box that killed the acceleration. The top end was in keeping with the power but the acceleration was not much better than an xr3! A modern 6 speed dual clutch would allow a respectable 0 to 60. Even a manual 5 speed out of the Capri would have been a better choice for a sporting grandad! A common conversion for the 2.8 Capri was this engine with a 5 speed box. They could hit 60 in the low 6's.
@@user-tu7nt3vv4x I do. I've looked through all of the Ford brochures of that era. Not once is the car called a Cosworth and not once does it have any external Cosworth badges. Feel free to prove me wrong.
@lewis72 I've got an original sales brochure and dealer posters for the 24v Granada Scorpio. Even a handbook for any post 1991 Granada will mention the 2.9 24v. Try Wikipedia, Google, even TH-cam. The picture on the front of the brochure shows the subtle badge to the left of the bootlid 'Cosworth' '24v'. The mk3 Granada in my garage has the same and is exactly the same.
Reminds me so much like a dodge Daytona.
Sorry Cosworth Granada was a joke. 0-60 in 8.0 seconds only. It's as if they put the badges on and did nothing else. Such a missed opportunity
It was the auto box that killed the acceleration. The top end was in keeping with the power but the acceleration was not much better than an xr3! A modern 6 speed dual clutch would allow a respectable 0 to 60. Even a manual 5 speed out of the Capri would have been a better choice for a sporting grandad! A common conversion for the 2.8 Capri was this engine with a 5 speed box. They could hit 60 in the low 6's.
These were never called Cosworth and no Cosworth badges were ever on the outside.
The one you see here is after market.
You're talking out of your arse...
you are wrong sir.
You don't know what you are talking about.
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I do.
I've looked through all of the Ford brochures of that era.
Not once is the car called a Cosworth and not once does it have any external Cosworth badges.
Feel free to prove me wrong.
@lewis72 I've got an original sales brochure and dealer posters for the 24v Granada Scorpio. Even a handbook for any post 1991 Granada will mention the 2.9 24v. Try Wikipedia, Google, even TH-cam. The picture on the front of the brochure shows the subtle badge to the left of the bootlid 'Cosworth' '24v'. The mk3 Granada in my garage has the same and is exactly the same.