Falcon - Granada conversion

[minicjj64]

Hey Pep I was wondering what engine cross mount did you end up using. I have a 1962 falcon and I am going to put a 302 in it as well. I have all the parts but not the engine cross mount.

[minicjj64]

Hey sdbcivic I have a 1962 ford falcon and I took the cable pedal assembly from a late 70's ford car. It works great to. Also noticed that the 1978 granada that I got my engine from had that same pedal.

[gearhed1971]

Mac's has them,also Falcon enterprises 1960-1965 UNDER ENGINE BRACE - V-8

[minicjj64]

That brace looks like it would would great. I was wondering if it would matter that I am going to be using the 66 mustang motor mounts with that brace?

[sdbcivic]

me to i have mustang mounts and i need the brace too. i was also wandering hows shipping to georgia from cali. i also need the monte carlo bar.

[gearhed1971]

Monte bar is on the same page-

[Peps]

Originally Posted by minicjj64

Hey Pep I was wondering what engine cross mount did you end up using. I have a 1962 falcon and I am going to put a 302 in it as well. I have all the parts but not the engine cross mount.

I didnt use a cross brace mount, I used the 1966 mustang mounts for the 302
there are pics on one of these pages in this thread. I got them from Mustang Johns here in Houston.

[gearhed1971]

This is the info that I got from a guy who has done 4 or 5 conversions-Ian,

Yes it should be there. I tried the V8 install without one in 72 and the frame started to spread. So it is needed for support. The first one my Dad made while I was in service. It was basically rebar with threaded rod on the ends that he made a hook from flat stock to clamp on the outside of the framerails flange. That worked quite well. This time around, I am using the one like Falcon Enterprises sells.

Terry L. Rahn

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[yank with ute]

Various resons why Ford didn't install the lower cross brace on the 63-65 Falcons:

Ford U.S. was still learning about unibody construction. There only experience came from the British Fords which had only had unibodies for about 8 years.

The cost. Think perhaps $5 per car times tyhe number of V-8 Falcons built in North America.

The thought that no one in North America would drive a Falcon "hard". The U.S. had mostly paved roads, Canada and Australia/New Zealand didn't. Aussie and NZ Falcons had cross members.

No one gave thought to the fact people would still be driving unibody Falcons 40 + years later! Even the today's well-preserved Falc's aren't as strong as they were when new.

But Ford has learned a lesson, notice the upper and lower cross members used in the new, hot Mustangs? Their effort is worth duplicating on old Falcons.

[Bambam]

Hey Peps i just got a 65 4 door ...thanks for the instruction manual itll make life much easier just wondering if there is a power steering box that one could use instead of the power assisted ram set up you have