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The lowly Mark II Ford Granada isn't high on anyone's want list. The machine wallowed from the factory with
at most 160 horsepower from a gasoline V6 and with as little as 53 ponies from a wheesematic
Peugeot diesel four cylinder. But where most of the world sees ancient crap can, one owner in the UK saw heaps of potential. After swapping the stock mill for a
Cosworth four-cylinder, the owner was on the verge of ditching the machine for an
R32 Nissan Skyline straight from the land of the Rising Sun.
That's when things took a slightly more interesting turn.
Instead of forking over the cash for the Skyline, the owner yanked the Cosworth lump and set to cutting the chassis to make room for more cylinders. When the dust settled, he had managed to cram a twin-turbocharged 4.7-liter
Ford V8 from the heart of a
Koenigsegg CCX supercar, good for a face-ripping 1,700 horsepower. An independent rear suspension from a 1999-2004
Ford Mustang Cobra handles putting that muscle to the rear tires and a set of massive
Porsche brakes bring the whole party to a stand still. It's a miracle of fabrication, determination and insanity. We love it.
Check out a video of the first start up to see what we mean.
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