1966 i6 steering/suspension help

the popular disc brake swap for many years was the granada front disc system. they were cheap, easy to get parts for, and bolted in place of the stock spindles with a change of tie rod ends. the years of parts you would be looking for are 1975-1980 granada/monarch.

my advice would be to take the calipers and rotors down to your favorite parts store, and have them match up the components with what you have. they can start with the part numbers on the components and work from there.

as for the kit you are thinking about, i would buy the tie rod ends separately, and wait on buying them until you have verified the spindles you are using.

one more bit of advice, get yourself either a book like this one;


or get a notebook, and write down part numbers, and any other information that you think might be important. for instance, when you figure out which front brakes you have, write that information down in the note book under brakes so that when the time comes again to do repairs, you have the information at your fingertips. do the same with the whole car.

The drag link and tie-rods are different for the v8 vs the v6 as well:



the top is the I6 and the bottom is the v8

AutoRaysGarage said:

Ok this weekend I’ll pull her in the garage and get the rotors and calipers off to figure out exactly what I’m working with thanks for the advice and on that book I’ll definitely be order that to keep record and receipts for everything on this car.

So if it has a granada swap on it the kit I’m looking at will work but to purchase outer tie rods for a 75-80 granada instead of the ones in the kit correct?

Also what kind of alignment spec should I be looking into once I get everything put back together? I plan to do the Shelby drop on it and I saw alignment spec for the mod but I wonder it that will still work since it doesn’t not have factory spindle and tie rods?

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for alignment specs, i like to use +.5 to -.5 camber
+4 to +6 caster
1/16" to 1/8" toe in

these seem to work well for the street.