1986 Mustang GT Project - Steering Wheel Swap
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Install, comparison and test of a Grant #8541 Suede Steering wheel.
In this video, we install an aftermarket steering wheel, and go for a drive to see if its worth the swap!
Parts Used:
Grant Products # 8541
Grant Adapter # 3289
Grant 1" Hub / Spacer GRT-4001 - www.summitraci...
Similar to Momo / Ford Racing Sparco steering wheel
I hear others are having issues finding the spacer, I found the PN on Summit's website www.summitracing.com/parts/grt-4001 GRT-4001 - or www.grantproducts.com/products/view/259/
I ran into the exact problem with the spring, removed it and the steering was perfect, but its weird some people are using the spring and not running into this issue.
Hey, man. I’m loving the short vids with easy DIY content like the LEDs and this steering wheel vid. Not boring at all! Keep them coming 👍🏻
Good to know! I feel the content is meh i guess its good to mix it up. Appreciate the feedback man! I’ll keep it up
bought 2 of these off FLEE BAY on close out (last week) for $63 dollars each . i agree all fits the bill for the fox bodies...can see gauges, feels good (wont burn your hand like them half alum ones), flat so you can reach the levers, and just driving around the 1 hand drive feels great dont feel weird or not in the right spot. ive had a lot of grant wheels(over the years) and every time i say im going to a different brand others dont compare ,other may look flashy but can they preform, and you like them not just for looks? looks good on 87 GT ttop cars too..
I agree. Zero complains about this wheel other that I with the top and bottom were "round" and not "oval" shape.
Great to see you're back at it. I'm currently fixing the factory flaw on my fox, it was missing a 3rd pedal. Taking out that AOD sucks.
Right on man! Lol...missing a third pedal. AODs are not bad, autos have their place but never as fun driving a fox bangin gears
I did mine not to long ago was to bad just a pain.just makes me wish I had a lift. Did mine in the drive way on Jack stands .but I'm happy I did. The car feels quicker and more responsive.Good luck with the swap
Looks awesome! I did mine about 6 months ago with a Momo racing wheel! I added a quick disconnect NRG too. Have a great Christmas.
Nice! Merry Christmas!
Good video man. I just ordered the ford racing wheel for my 85. A little expensive but I’ve wanted it for a while now. Same basic concept but it’s a 6 bolt I would say. I still have to order a hub adapter and your video helped for sure thanks
Awesome! Love that wheel, I wanted it but didnt want to fork over the coin.
I swear I thought I watched another video where he left the spring in there. Was on a 88 GT with tilt IIRC
Looks good, can’t believe it’s been a year already since you fired up that engine! Merry Xmas! 🎄🦌🎅🏻
I actually just got the momo race tribar for my car. Was mint shape on eBay for 90.00 but I got the wrong adapter from grant hub to momo 6 screw style in 1/2 inch and the horn button can’t go all way in so I had order a 1 inch adapter. Lol I was tempted to go suede but one I had in the past was hard to keep clean especially from the oil from ur hands. Glad I went momo with the leather. It look good in ur car definitely!! Hope you and ur family holidays are great. And happy soon birthday mines actually Jan 6th.
Thanks man! I like the feel of the suede, but also wondered about getting dirty etc..That momo wheel is a good looking one for sure.
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Thanks for the vid.
Nice I like how you pulled in to that parking spot
Merry Christmas & happy holidays.
Thanks Chris! You and your too man!
As always, great tutorial on the steering wheel swap. Love your passion for the Fox body Mustangs. I'm a Corvette guy at heart, but always have a fondness for the older Mustangs. Probably due to an O3 Cobra I owned back in the day. Keep up the good content and have a Happy Holidays. Looking forward to your 2019 content.
Happy Birthday!! Keep the content coming!
How did you know! Thank you very much. Turned 40 on the 1st. Plan to crank out a ton more this coming year. Thanks for watchin and stickin with the series, glad to have you along for the ride.
Dang man though you left home on the mother ship. Thanks for the vid and Merry Christmas
Naa man, just spent all money on xmas lol will ramp back up soon
Merry Christmas to you as well
I just got an 86 convertible and I'm so excited to work on it!!!!!!
Nice! Enjoy! Fun cars to drive and work on.
@@HOUSEOFDULA thank you!!!! Any recommendations for my first mod??
Upper lower intake and gears 😎
A cheap first swap is an explorer intake, 65mm throttle body and 3.55-3.73 rear gears. Your limited on major stuff like heads and cam with speed density ecu, at that point would want to convert to mass air of aftermarket ecu.
Man! Thx for these videos.
Very clean sir. Cant wait to roll with NTFC again one day. Project underway.
Heck yeah man!
Not bad! I still love your car. I'll have mine in another year. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Have a safe and blessed holiday.
Whent back to this vid mike! I just got the vinly one in 2021. I can see what i need cant wait to install it on my 87notch 5.0👍👍
Merry Xmas to you and your family Mike!
Merry Christmas!
Hey great video, I’m currently installing the grant 3289 adapter kit on my 84 gt and would like to know what you used to file down the solder on the horn ring.
I just used a rasp/file I had laying around. Poor solder location / design IMO.
Isn't their another piece to the center shaft that sticks out ?
Not that I'm aware of.
I have an 86 vert gt with the 3 spoke wheel with a horn only. Would I use the same set up?
I know this is old but that's a bad ass steering wheel going to go with the same setup thank you
Seem to have a problem finding the 1” adapter. I order both the correct part numbers for kit and steering wheel but can’t seem to find the adapter. Any help?
Hey man! I think this is what you need www.summitracing.com/parts/grt-4001
That steering wheel looks much better & it actually looks like it could have been stock. I just got my gift, I'm putting a Pan Hard bar on my suspension. I'm told it is one of the best things u can do for ur Fox, I'm not doing until it warms up, unfortunately i live in Illinois, i do have a heated garage but it's full..lol I'll let u know how it is but anyway Merry X mas to u & ur family.
Proper!
Anyone have a part number for that spacer he used?
Found it. GRT-4001 www.summitracing.com/parts/grt-4001
Great video you always do good work and cover the work you do nicely but I personally really perfer a stock wheel
I like the stock wheel too, nothing was wrong with it by any means other than it was starting to show a lot of wear at its age. Im keeping the orig, can always bolt the stock one back on if I want.
HOUSE OF DULA how long has the steering wheel lasted?
Thanks the video. Was helpful to see the wheel style and get a sense of how it might feel. How is the suede holding up for you? I've heard with some of the cheaper wheels that stuff can end up on your hands and it's hard to keep clean, but also has a great feel.
Wondering if this would fit my 86 iroc perfectly 🤔
Man that steering wheel looks awesome,i was looking at jegs and lmr for wheels now,lol. Keeping my stock 87 wheel till its needs to be replaced though for now,tits just a simple nice classic fox wheel. Cant wait for that turbo build though.
Thank you! I cant either, going to change the whole cars dynamics. Should be a beast.
im curious as to how the suede is holding up?
So far its perfect. Minus a thread that started unraveling a bit. Suede is fine.
Very nice steering wheel looks like someone may have changed the factory wheel 85-86 if Iam not mistaken should come with the tri bar style wheel the grant looks good on there. 👍
That is a correct cruise control wheel for 85 86 very similar to 87-89 mustang wheel but cc switches are 90° off
My 2 bar wheel is correct for the GT, which had cruise. So in 86 you could have the the tri bar or the 2-bar wheel.
Neal Purdy I know 86 I had back in the day had the Sport Tri bar style my 88 i’am working on now has the style that he took off. I would rather have the Tri bar myself I like the look of one.
HOUSE OF DULA actually didn’t know that though they came with just the tri bar I love the look of that style the one you installed looks a lot like them wish I had a stock tri bar for my 88 like I had on my 86.
Yep. I like both stock wheels. Was never in a hurry to get rid of mine lol, The tri-bar fox wheel is also a clean looking wheel. I got very VERY used to my wheel and its almost hard to part with but I think this one will be a great replacement and be on a long time...as long as it holds up.
Wish you did a steering wheel controls relocation video. I had cruise control on my 84 steering wheel when I installed a Grant and now I'd like to relocate those buttons somewhere. Not real sure how to go about doing that since it's been years since I swapped steering wheels and the old wheel buttons are really weird...can't just cut a hole somewhere and drop them in. Will need some custom wiring and bracket on the wheel or something similar.
Man, I would have, BUT mine never worked anyway. I think if it did I would have moved it over
Love the video👍
Like it,looks nice😎🎄🎄
Hay man Iv been watching you're videos for about a year now and I appreciate the effort you put in to them. I was curious though what do you plan on doing about you're cruse control? I have a Fox body and I have wanted to make this type of mode to it but I don't want to give up the cruse control. I'm surprised you didn't address that.
I did. I mentioned in the vid if you go this route you will lose cruise if you have it. Mine never worked so not worried about. If I wanted cruise and it worked Id likely just keep the stock wheel but you could always wire something up yourself.
Looks awesome 😎
I have an 82 fox gt ttop would the hubs be the same part number
What gears do u have in the rear
3.73
Looks good
I got the same wheel in my foxbody
How do you like it?
HOUSE OF DULA I really like the cloth feeling and it does fit in ur hands good I would give it a 9 out of 10
How has it lasted had it messed up with the heat or sweaty hands?
The wheel looks 👌 but that empty hole in the guage pod is a big eye sore to me.
Its my constant visual reminder to put in the turbo. Works, bugs me too. Every time I look at it I know I'm waiting on boost.
@@HOUSEOFDULA mine used to have that same empty hole as well lol I finally got annoyed with it and filled it but it wasn't for a boost gauge.
What size cal hood is that?
Hey man cool channel. Im new here. What u got done to the motor? Is it a stock 302 bottom with trick flow top end ?
Thanks man! Bottom end is stock rebuilt with forged speed pro pistons. All trick flow upper and cam and mass air converted. 👍
@@HOUSEOFDULA sweet man! Great content, keep em coming out ❤
Appreciate it! Will do
Love that steering wheel design, no "Ford" horn button ?
Im just about to do this to my 89. just wondering do your turn signals still work?
Funny you mention. Yes but only turning right. I mean they work, but the cam to click off the turn from the steering wheel only work when turning right. Turning left. I have to manually click off the turn signal.
The grant # 3289 shows a 3 bolt setup but yours is a 5 bolt, im looking for the correct 5 bolt grant hub. Did they change it?
No its still correct. The adapters 3 bolts up to the steering wheel hub, the hub has 5 star bolt pattern to the wheel. The wheels themselves come with the hub.
@@HOUSEOFDULA Ah ok gotcha! thanks
I can’t find that steering wheel anywhere!!
Jaime Vasquez grant website
O Riley’s has a tiny section of just grant steerin wheels
Would the 3289 adapter work for a 92 ? Sense the steering wheel is different? Thanks.
I believe they are different and the 3289 was pre airbag cars...
@@HOUSEOFDULA yeah its different. I have to get a 87-89 steering column. Thanks.
I have a really nice grant steering wheel that I purchased recently. I would imagine I can put this on my 96 mustang GT. Any suggestions? I would really appreciate it. Thanks a bunch
Quick question, did steering become harder? As in is the grant wheel significantly lighter than stock? Hence making it a little tougher to steer just because the wheel is lighter
Not really. Maybe a little, not enough for me to really notice until you pointed it out. If its harder we're talking about maybe 5% "stiffer" or less. I sure didnt notice when I drive it for the first time.
HOUSE OF DULA cool thanks for the response, pretty excited to swap in my dream wheel in my mini truck.
What was the power with this set up?
non turbo? It put down 310hp and 378tq to the wheels.
I like it, UNO!
Oh yeah, forgot Classic Industries sells ur hood, there like $699, just thought i would let u know because u didn't know if they were out of business so if anybody's interested there you go.
Hay alguien que hable español ?
No habla. English.
Cant go wrong with grant, cheap and well made. I prefer my lx wheel over the gt. Looks good, Merry Christmas!!
Uno
Caution to all 87-93 Fox Body owners who have bought a Grant wheel and looking for a general Install kit...
They don't have one.. So before you go and do what I did and buy a wheel just to find out I can't use it on my 91 GT without buying Grants $200+ Quick release hub. Summit and everywhere else will tell you #3289 Kit will work, however this is absolutely NOT TRUE and it will eventually strip out your column (Apparently) So, word from the wise.. Air bag Fox's are completely different than non-Air bag cars and though a lot of places will say the 3289 kit will work just trust me it doesn't.
So, anyone wanna buy a Brand new Grant wheel exactly like the one on this video? lol.. Damnit