My first car was a 1978 Ford Granada sedan, in an ugly green color, with factory deleted power steering, but... this thing had a factory 4-spd O/D manual tranny bolted to a 302 cid V-8... It would lay down 30-foot patches of rubber! My friends would freak out at this ugly family sedan smoking the tires everywhere.
I believe this 302 was also a "Windsor" motor (like the 351), and I believe it was factory rated at a little over 200hp - remember, Mustang 5.0's in the 1980's were only rated at 225hp (I owned the Granada in the late 80's), so this thing kicked-butt for a high-school kid!
Although, I must admit, chicks didn't dig it that much - I sold it and got a 1982 Datsun 280zx, for my Senior year...
Here's a pic of a much nicer Granada than mine, I had the same hubcaps and everything, just well-worn and painted an ugly green - imagine a high-school kid dumping the clutch and burning the tires all over town in this thing: