My dad pulled 1,430,000km out of his Barra before the piston rings started to leak. A hone, some new rings and bearings and some basic maintenance has now made it my little brothers car. Now it spends its days travelling farm to farm so my brother can sheer sheep all over the outback.

@davo7512

2 жыл бұрын

Still a pup

@darianistead2239

2 жыл бұрын

How does an Aussie share sheep? "After you mate"

@andymills2985

3 ай бұрын

I'm not surprised

@EyePatchGuy88

2 ай бұрын

​@@darianistead2239 How does a Kiwi shear sheep? "I'm not sharing it with anyone."

@darianistead2239

2 ай бұрын

@@EyePatchGuy88 that's not funny bro

Buy, buy, buy, before it gets too expensive, as soon as the 2JZ hype starts to dissipate, the price of these engines will skyrocket

@izzy031096

2 жыл бұрын

2jz prices still have a way to go. Grab an Aristo as soon as possible!

@OM617a

2 жыл бұрын

@@izzy031096 I think so too, with the way new cars are headed. Imo the 1990's produced the best cars the world will ever see, never to be repeated. The prices will only go one way.

@elijahmcculloch7189

2 жыл бұрын

I have 3

@OM617a

2 жыл бұрын

@@elijahmcculloch7189 That's cool, 3 Aristos? I have 1 Aristo and a couple of old Mercedes. I hope I can keep them all going long enough to avoid having to drive anything they are producing now.

@darianistead2239

2 жыл бұрын

You can get them from pick a part for a couple hundred buck's, they're common and dirt cheap.

Great synopsis! They're a sweet engine straight from the factory, but little appreciated (and little understood) elsewhere in the world. Historically, Europe liked their small cars with 4-cylinder engines for their narrow, twisty roads and high fuel prices..Americans preferred their V8s because of their cheap fuel prices and long, straight highways...and Australians had long distances to cover on poor roads, so needed something more efficient than a V8, but more robust and torquey than a 4-pot. And so we stuck with the venerable inline 6 as the best compromise.

@KenOath1234

2 жыл бұрын

shhhh keep it quiet - the last thing we need is the rest of the world buying them up!

@frankrenda2519

2 жыл бұрын

i worked at ford geelong there just a glorified crossflow

@aussiebloke609

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankrenda2519 b The crossflow traces its design roots back to the Thriftpower 6. And all those incremental changes over the decades have turned it in a pretty stout engine. :-)

@johnrebus1641

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankrenda2519 Yes but about 3 more generations along , just like '39 Ford is just a glorified.model T. It must be remembered that the Crossflow was an excellent engine - a huge improvement over the 1959 American design it replaced. Big Cleveland style valves & rockers gear in place of the puny Y block relics. Once the old 1938 Stromberg was ditched for a proper Weber carburettor t'was even better. As a Holden freak I have only 1 problem with the Barra - its too tall to fit in my VT. Might have to borrow an RB30 out of a parts car

@frankrenda2519

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnrebus1641 i would go v6 out of the vt great engine kenny duttweiler was making 1500 hp out of those things over 30 years ago.the block on the v6 is heaps stronger than the barra

Legendary 6 cylinder engines: the German N/S54/55, the Japanese JZ, RB and finally the Australian Barra

@rotn50

2 жыл бұрын

RB

@Mannyxz

2 жыл бұрын

@@rotn50 Oh I forgot let me edit lol

@rotn50

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mannyxz all good buddy.

@Neojhun

2 жыл бұрын

Jaguar XK engine being their grand father.

@harrycraft3359

2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget fords 300 six from th us

The first time I found out about this engine was in Gran Turismo 4, because I loved the FPV F6 Typhoon. That car was brilliant.

@SolaricAngel116

2 жыл бұрын

I see you're a person of culture.

More crankshaft bearing area, and a natural balance are attributes of a straight six. Hence the use of the configuration for heavy duty Diesel engines. I've always liked my straight sixes.

Barras are awesome, with a tune it will make close too 500hp with stock parts and the LPG block shares the same internal parts as the XR6T making it very cost effective here (valve springs and head studs and oiling gear mods as you said will get 700hp without pushing it to hard and will last years like that with the right tune )

@GarageSupra

2 жыл бұрын

if you have a bf or earlier barra you need valve springs for over 400hp

@ThomasFG

2 жыл бұрын

Incorrect about the LPG blocks sharing the same internal parts. The earlier LPG models did, however when the EcoLpi came to market, they essentially had no different internals to the N/A counterpart. Minus the obvious piston top differences, etc But the fundamentals were N/A derived 🙂

@Cheato

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasFG correct, I forgot to mention the Ecolpi though people usually don't count them in with the older green tops 12:1 compression and shit rods and valves etc

@Cheato

2 жыл бұрын

But pre FG MKII or 2010 (forgot) all green tops basically had turbo internals just higher comp pistons The 3r23 rods thrown into the F6 engine and post-06/06 turbo engines were derived from the egas engine

@ThomasFG

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cheato Funny that isn't it 🤣🤣 Ford just went "f**k it, lets just toss turbo rods in a gas motor" haha ! I mean credit where it's deserved, the EcoLPi's were a brilliant engine (volumetric efficiency, thermal efficiency, etc). Ford got LP injection done properly compared to lets say.... GM The N/A's are ok for a daily commute, you can put boost through'em, but i wouldn't bother. Set of 3.27 gears & a decent tune will result in more than ample power for daily situations. The turbo can handle 2.73 gears, the N/A & lpg variants have such capped acceleration due to them s**t gears. The only FG falcon that actually got final drives done correctly was the EcoBoost and it's 3.27 rear end.

I have a 195kw (260hp) NA Barra in my car and they just dont die, such a good engine for power and reliability.

@clipsonic4415

2 жыл бұрын

The secret is the size 4 liter for 260hp is not a lot the engine dont have stress with 65hp per liter 👍

@derekgardin1512

2 жыл бұрын

@@clipsonic4415 just like the Nissan VQ40 although I'd take a Barra anyday if they were available here

@jamesmedina2062

2 жыл бұрын

people underestimate the benefit a bed plate or beefy oil pan will do for bottom end. The K series Honda use the bed plate/windage tray but Barra use thick oil pan and if oil pan is reinforced and thick then it will make the engine quieter too. I wonder what kind of economy they get?

@rodneymcgiveron

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmedina2062 I have a gorgeous lightning strike silver 2008 FG XR6 with the 195 Barra and the ZF 6 speed sequential sports shift transmission ..It's a weapon despite not being the turbo .. On a recent 200 mile (320 kilometres) day trip I re set the trip meter , drove the car normally (deliberately) and at 9.30 pm that night when I parked it back home it was showing me 8.0 l/100 km which I believe is in excess of 34 mpg ..Pretty happy with that for a 3984 cc (250 c.i. ) engine ...

@jamesmedina2062

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodneymcgiveron that is dramatically superior economy isnt it?? I drove most recently a V6 Mazda with VVT put together by ford and in the 3.0L displacement pulling a fairly lightweight wagon 2004 flavor and the fuel econ was in mid 20's on highway. I am trying to remember exactly. I want to say it was 21mpg city and 24 highway or it was 24city 27 highway. Either way if you got mid 30's that is almost as good as what I get in my 1.5t Honda now. What speed? I get around 40mph highway at 70mph or like 105 kph.

As a born and bred Victorian, with a Falcon Ute (the BEST car I've ever owned. It will never be for sale) in the car port... This episode brings a tear to my eye. For some reasons of pride, and some reasons of sorrow. Straya 🇦🇺💪

@lordjaashin

2 жыл бұрын

do you come from the land down under?

@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordjaashin Where the women glow and the men plunder... I can hear the thunder. Wait... I just heard actual thunder. Weirdly there's a thunderstorm rolling by right now in Central Victoria and we don't get that many down here. That's bizarre. We're all prepared for some pretty gnarly flooding this year, it's usually fires that destroy everything this time of year. That and giant spiders attacking us.

@totalrecone

2 жыл бұрын

@@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 In Queensland it's "Where women blow and men chunder" ;)

@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13

2 жыл бұрын

@@totalrecone Ha!... Well they certainly do that. Hopefully it's not a long way to the shop if they want a sausage roll. Okay I'll stop now. 🙄

@jamesmedina2062

2 жыл бұрын

@@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 venemous spiders? How big?

A little known fact for non Australians ...The previous Aussie inline six to the Barra was the Intech/VCT SOHC also 3984 cc ...Bottom end nearly exactly the same hence the inherent and legendary strength and reliability ..The Intech is a sweet engine also and was sorted out pretty well by the time the EB Falcon appeared in the early 1990's .. Same bullet proof life expectancy and done right has been known to be capable of well in excess of 1000 hp ..Lots of them around in N/A form . They were mot available from the factory as a turbo..Check them out too ..They'll surprise you also .

@MRMOPARMAN0426

10 ай бұрын

The SOHC wasnt named intech till AU. and i can assure you, it took till the AU to work out the majority of the problems with the SOHC.

@bigcazza5260

5 ай бұрын

bluetooth me a new headgasket, au wioth 4480s and redback sounds the best, barra cant touch it, stuff the barra, stuff the dirty thirty, NAUGHTY FORTY MATE@@MRMOPARMAN0426

Great video! I have only seen a Barra once in my life. Installed in a Ford F100 pickup at a show in Missouri seven or eight years ago. It was a drift monster! Dude was going around a little oval that was there and it sounded soooo good as he drove it sideways around the track a few times.

@seanbayley7452

Жыл бұрын

U can import them into the states fairly cheaply still m8

I have seen your videos mention these engines once or twice but I never thought I would see a dedicated video on them. Also the barra was found in the last generation of Fairlanes (a luxury version of the falcon) and G6's (the replacement for the fairlane model) I'm really glad the international car scene is seeing more Australian products positively. Thank you visioracer

I was always a Holden man growing up but I can appreciate the barra so much so that I am on my second falcon now, an FG-X XR6 which is by far the best car I’ve ever owned!

It reminds me that Opel's straight-six engine (NE30C) in Omega or Senator. It is similar engine to Barra, but there are not so many tunners around that engine and not many people even know about that engine.

@e46m54nissansr20937

2 жыл бұрын

I sure didnt know thanks

@shlomoshekelberg7286

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know much about them, but I saw an Irmscher tuned 4.0 on the web and looked into them. Pretty impressive N/A six especially for it’s era

@pashakdescilly7517

2 жыл бұрын

Is that a 3 litre dohc 4 valve six, the one which formed the basis for the Lotus Carlton 3.6 turbo car?

@jarrynsmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@pashakdescilly7517 same engine family

Visio Ive watched your growth since the very beginning, your English has improved dramatically over the years so has the content. Probably the best channel for engine geeks.

A little error, the XR6 Sprint (last model made) made a base 436HP and 574NM, but has an overboost function that temporarily incrases output to 496HP and 650NM of torque if conditions permit. I guess the sprint name has some merit lol.

@alexanderstevens2442

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it can use that boost for something like 10 seconds

@joytech23

2 жыл бұрын

​@@alexanderstevens2442 The 10s timer resets after every gear change as long as temperatures remain in Ford's tolerance.

Great to see you cover the Barra, Visio! It really is a remarkable engine and a real testament to the Ford engineers refining the design over the decades.

Love seeing you cover this uniquely AUS/NZ engine! I run one for the few Alpina B5s in NZ and have (virtually) no fear of the XR8 Fords and HSV Holdens that are common here. Have learnt the hard way to treat Barra powered XR6 Fords with a bit more caution though!!! There have been some really cool Aussie Fords over the years - a real shame there won't be more going forward.

@sebatianalvarado7171

2 жыл бұрын

straight 6s are great .. off subject but my 7mgte toyota supra straight 6 (was 400kw) but with turbo turned down (5boost settings , methonol injection launch control ) car on lowest setting .. be abt 340hp .. used to piss all over most standsrd aussie v8s of there day .. easily , mid ninties ..till 2000s

@seanbayley7452

Жыл бұрын

Fucken aye my Kiwi brother the death of ford and Holden in Oz is just a tragedy for us here in Oz and even U guys over the ditch, I believe both makers treated ur car market exactly the same as the Aussie market as they knew we like the same shit

@shadydisco

Жыл бұрын

@@seanbayley7452 definitely! I've actually been in Oz the last couple of weeks. Loved seeing how many classics still get used as dailys! There's a lot of Aussie classics here, but most now have weekend status

Awesome video man, so cool to see home bred motors being talked about by people in other countrys it really does bring a smile to my face, I have a few recommendations for a few other aussie ford sixes that you could talk about, One is the Ford Intech and the other is the Ford crossflow six, both are bloody good motors the intechs (like barras) are also known for their ridiculous reliablility and being realllyyyy hard to kill, and the crossflow six, well that amazing motor take a massive part in the barras heritage because as it says in the name, "crossflow" introduced crossflow heads which were later on used in every ford vehicle. Also the first falcon six to introduce alloy heads too :) Myself i have an 84 Xe falcon ute with a 200 crossflow and i just love the motors so much for being robust, simple and sounding great and my mate has had multiple Au falcons for skid pigs and the cars mightve been wrecked but the motors still run beautiful and and never miss a beat.

OMG, you did one my request. I have one of these engines in my car too. Done over half a millions kilometres and still going well.

Love your work Visio. Awewome video on a great piece of Aussie engineering. 💪🇦🇺

I have a XB and a EB2 both with six, great engines. Years ago my father had a Fairlaine 500 with a six, he pulled loaded 40 ton trucks with in Belgium. My grandfather had a Customline from 1951 with six, it did more than 250.000 km without problems.

@jamesgovett2501

2 жыл бұрын

The XB in Australia had the last of the pushrod 200 or 250 ci sixes the following model XC had the first of the cast iron headed crossflow, not sure what you are talking about the Fairlane 500 with a six in Belgium? Pulling a 40 ton load ? Anyway the Australian Ford Fairlanes depending on the model let’s say a ZF for instance you could get a base model with the 250 six with an auto or a 3 speed column charge manual but the sixes were not in the 500 series they were badged as a Fairlane Custom, and as for a six cylinder 1951 Ford Customline, Australia only got the 239 ci sidevalve Ford V8 no sixes were ever offered here

@Jay_Speed

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesgovett2501 Yes that Fairlane only got a six in it and was badged 500. In 1991 I had a XC and that was like you tell a cross-flow. The XB had in his last 1000km a burnt exhaust valve on the first cylinder but still was driving nicely. The engine is out now for years waiting for an overhaul. It was and is a great car that XB Fairmont Wagon automatic from 1975.

@aussieausdeutschland4245

7 ай бұрын

​@jamesgovett2501 no the 1987 XF was the last push rod six with the 4.1ltr crossflow

@Jay_Speed

7 ай бұрын

The cars of my father and grandfather that was in Belgium. I lived for a while in Australia, now in France but still have those cars in Australia in my garage, together with a Nissan Patrol MK 2,8L six.

wow this last engine videos are great man ! love your content is sooo intresting ;) !

This is the engine I’d love for my ‘84 t-top Mustang. I’ve got a 347 stroker with a built tremec T5 to go on it as it’s a project car but I’d trade it for a Barra in a second. I live it the US, I’ve never seen one in person.

@xbgtfella

2 жыл бұрын

I got a few if u can organise freight

@rotn50

2 жыл бұрын

Big perm garage youtube is putting a barra in his foxbody or gt stang in the us.

@darianistead2239

2 жыл бұрын

Container loads are heading your way mate, seen them being loaded.

@rodneymcgiveron

2 жыл бұрын

Some N/A's reasonably low kms are selling for only $200 ... The cost of getting them to the U.S. and getting upgrade parts to turbo them though is pretty high .. I'm surprised that someone hasn't made a big business of it yet though because once you sample a Barra it's no going back .. That said the father of the Barra is the amazing SOHC Intech /VCT .. I'm also surprised that as they date back to 1988 the whole car from the EA Falcon to the late EL's from 1997 can be imported to the USA without the import tax what is essentially the Barra . Due to the 25 year rule in America the latest model Falcon in 2022 you can bring in without paying a fortune of tax is a 1997 model . In The bottom end/block of the Intech and the Barra are pretty much identical ..The Barra top end is where all the action happened ...Many Intech/VCT SOHC 's have seen 800,000 to a million kilometres with minimal repairs and they can be upgraded for huge power due to the incredible blocks ....

Been waiting for this for a long time, what an insane engine!

Great video. I had heard reference to the Barra, but didn’t know much about them, particularly their roots being in the ole Ford small inline.

I've always had a wet dream of putting a Barra engine in a 2002 Mustang GT and independent rear suspension. I would call it the supra mustang.

@Turtletoise

2 жыл бұрын

The Toyota Mustang? Ford Supra?

@liamholcroft7212

2 жыл бұрын

Why the only thing it would have in common with the supra is 6 cylinders?

@marcbusby3625

2 жыл бұрын

A suprustang?

@gavinspooner3271

2 жыл бұрын

Adam lz has a gt350 with a barra swap and sequential gearbox on KZread

@backyardrestorations

2 жыл бұрын

Superstang

Thanks for the feature guys 🤙

On a trip to New Zealand in 2010 my rental car was an FG Falcon XR6. That thing was a missile. Yes, it had a Barra under the hood. I was planning a trip to Australia in 2020 and had looked in to bringing something interesting home with me, like a proper Aussie ute. Grey imports to the Great White North must be 15 years old, so that kiwi Falcon will have to wait a few more years...

@TacoBurrit0

2 жыл бұрын

You could get a BF Falcon. its the model just before the FG so you get the 6 speed auto and same barra but with a different body and improvements over the BA before it

@xbgtfella

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck finding one when the time comes. The car are being scrapped by the thousands, mostly for the running gear as the motors are a hot ticket for export all over the globe. Whole container lots of barras heading out of Australia all the time.

@sidewayssil5348

2 жыл бұрын

@@xbgtfella you’re deadon mate since i bought my first barra for my Au a year ago to now the secondhand market has pretty much doubled in price as a result of all the exports, its kinda crazy

@darianistead2239

2 жыл бұрын

@@xbgtfella bang on mate. Last month I had to go pick up parts I ordered from the states, they unloaded the container and as soon as it was empty they were loading in Barra's to send back. They also had a couple stat write offs to load in another container, A VE SS ute and a wagon, soon to be "chevy SS" badged and vinned no doubt.

@mitchellbaker6528

2 жыл бұрын

You'd be able to get a BF2 (post 06/06 build same interbals as the FG) with the 15 year limit.

Great video as always Mr Visio 👌🇳🇿

Getting better and better! Big like! 👍

I had an XR6 Turbo ute a few years ago. After an exhaust, injectors and a 'safe' tune at around 290rwkw - after about a couple months of fun the oil pump carked it. I was in 3rd gear accellerating to 100km/h and it let go when I up-shifted. Oil pump is a must on these engines before any other work is done.. Also, good tyres. I had an aluminium trayback and it hooked and it didn't spin even in the wet..

Got an eco Lpi , FG sedan. Stock LPG gas, liquid fuel injection. 12.7:1 compression NA. More power than the petrol NA version. Gets 10-11 litres per 100 km on a trip at half the price of petrol. One of the best cars Australia ever made. But thanks to the current Australian government no cars made here anymore. Sad sad sad.

@JosephcallsmeNolan

2 жыл бұрын

Got an lpg wagon too.. I'm gonna try and keep it till it dies or I can't get parts.. Or no lpg stations... What Australians have lost, they don't realise..

@barryduff5058

2 жыл бұрын

Half the price of Petrol??? Not if you live in Western Victoria... $1.10c /litre for LPG & local town hasn't had any for 5 years. Partner has the inferior carburettor eco LPG & has to travel 45km each way to fill up. She drives a company camry most days once she gets to work, so that'll be her next wheels. Sad though, as that BF has hauled huge trailers of heavy furniture when we were shifting from Geelong. Knowing how robust the bottom end is I'd love to keep it as a project

@advanceaustralia3321

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you are too young to know, but in the 80s the Labor plan by Button phased out import duties on foreign cars. Nothing to do with the current Govt.

I have one, running about 500hp. Thanks for this video from Oz. :)

Another great video about more cool engines ❤ Your English is coming on in leaps and bounds! One or two small mistakes do make me smile - like in this video "dirty cheap to produce". I say it with love because your English is a lot better than my Czech, but the idiom you needed there was "dirt cheap"🥰🤭❤

Their popularity is growing in South Africa. A mate of mine dropped one into a '59 Ford Zephyr, running a full tube frame with BMW E46 front suspension and truck arm rear. Wants to autocross, drag and cruise in it...

I'm definitely a big fan of the Barra, it's like the successor of the 300 i6

@dewarkhodern9990

2 жыл бұрын

👍

@josephcowen9771

2 жыл бұрын

It is the successor of the 200 Ci and 250 ci ford motors from the 1960s ! The 144, 170, 188, 200 and 250 are small block ford six's the 240 and 300 are big block ford six's . The Aussie 250 six started in our country in the 1970,s and the Barra is the last incarnation of it, in the 1980s we redesigned the old 250 and in effect put a Cleveland V8 type canted valve heads to on it first in cast iron then alloy, mid 80s we put fuel injectjon on it then in late 80s a hemi head with single over head cam like the 427 cammer ford V8 then 2000s came the double overhead cam vvti motor then the turbo was added, but it was making waves as the six was now faster than the the new ford double over head cam 5.0 in the 2017 Ford Falcon.

I own a BF Falcon xr6 turbo manual and this video just made me love it even more

Awesome video bro! Been watching your stuff here in Australia for over 6 years now and honestly have been waiting for this video, such a shame the world took such a long time to find out about it... Was a gem of an engine with also a gem of cars (falcons & territories) the Americans would have potentially had them aswell making the actually run of the vehicle alot longer, funny to know one of the top top bosses, May have even been the top man himself at the time, got to go for a test drive in America at the secret grounds passenger of course.. got in the base model territory (non turbo Barra rwd 4 SPD automatic, and a Ghia(top of the range) turbo AWD 6 speed ZF automatic. And the boss replied to his team in the car.. "this is the best car we make" @ViseoRacer loved every minute of that video, well done ✅👌🏻

@steely1neverwane

2 жыл бұрын

I had a 06 territory Ghia turbo daily driver with 112,000km a few years ago and it was one of the worse cars I've ever owned. It was a rust bucket (like all territories) ,the gearbox was slow and clunky (yes ZF), diff bushes always flogging out and knocking, front ball joints regularly flogging out, tailgate was cheap and flimsy,, it felt like it was put together by monkeys. I know daily drive a 07 futura wagon n/a 145,000kms and it's a fantastic car, feels like it came from a completely different manufacturer.

Yay I’ve been waiting for you to do a vid of the barra

The most defining feature I think is that it's very easy driving because the torque from idle is so high. It's also pretty efficient under load, I remember a local magazine compared a lower powered Barra falcon against the commodore with it's direct injected 3.6, and from Sydney to Melbourne used less fuel. The writer put it down to the fact in hills and under load, it didn't need to revv. Honestly, the old commodore Buick v6 was like that too.

Nicely done!

I love the inline six platform. Im predicting it will be popular again the mainstream performance segment.

The LPG may have quoted the lowest power figure, but often makes a better donor motor, they had extra strong conrods in them from the factory, so that they didn't get warranty claims when the gas system backfired on cold mornings!

@rossbrumby1957

2 жыл бұрын

The lpg engines have stronger rods because they are higher compression to suit dedicated lpg. Only dual fuel cars backfire on starting and only when you open the throttle while cranking- which you're not meant to do!

@alexjohnward

2 жыл бұрын

@@rossbrumby1957 they don't need stronger conrods for marginally higher compression, they can backfire though, not very often, but enough to cause a hassle for Ford to avoid dealing with!

I never understood why Ford of America never brought to the states or Canada.

@alexstromberg7696

2 жыл бұрын

Because it would beat the V8.

@joshuadebideen22

2 жыл бұрын

They brought them to South Africa though, in the Ford Territory Ghia and TX(182 and 190)and ST(Turbo 245)

@Turtletoise

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexstromberg7696 Even with a turbo, it was down on power compared to the V8.

@alexstromberg7696

2 жыл бұрын

@@Turtletoise a simple re flash would make more power

@Turtletoise

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexstromberg7696 It wouldn’t be stock and it would still probably make less power.

These are an amazing engine. I used to drive an LPG only version I'm a 1 tonne ute for work. Smooth, and amazingly quick in standard trim.

@railtrolley

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I have: FG mk2 ecolpi. My daily driver and delivery vehicle. Turned over 600 000km yesterday.

i was a proud turbo barra ute owner here in australia. thing was bloody quick and powerful. it was the only car i could drive where i would never worry about it breaking down

Now do a video on the legendary AU Falcon, with the lesser known but more infamous INTECH SOHC 4.0.

My 2004 ba xr6t, stock besides aftermarket exhaust is awesome I love it . It's got 370000ks on the body and running gear and still going strong.

My mate owned a BF Barra XR6 turbo it pulled 10s on slicks.Scary fast.🇦🇺👍🙂

One of the best 6 cylinder engines in the world. And they can do over 600,000km with just normal service. BMW eat your heart out.

@GrumsPlace

2 жыл бұрын

Got in to a taxi in rockhampton that had 890,000 K on it the owner driver said keep em warm n running and will get over a million Ks from it.

@lauchlanstill6677

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrumsPlace saw a few ex taxi barras with 900,000 on Facebook mp

@TheKnobCalledTone.

2 жыл бұрын

600k? and the rest... just make sure you replace the trans fluid on a regular basis and a BA-FGX should last forever. "sealed for life" transmission my arse...

@phalanx3803

2 жыл бұрын

the only other petrol i6 i can think of that can last that long is the old Toyota F engine.

It's awesome but in my opinion expensive outside of Australia and New Zealand. There is a reason why each continent has its own enthusiast power plants. So if you don't count every penny and want something unique it a solid choice but if you do I think it's better stick to something local.

@Levi-qb2uf

2 жыл бұрын

Is just as expensive trying to buy a decent one right now in Australia than it was to import one overseas a couple years ago.

@lauchlanstill6677

2 жыл бұрын

@@Levi-qb2uf going up in price a little bit

@TheKnobCalledTone.

2 жыл бұрын

Good point... the last thing Australian sneed is for the Barra to skyrocket in price because they're all being shipped to the USA lol

One wonders just could have been done in the North American market with the 4.2 liter Atlas from GM. I'd like to see a video on the TC racing series in Argentina. Inline 6's from Ford, Chevy and Jeep converted to 24 valve DOHC.

Good write up... The stock oil pump gears are an issue even with lower power cars... Mostly manuals due to the shock loading. I've seen 300kw cars break them and take the engine with it. Also the turbos were the same regardless. The ba-bf used a gt35/40, fg to fgx went to a smaller 35/76 with fpv variants (including the xr6 turbo sprint) retaining the 3540.

I had two Barra turbos. A BA FPV F6 Manual and a FG G6E Turbo. Both stock and great drives. The G6ET with 270 kw was a beast and seriously quick. Australia's best executive express by far.

Got one in my falcon and very nice engine. Easy engine to work on also

Imagine if Ford US replaced the 2.3l Ecoboost in the Mustang with this Barra detuned at about 300hp.

@TheRguru1

2 жыл бұрын

The falcon was offered with both the Barra and an American Ford V8. The Barra put the V8 to shame despite being the "lower end option". The same thing would happen if they put the Barra the Mustang.

Nice. Ever considered checking out its grandad, the 250 crossflow? Saw one in a pilot vehicle with over a million on the clock and she still purred.

There's ex taxis out there with stupid high mileage, approaching 1mil kms. Then the tuners get a hold of them, throw a turbo in and send them down the quarter mile. Incredible cars, incredible engines.

@RohanSanjith

10 ай бұрын

And fry the piston rings

jst gained a sub, ur content is good👊🔥

Their are 1000hp Barra engines running stock cams no port work on the heads nothing that's totally impossible with RB's and 2J's. I think the most overlooked aspects is the large oil returns and roller cams.

@thebigboybossy4232

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah most people follow that narrative that these RBs and 2Js can make huge power and last long without any bottom or top end mods

@definitionmedia1130

2 жыл бұрын

Get off the ice

@definitionmedia1130

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebigboybossy4232 2jz shits on the barra stock to built,barras are average with many problems and need everything changed improved just to make small power,one min these barea bogans are saying capacity is king then there pulling capacity out to get anywhere.its just bogans talking shit,that no stuff all,1 thing I no is 2jz and lots of other motors shits on the barra and the bogans hate it

@thicctranslations352

2 жыл бұрын

@@definitionmedia1130 built 2J’s cost a fortune let alone getting the motor itself Barra’s are a great budget platform the green top fetched for a price of 1k at one point. You only need roughly 5k with the right engine mods to make a solid 600+ hp build. Stop hating bro it’s a solid engine and is capable of being an awesome build

@definitionmedia1130

2 жыл бұрын

@@thicctranslations352 I have owned 2 barras and been Into jz and supras fir 20 years.the barra is ok,the 2jz is the king for a reason.barras are all down low and slow top end 2jz are slow down low and a animal from mid range to top end,old saying get what you pay for.

nice video mate, from NZ

as someone who owns an Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo, theyre amazing, light engine work and upgraded fuel system im at 400rwkw comfortably, with more room. killer cars.

Loved this video as a kiwi haha. You see these engines quite a lot here in the falcons. I would love for you to a video on the W8 in the Passat. Such a unique and odd engine.

Absolutely cracking engine 😁😁 could you do a feature on the mercedes m104 engine as the tuning potential is also ridiculous and they are still cheap to buy at the moment.

@erikhesjedal3569

2 жыл бұрын

Ey, Visio! Listen to this guy! 😁

@VisioRacer

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I heard a word or two about them, the M103 and M104

@EconomicsMate1

2 жыл бұрын

@@VisioRacer turbo bandit is def a good reference

@jayjaypaypay2378

2 жыл бұрын

That would be cool.

@BoostWorx

2 жыл бұрын

@@VisioRacer i have many links of great tuned ones if you you like some. The m104 is the German JZ for sure 😜😜

It's crazy to know that in certain parts of the world Ford is known for a reliable motor

@stuartruss7536

2 жыл бұрын

Only because us Aussie's designed and built it 😁

@stephenpage-murray7226

2 жыл бұрын

Windsor V8 same

@stephenpage-murray7226

2 жыл бұрын

Windsor V8 same

@TheKnobCalledTone.

2 жыл бұрын

@@stuartruss7536 tbf the Yanks gave us the original Thriftpower 6. We just kept improving it for about 50 years. 😉

This sounds similar to the LS abundance here in North America, the gearhead in me wishes they sold them here too just to see the chaos of barra vs LS in the modding world

@TheKnobCalledTone.

2 жыл бұрын

LS vs Barra is one of the big pub arguments down here, at least until someone chimes in about the 2JZ or RB

I was quite surprised to see that you had heard about my local engine 😅 Guess it really is that good if even you have heard of it 😅 Also, it was in the BF and FG year model falcons too :)

I plan to buy one for my R33 in the future.

Ah a reminder of Australia's extinct car manufacturing industry. The taxi industry did prefer Falcons over Commodore or Camry. I imagine the straight six configuration alone would've have helped, despite the Buick V6 being very reliable.

Madness... what a lovely machine.

Ahh the down-under 2JZ. Already a classic in my books. Sadly underrated a f... sturdy as heck, metric crapton of power and torque potential and sounds really nice too :)

So many tuning possibilities. Shame that us Brits are unlikely to experience this engine 🤔. Great content 👍.

@Varinki

2 жыл бұрын

Hub Nut has an older one.

the barra is an excellent motor for almost any situation, whether it be a hot rodder who wants to leave an LS in the dust or a solid motor for daily driving like what i have, the barra potential for horsepower is limitless.

Barras are solid units, they’re all over the place and i can’t spend one night without hearing a barra powered car rip skids somewhere in the distance. There’s even a few guys down the road with me who’ve slapped massive turbos on their utes and fry tyres to kingdom come

Y'all are about to get me in trouble here in Texas. I have a Ford Taurus in my back yard that may or may not get a RWD swap if all else fails.

we need an OM606 video now to keep the strait 6 monsters going!

I want a current gen Ford falcon so bad. It would be cool to basically have a RWD fusion without the hard work.

It’s a beefy motor with plenty of torque. Great for drag racing, on the track, the streets and in 4WD’s for off roading. You don’t need much money to get power out of the Barra.

In brazil there is a famous 6 cylinder OHV engine also... its the GM 250 c.i. or 4.1L.

Had a couple of vehicles with these engines, great reliable engines. Never thought anything about them at the time but sadly you don’t realize what you had till they’re gone. As with all sixes, no matter what you did you can never give them a good note, just a roar.🇦🇺

@deityofchoice173

2 жыл бұрын

Bollocks. Sixes sound the best.

My bf ute is 843rwkw on 35psi. Brilliant engines The original twin cam 4liter was supposed to come out in the el falcon days but Holden kept the old pushrod v6. Then Ford was going to to the au Still Holden kept the ecotec. When the ba came out Ford finally put it in the car. I remember working at Ford going to the development factory in Melbourne seeing a el falcon with a twin cam turbo. Broken front and back windows from the torque though.

@lachlanbrown409

2 жыл бұрын

If I understand you right Ford help off on the twin cam until the BA because Holden stuck with the Ecotec? I still remember reading about the XR6 Turbo as a teenager. Exciting times

I wanna have the Barra experience someday. it's definitely on my bucket list of things to do if i go someday to the land down under

@lachlanbrown409

2 жыл бұрын

You could import one:)

@itsdokko2990

2 жыл бұрын

@@lachlanbrown409 absolutely. i just hope i can live with 1 kidney only :p

@procrastinator1842

2 жыл бұрын

@Ducko Until mightcarmods built the barra powered Cresta, you could buy a barra at ANY junkyard for about $200. Nobody wanted them.

i had a green one and it was a pain in the arse. the factory lpg has so many issues. I would consider getting a red one one day tho.

I'm an Aussie and always been a JDM guy, but I am tempted to sell my MPS and go Barra for my next purchase. Over here they are just too good for the money.

Aussies has it so unique - mostly plane and vast terrains, that's why utility cars still a huge thing there. like trucks are so popular in US, or small cars in EU.

damnit now I want one or 2 or

I got into the barra recently because of Adam Lz and his barra gt350

I have a g6e with 600 hp stock internals but just a few upgrades and a tune it’s my favourite car so much torque 980nm torque

wish I could get my hands on one of these with a turbo. I have some many ideas of things to slam this in

Yeah there a awesome motor. And if you cab get one at the right price there're the best money to power motors in my opinion. My older brother is going to swap a fpv barra into his ed falcon. And put a half cadge on to make it a bit more safe. Now they are around $2,500 to 4,500. And they will only go up so if you need one get one now.

Canadians love inline 6 motors too, why can't we have these here :( ford would sell even more f150's if they had this turbo inline 6 instead of the Ecoboost and it just flat out makes more sense than a v6

beast of a motor to the bad that car it sits in will give up long before the motor

Love my XR6T. Such a reliable fun car.

I loved my old Barra xrt6 had ported head ,intercooler upgrade and more boost was great fun done friken awsome skids sold it and had a 2jz Hilux sold that n back 2 Barra lol

3:41 I like this very much

The intech in the au are sick burnout cars just keep on going no mater how many times you cook them

Glad my channel was able to be used but would've loved some notice of intent to use..... or just a general ask of permission....

Now is time for the Brazilian GM 250 and 250-S engines. N/A, 4.1 liter, 6 inline engine, OHV... and really strong stock internals.

Towards the end of production they did make a dedicated gas version that I think the gas was injected as a liquid into the engine which produced more power than the petrol naturally aspirated Barra from factory 198kw