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Commonly known as "Barra" the Australian-made Ford 4L straight six has been growing in popularity and for a good reason. In this episode of Technically Speaking we take a look at this popular engine, its history and just what exactly makes it so special.
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Commonly known as "Barra" the Australian-made Ford 4L straight six has been growing in popularity and for a good reason. In this episode of Technically Speaking we take a look at this popular engine, its history and just what exactly makes it so special.
Tell us what engine you would like us to do next!
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Like this video? Here are some more like it:
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They leak oil, otherwise good
barra>2jz
The 3.8ltr L67 running A2A INTERCOOLER ? Plus the 4L60e combo ! Can you guys do it ??
sounds nice but idk
Changing the standard 182 Barras thermostat for a BPT Motorsport one gives the engine more power and efficiency.
do one on an eco tech
Do a review of the TD42
thank you for sharing!
There is nothing special about the barra! It took 40 years too long for ford to make a DOHC with 250kw, the same year Honda made a 2ltr with 232kw. They basicly copyed the RB30 + 2JZ motor from the late 80's - 90's. Only 40 years late on that one boys FAILURE OVER REPETITIVE DECADE'S! Suzuki made a DOHC b4 ford 🤣 FORD can't even paint or press a panel corectly, shitty cheep chinese wireing and a motor from the 80's. I didnt even bother watching the vid.
But bothered to leave such a lengthy comment?
How much taller and longer is it than the ford v8's or is there someehere I can find the Specs?
Nothing. It's just turbo charged. Turbo charge any V8 GM or Ford and you will get the same result. Take off the turbo and the Barra is a decent 6, nothing more. The opportunity missed was Ford not building a 2 door falcon awd barra 6 t and shipping it to world market. Ford Australia could have survived on that alone.
We have non turbo barras here in South africa.
Hi, no word of a lie, no shit my cousins wife's brother years ago backed out of driveway at home in his turbo falcon(years ago a older popular famous falcon model) that had turbo.went couple hundred metres up road then flawed it, lost control, hit tree and rolled upside down onto train tracks running parallel to his residential street that he lived on at Croydon in Adelaide.scary engines if your not use to the power.mad motors.
I so would like to put this in a Jaguar X-series car. Such a shame we never got those engines in Sweden :( Keep up the fantastic work on educating us on different engines!
That would be an awesome project!
Groovy
Barra's are available in South Africa, going for about $800 second hand
Great engine but sounds as good as the next day on the toilet after a Mexican feed
barras should only stay in aus and nz
VT Commodore V6.
Engine or motor it can't be both.
Now I know why MCM goes to you for everything
This is also a very good engine because it is easy and cheap to get pass and easy to repair minor things on it on the side of the road such as replacing the ignition coil
Imo my favorite ford 6 pots are the barra and the 3.8 v6
would love to see you do a naturally asperated 5.4 boss, thay get a lot of hate. 315kw from a stock engine and amazing throttle response from the last variant. love em all. think I've owned nearly half the variants of the six and a few of the v8s 200ci super pursuit 221ci 250ci 250ci cross flow cast iron head 300ci Canadian six 200ci alloy head 250ci alloy head 4.0 Tickford 174kw 4.0 157kw 4.0 Barra 289 Windsor 255 Windsor 302 Windsor 302 Cleveland 351 Cleveland 400 Cleveland 5.4 3v Barra 220 5.4 Boss 315
The Barra in my territory has done 211,000kms and it still sounds tight n smooth, got another 200k in in no trouble at all.
Do the US 4.2 inline atlas.
we can get tuning fork to overnight parts from sydney - dominic torreto probably
I live in Geelong and I have driven past there so many times
Love my turbo barra. Had it 11 years.
Thinking of putting one in my 80 series cruiser own a fg xr6 and a true blue blood
Its been in production since the 1960s. When something went wrong, ford fixed it and planted it in the next model. Holden went through around 3 or 4 motors and there still a unreliable car 😂😂😂😂😂
Isn't this the guy from mighty car mods
It's the Haltech guy that appears in Mighty Car Mods:)
3.3 litre Chrysler.
Great video would love to see what could be done to a na Barra how much grunt it would make
Had a Ford Fairmont 4L, let's just say burnouts r not problem 👌
rivals with a 2jz and a rb-26. very nice and strong engine. I bet it’s really reliable too.
Barra on a Nissan patrol haha
Hi there I have a Ford territory barra engines with a turbo. I am from South Africa and I am really struggling to find a new turbo for it. Could you recommend a shop in Australia I could call?
Try Dyno-mite Performance www.dyno-mite.com.au
I personally don't mime if Ozzy & NZ are the only countries that have so many. Love me barra na
Is the bottom end same as the 4.0 sohc?
I came here on my own free will.
You should do a Mercedes M113. Lots of them around and they need a Haltech management system, so we can start swapping them into other stuff.
Can someone please explain why Ford. Do not use this engine at other markets than Australia?
@Haltech I rented a Mustang while touring around the US some years ago.. As a rental it had the Mazda 4.0L V6 in it and I couldn't understand why Ford didn't use their own 4.0L straight 6 Barra from Australia instead as my Falcon was better to drive than the Mustang.
Yeah... we're keen to know that too. Also - why it decided to drop it from their line up rather than putting it in the new Mustang?
I would like to see a comparison between the Barra and the Chevrolet inline 6 4.0l engine
South africa also got a few of the awesome barra engines. 🙂
Yeah, we're told a few Territories were exported to SA:)
Tuning fork 😁
It's really too bad that Ford didn't bring that engine to the US along with the Falcon.
How does an American go about getting a Barra on the U.S.?
There are a few places in the states that are importing and selling them.
Is the engine in my BA tradesman ute, dedicated gas, this engine? Its got a Green top.
A few months ago I watched HubNuts review of an old Falcon with Barra engine and I was fallen with love. This is sth I want to swap/install in some Capri or Taunus and drive it everyday. :) And it does not has to be superpowered. It is torquey enough for classic car even without boost. Cheers from Poland.
i like how the drag car clip shows it getting beat by an ae86 lol
Love to know about a LS1 looking to convert my wb Ute
Already done one on the LS: uzload.info/fun/rICQemjUqLFhl30/video
can you review l98 6ltr v8 compared to ls1 or ls2 corvette?? and yeah holdens look heaps better, fords are starting to look like a cockroach with their body shape i would go so far to say they are starting to look like Toyota.
Drove a 2013 Falcon Limo with the standard na Barra - plenty of pull, well on cam by 4K. Moved great for what is probably the heaviest Falcon. Auto box was stupidly long geared though!
The caaaaa
I would like you to talk about the Alfa 75 twin cam engine tks!
I’m curious, could you ship a complete unassembled unit to the U.S.A., and is it compatible with a SB Ford (Windsor) bellhousing, or the later modular (4.6l 5.4l) type?
I'm barra swapping mu Pergeot 406 Estate wagon, going to be a fucking Mang
i had a new 1992 ford e-250 with the 300 ci six cylinder engine. it was so smooth that i had to be careful not to start it when it was running. resting an arm on the hood was eerie. no perceptible vibration. i let it sleep in the boneyard after more than 400,000 miles. the engine was still running fine.
He was racing against (El humilde) on of the fastest 2jz Toyota Corolla that’s came out of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
How much do Barra 4.0l NA engines go for over there? A shop down here in the U.S sells them for $2,200 usd
I really really really want one some day!
I wish we’d gotten the Barra in the States
Meh. Nugget Garage have 1UZ & a NA 2J with a turbo added that make 800-900hp on stock bottom ends. But yeah Barra are cheap.
@Alexander Supertramp They should have said a stock block and head. Your correct, the bottom end is fully built.
Luke Sm for start a head has nothing to with a stock bottom end. You can’t get much more bottom than a crank & the 6sec 2000hp car has billet crank etc, that’s not a stock bottom end.
@Alexander Supertramp They mean stock block and head.
Stock bottom end? He says it has crank, rods, pistons?? As it would with 2000hp
6sec, 2000hp Barra with a stock bottom end: uzload.info/fun/p2usY6XVsauN1WA/video
The Barra is awesome but do you guys do anything for a VW 07k?
I like Adam LZ barra it just so😍😍 with the hot pink
Ka24e cause I’m looking to boost my hardbody soon!
Except for scarcity of parts outside Australia, I would love to swap a built Barra into my F150 (Canada). That thing looks like pure joy.
Please come to Canada, Mr Barra😭
I love caaas
I was thinking about building an ego boost 3.5 l What support do you guys have through that
Have a look at the 4age! Let's go back in time
Suggestion for the next tear down: BMW N54. Straight 6 3.0L twin turbo, good for 500WHP with stock turbos and stock engine (with $1500-2000K in bolt ons), and up to 750WHP with turbo & fuel system upgrade on the stock engine.. Start building the engine and it’ll do 4 digits. Commonly found in cars as cheap as $10K-15K Aussie (135i, 335i) that have great chassis and drivetrains too.
Could you image USA reimaging the the 300 inline 6 cylinder with dual over head cams and vct. With the coyote head design making even more power and bolt into newer manuals and automatics.
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It would be nice you can feature bmw n54 and n55
We love the Barra and are building lots of Barra swapped cars here in the US
Great presentation ,thanks Scott
Engine is great , rest of the car is rubbish. will the barra fit in a Vz Commodore?
Ha ha. The Vz has el cheapo macpherson strut front end - not the recipe for good handling over the bumpy stuff. The Vz is also tiny inside, similar interior space to a Toyota Camry. Cheaper, easier, and better, just to buy a Falcon with the barra already fitted.
We've seen Barras in VNs and VRs but not in a VZ, though we can't see why it shouldn't fit.
I need this engine in my life
El Humilde gapped that black car lol
Full respect to El Humilde. Great car, great driver.
I think I want to build a pre runner with this engine...
can u import a barra from aus to uk... would love one
Did Ford Aus make a 4cyl version?
It's fun reading all the comments! Just like in the USA... Guys talking trash and arguing about FORD vs. Chevy. Do you have those stupid Ricers in Australia too? Ya know.....with all the stickers, a loud annoying fart pipe and a HUGE rear wing on a Turdyota.
What kind of pos do you drive mate ?
im a south african and own a ford territory ST ,even stock the big SUV moves quite well with the Barra
@Marvin Ngoepe if you can get it for a good price then definitely it's a very good car and surprisingly not that heavy on fuel for a straight 6 but it's still not what I would call economical lol! ,but parts are scarce as everything needs to be imported from Australia if you can't find it second hand or at a scrapyard and that's where the expensive part comes in.
I'm planning to buy one. Will it be a good move?
Bye bye Holden 2021
Hi im from ohio and theres a company in Michigan claiming to sell barras for 2200 dols american .dominator motorsports .do u recommend them ? Or heard of them ?
What's so special about a Barra is that its stronger than a 2jz
@Nor Dic Exactly 💯
Yes. A 2jz block maxes out at about 1700hp before the deck starts warping. The Barra can make 2500hp with the factory cast block and head. The barra is also 1L bigger, and a long stroke design means that it has the bottom end and midrange toqrquea a 2jz cannot match.