EVERYTHING you NEED to know about the Ford Barra engine! (In Under 4 Minutes)

Here is everything you need to know about Fords LEGENDARY Barra engine! From how it got its name, all the way down under to the specific details of the engine itself, this video is one you don't want to miss! 🇦🇺
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[JohnSmith-jj]

Ex Ford Australia service employee here.
I remember the day the BA falcon barra came out and the first brand new one rolled through our shop. Took it for a drive and i knew we had something special here
Then as the years went on they only proved further how good they really were.

[xqlusive]

Love this. Love the Barra making a name outside Oz.

[kz_fist]

Great video dude! Pretty sad we didn’t get a lot of cool inline 6’s here in the states.

[astatine]

Great video, just some slight corrections though not all barras ran on gas (LPG) most of them ran on petrol however you could get dedicated gas engines that had the stronger turbo rods with thicker I-beams called 1R23, in late 2006 both gas and turbo engines got thicker 3r23 rods, additionally the pistons and rods are different between NA engines and turbo engines the turbos have a lower 8.8:1 and the gas pistons have a 10.3:1 and the N/A have 9.7:1. Also the wrist pin on the turbo engines are circlip retained not press fit like the N/A and gas engines

With the intakes the early BA (2002-2005) And BF (2005-2008) had cast aluminium intakes, on the FG (2008-2014) they went to a plastic manifold for the N/A engines the turbo and LPG engines retained the cast aluminium intake from the B-series, however the FG turbo engines had a better flowing modified intake compared to the previous generation.

Turbo differences between generations the BA-BF had a gt3582 and the FG got a GT3576.

[freedomjose]

glad to see the barra is finally getting around!!

[DarkePeak]

Australia’s version of Drag Week is called Street Machine Drag Challenge. Of the 25 cars registered in the 6 cylinder category at the 2024 event; 18 of them were Barra’s. But 8 of those Barra’s broke down before the last day of the event. Thats a 44% failure rate. They are a popular choice in Australia because they are cheap to make power, not because they are reliable at making power. BTW, the N55 doesn’t deserve a mention and no such engine as the N58.

[megansuefry]

Love the new intro, and tons of great information. Nice work!

[unfknknown]

Ive got a ba xr6 turbo and its honestly my favorite car ive owned

[jimclarke]

I have a few Barra Falcons, including the 2016 XR6 Sprint, 325-370 KW factory standard, mid 12s quarter

[jacquesdelport]

South Africa had the barra as well. Pitty, we didn't get the Falcon or Falcon ute versions but only the Territory. In SA the Ghia Turbo version recieved the ST badge from Ford, so it's better known here as the Territory ST.

[kenmackay]

❤💪🔥🇦🇺 Mate good stuff, I'm a Barra owner myself, one of my motors is an Atomic 998 fire ringed Torrington bearing billet crank, race prepared semi grouted Ba block with stage 4 Atomic FG cylinder head , Plazmaman billet intake Garrett G45 1500hp turbo custom hand made CRG promod style exhaust manifold, aeromotive red belt driven mechanical fuel pump, my other turbo motor is a mix of parts, Nitto, atomic spool Kelford, ba block also and FG head also .
Ok mate will be watching you . Good luck and Let's Go .

[dzmedia]

Great informative video. Always love learning about Aussie vehicles

[paulheywood]

Guys who built it called it the seagull because it shit on everything

[gregnagy]

These things are mental...mine had a mild tune, upgraded turbo a few other choice upgrades and had 620hp. Be careful in 3rd gear when the boost comes on

[snapped]

People always forget to add a good timeing chain set. Ive got a na barra in a ba wagon and ill admit i limmi bash it and treat it like shit but on new years day, I dropped a friend off, and it rattled its head off. Couldnt get up a small hill got it to our shop and the next day stripped it and found the top anti slap gude was missing, tensioner was backed off, crank gear was chunked, a guide was cracked and it jumped 2 teeth. Luckily, it didn't jump 3 Otherwise this motor would be dead. New t chain set and shes was back in action to get me to summernats😂

[kenmackay]

Yes just subscribed, lets Go Barra Power 🔥💪🇦🇺👍

[zacrx]

There is now multiple companies in aus doing full billet Barra blocks that will run over 3000hp

[Evanzie]

I'm happy to see this platform finally getting the hype world wide it deserves. Sad because Americans are gonna buy up our whole supply and make shit expensive over here 😂

[plumtube]

I seem to remember Ford Australia actually put one into a Ranger for testing also. That would of sold like hotcakes 🥞

[glennarnold]

there is some good footage on YT of a race boat with a turbo barra in it and nothing can get anywhere near it super charged v8's turbo v8's the barra leaves them for dead. if you de stroke the barra to about 3.6 liter they rev to the moon all hail the barra😬cheers from down under