Beginner’s guide on how to Barra swap - Barra T 45/80 Build Video #3
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- Build video #3 for the Barra T 45/80, in this video I go through:
- how to do an engine conversion for the first time
- spec'ing radiator, AC condenser and Radiator
- connecting the steering
- mounting an 80 series brake booster to a 40 series cab
- plumbing the radiator
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You're using CAD mate! Cardboard Aided Design.
Another binky fan lol
Love the honesty. It really shows just how many decisions have to be made to get such a complex job done, and how they all affect each other. Great work.
Cheers Steven! Spot on!
I found your project on random instagram post, and here I am, subbed your channel
Haha awesome, Hope you enjoy!
The only bad thing about this build is it now makes me want to build one!! Great work can't wait to see it finished👌
Do it!
Mate, this is all time. Getting way better every epi. Loved a the humour, Aldi hole saw made me laugh. Frothing for the engine start
Cheers mate. Yeah should be coming soon!
So keen to see this cab cleaned up and resprayed
You and me both!
Hi Richard this is a great project with two of my favorite cruisers 40 and 80 series. When the crank broke in my HDJ 81 I ended up putting in a ford 302 ( 'cause that's what i had ) and changing the auto to a 5 speed manual box, I left the box in its original position and made an adapter plate that was 120mm long to bring the motor forward. I used an adapter shaft my mate made, not unlike your auto shaft adapter, for the gearbox output shaft extension. It went bloody well it had toyota difflocks. Keep up the good work. Phil NZ
Hey Phil, that sounds like a bit of ingenuity to make it fit, well done! would be a weapon I'm sure!
This is awesome. Great detail and a real build, not a bolt on build. Good in you dude.
Thanks mate!
Awesome videos mate, loving the build series! When I finished my 40 series build I kept cracking the mounting tabs on my new radiator. Turned out I had rebuilt he radiator support structure too rigid as the whole front/grill/guards/bonnet assembly was originally designed to have a certain amount of flex. This in turn made the radiator mounting tabs the weak point. I ended up making new supports with oversized holes and rubber bushings to allow the radiator a little movement, worked a treat 👌🏼
Hi Geoff, cheers for that insight and your solution to it! something I'll keep in mind for sure :)
Great build Videos Richard. Well done. Looking forward to the Engine start Video. All the best with it!
Thank you, So am I!
You’ve got me hooked and motivated to start my 48 now!!! 👍🏻
Yeoow! Do it!
Awesome build series, keep up the great work 👍
Thanks Matt!
Hi Richard you can get in touch with MR Landcruiser and get yourself another bracket that goes around the brake booster from a later model.
Keep up the good work very interesting conversion it's one that's been on my mind for awhile.
Hi George! Might be a little late for that bracket! Cheers for the info though.
Legenddd , happy to see another upload, keen as for the next vid . Love the attention to detail 👌🏼
Thank you!
cant wait for the next part your cruiser is going to be cool
Cheers!
Good work on the cruiser your workmanship is impeccable I wish I had some of your skills there.
Everything can be learnt mate, that’s what TH-cam is for!
Loving this build series 👏🏼
Thank you!
We could do with another episode this weekend with Melbourne going into bloody lockdown.....again!
Ha! Jeez that would mean no work on the car for me 😢
Good work on mounting all the heat exchangers Richard. Keep in mid that airflow isn't infinite and sometimes bigger and thicker isn't the answer. It's a balance between airflow and resistance. If you find yourself compromised you can always add a condenser fan to boost it when A/C is on though it might impact your "stealth" look 😜. Looking forward to the next one mate.
Sounds like you may have had a little bit of experience on this. Definitely should have thought more about it, hoping my fancy fan will keep me out of trouble!
Your vids are awesome bro🤙🤙.. Keep em coming
Cheers mate!
studying mech engineering atm. Enjoying seeing the engineering approach that you take opposed to sending it. Loving the series
Hey Andre, great course! I'm not sure that I'm taking the full engineering approach at the moment but when I get further into the build and get to do some part design I definitely will be!
As a qualified Mech Eng, I am impressed on the approach and the fundamental understanding being communicated here. Well done.
@@rododonnell9783 cheers Rob!
put a turbo heat shield blanket on the turbo it wraps the turbo very good !
Great series, really enjoying it. Bummed you didn't get to start it...lol.. Explanations of your choice of direction are fantastic
Thanks Michael, I'll upload the starting video in the next few weeks. Cheers for the feedback!
This is awesome 🤌 keep it up!
Thank you!
Awesome video and channel 🤟
Cheers Chris!
Keep up the good work 👍
Cheers Paul!
This is awesome keep it up 👌👌👌
Thank you! Will do.
Hey man , the vintage air mini unit is a good quality car hotrod aircon /heater , ive just retro fitted one in my 1960 holden sedan. Cools easy on 35 deg days nice and compact unit should have no worries cooling a ute cab if your tight for dash space
Cheers clintonio! I have a unit already just needs to be fit up!
Sick shit bro. Keep it up
Cheers mate!
You can heat and bend the brake pedal fairly easy and put it wherever you want
Good video. You mentioned about the nerd calculations, I would be stoked if you actually mentioned afew basic calculations on Heat loads and evaporator metrics. Id also consider looking into a Log style manifold. I dont think a VASS engineer would approval that steering linkage being so close to the hotside of the turbo.
Hi Brent, yeah I’m not sure how deep to go on that stuff put there are some keen people out there! I need more hours in the day to do it all and add it in! Yep that’s a fantastic suggestion, I think you may have read my mind :)
There has got to be someone on here with access to a decent 3d scanner for modelling purposes.... Sick build mate enjoying the progress
Haha it would be sooo handy! I've already gone ahead and modelled most of it anyway! will come up in a later episode!
@@DesignedandBuilt Doing the lords work here mate haha well done
Mate....please keep up all the awesome detail....its so good to see all your little issues... really informative.... FYI I'm a HVAC detail draftsman... work primarily with Revit but do AutoCAD too... would love to document it all as you go if you think it would be worth it??
Cheers Simon, do you mean document it with a CAD model?
@@DesignedandBuilt yes
@@simongray6572 I don't think the engine bay stuff is worth it, I am am working on a chassis model so I can design a tray but it will be fairly rudimentary!
@@DesignedandBuilt no worry's...happy to do a 3D model if you want to...let me know...just to be clear as well, I would do it purely out of interest, not talking about charging for my time
Thats a really kind offer mate, I really only know how to use solidworks, is there a way you could export to a solidworks file? I think there are a few parts that would be worth modelling well, aka the chassis
This things sick! McKinnons bar and guards? Big Offt
Cheers Jake, plan on making the guards myself, not sure about the bar yet!
Firstly, keep up the great content. I have a GQ which I want to Barra swap. I have a FG gas car as a donor; but I wasn’t aware of the compression, thanks for that info re: fuel use. Spoke with engine builder friend of mine, he said he will massage the heads to reduce the comp to mid 9s. I’m changing head gasket, oil pump drive and valve springs. I’m curious of your future wiring setup. Thanks.
Addendum: If you can get 35” tyres passed by the engineer; pass on the details. All the engineers I’ve spoken to in Vic prefer 33”, else they want to swerve test using the 35” Let me know?
Hi Petro, sounds like a good solution as well, I didn't know that could be done. I knew the gasket could bring it down a little but only .1/.2 so thats good to know, your engine builder would know a lot more than I do! I go into my wiring setup in the next episode which should be out in a few weeks, I have just bought an off shelf solution though. Re tires, haven't got that far with it. Can always swap them out if you know what I mean ;)
Shhhyeaaah Ricky
Cheers Tommy boy!
I wish you had got all nerdy on the intercooler selection. Im doing a similar conversion and decided on a W2A cooler as its a good compromise between an interwarmer (top mount A2A) and a front mount which can get packed with mud reaaal easy.
Hey mate, I looked at W2A and since I am relatively inexperienced with engine conversions/car building I wanted to keep it simple with A2A until I learn more. It is probably a better solution just more expensive and more complex, maybe I’ll upgrade in the future as I develop my setup.
Good work loving the build did you look into disco transmission rather than the transfer case adaption kit.
What are you doing for fuel tank? Will you have baffles inside. Can't wait to see more
I never looked into that, can they bolt straight on or something? 2X ally tanks, they will have some baffles inside!
You need to talk to Sam from SEM Dirt. He 3d scans cars and builds them in digital space first.
He might be using some pricey equipment though!
Hi Nathan, cheers for the info. I have since modelled the bits I need in CAD. Also thanks for the tip on the brake pedal! Haven't looked into the wheel size and engineering just yet. Might have to change direction.
@@DesignedandBuilt or just put smaller tyres on for inspection!
If you register it as a 40 series or specially constructed vehicle you'll be golden.
They do things differently down here anyway. I see LOTS of 4x4s with mods that would defected before you got of a Qld driveway. Seems NSW police are a little more relaxed. Lots of straight pipes as well. Again, illegal in Qld.
Hey maybe make up a plate to laminate the firewall for the booster. 300mm square should do it and 3 mm thick
yeah not a bad move, I don't think that amount of strength is required though, that plate should be much stronger than original now. I think once the rib is back in it would be far stronger as well.
Coming along mint man! Going to be a mad rig by then end👌🏼
Have you got suspension plans yet? Or just keeping it simple?
Hi Riley, I guess one of the big benefits of doing the chassis swap means I have a good base to start with and want to avoid moving hardpoints at this stage. I plan on just using off shelf components, I have ordered it all, but theres a big wait!
Yeh everything is slow as atm👎🏼80s do work pretty well with just bolt ons
How will you go with registration on 35's?
In Qld unless you get it engineered and complianced as something else (home made or whatever) you can only increase tyre size by 2". Which means anything on tyres bigger than 33" is illegal. Theres heaps of guys who THINK they've got a compliance plate for 35" and 6" lift but they don't. Its not worth the tin its printed on. Unless they've done a moose test and jumped through a bunch of different hoops.
Hi there. Just watched the part with turbo near the steering column...even the rubber coupling cover seems pretty close to the hot side of the turbo...I remember reading somewhere back in FSAE days that moving air is the best insulator. Can you make sure that gap gets a lot of airflow through ducting? Anyway, great channel and series!
Have already made a custom manifold which has sorted out all my problems!
@@DesignedandBuilt Ah ok, awesome! I'll have to catch up on the whole build series soon :)
Is the reason for not going high mount just for engineering purposes ? Great video
Hey Jack, I just love the look of the factory low mount for some reason ha!
Hey Richard, it looks like that steering column intermediate isn't a collapsible type? Check VSB/NCOP section LA (not LS), as you might be required to run a collapsible intermediate due to the minimum safety requirements for the engine swap.
Hey mate, definitely collapsible, good pickup though!
@@DesignedandBuilt you should be good to go with 2 offset uni's, the collapsible bellows is a bonus
Hey Richard, I really think that radiator, inter-cooler bar needs to be not so rigid mounted because of the flex of the chassis, maybe mount a bigger piece of pipe for that pipe to side into and bolt, like a roll cage mount !! Is there some way we can securely contact each other either email or mobile, I'll send you mine if that makes you more comfortable with it, I like your ideas but some of the ways your going about could be better and simpler, I also help and advise another friend of mine who also has a youtube channel Griff's rearmount turbo is his channel. I help Jas with his race car. I'm 64yrs old and I'm a retired mechanical and automotive engineer. If you'd rather not that's ok it's all good, I'm just trying to help you. Also think 20mm is too much gap between the fan and radiator, that will give you a little extra room as well. I may be wrong, but I thought the in and out of the inter-cooler went to the bottom because hot air rises, if the in and out are at the top, the hot air CAN'T fall down be cooled !! I've got heaps of other ideas. Seeya Rob
Hi Rob, message me on Instagram of Facebook to exchange details. I was planning on having rubber hoses between all my plumbing and then rubber mounting as much as I can. I like the idea about the big tube to slide into the other one though. There will be a shroud that extends the full 20mm, always open to ideas.
@@DesignedandBuilt Haha, sorry mate I'm an old fart I don't have any social media, any other ideas !!!
Have you looked at flat mounting the condenser under the tray with a scoop ??
Hey Tim, that’s a really good idea, if this fails I reckon that could be the next iteration!
Richard Swindel-Hurst even the trans cooler with a fan on it under the tray would work well and allow plenty of flow to the radiator also don’t forget to foam around the edges so the air gets drawn through them but you sound on to it pretty well
I am trying to squeeze a big ass fuel tank, water tank and drawer under there as well. I really need to do some design work and get it all sorted. Thanks, I knew it need to be sealed but wasn't sure on what product to use, any tips?
Hey mate who did u get ur harness done through
Bill Hooton through Barratheworld.com will go through it in the next episode.
please spec your transmission?
Froth these build videos hey fuck this is good
Thank you!
Just hi mount the turbo.
It's still an option!
CAD - cardboard aided design 😂
This is an 80 series chassis? Why not just use and 80 series engine? Hell they come with an inline 6, way less work.
As a owner of a 40 series, a 80 series and a XR6 falcon, I find this an odd build. Great tyrer choice tho, I have them on my 40.
Also I think you are building a more of a comp truck than you realise. Very powerful, thirsty and not that comfortable, everything rattles in a 40, it is like riding in a tin can.
Hi Dani, yes it's an 80 series chassis. Yes it would be less work but this is going to be more fun to drive. I don't think it's going to be as thirsty as you think, I would say 12-14 L per hundred with 300kw. I'll try and make it as comfortable as possible!
get a lav mic man the echo at the end of the vid isnt great
I already have a shotgun one, maybe I’ll look into it.