Owned an R32 gtst for 3 years and have just bought an FG xr6 turbo, when I drive the 32 all I can think is the drivetrain is shit compared to the falcon and when I drive the falcon all I think is the handling is shit compared to the 32, this guy has built a beast
personally i wouldnt go over about 400-500hp, but i'd go the barra for the low end torque compared to an rb, the gearbox feels a lot tighter plus you get a 6 speed for highway driving, not to mention cheap parts and much more reliable
Who'd have imagined that one day the Falcon six is so good that they would replace a Nissan six with a six from the Ford Falcon to increase performance. Unthinkable before the Barra came out.
Man that's unique af. A lot of people will hate the lack of RB but with so many of them around it's awesome to see something different and done so nicely. Kudos sir
This is an absolute awesome conversion. The fab work is amazing, almost makes it look stock! You could see at the end this things a torque monster! Thanks for sharing!
Just ridiculous! So happy to see that it's been done! Always have wanted to build a skyline like tjis, and the fact that it's a manual, street driven, and registered makes this thing really special!
willd0g In time. The 2jz has had decades of rnd. The barra is a bigger motor with incredible potential. People are already making over 2200hp with them. Americans have noticed the barra and have started importing them.
Jza80supra1 King How would racing each other prove what motor is better? The most powerful 2jz ever was 2200 and it lasted a few runs. Before that, not much over 2000. The 2jz is 26 years old with shitloads of research and development. The barra is half it's age and is already in cars making over 2200hp and hasn't popped. In another few years with r&d it's only going to get better.
You sir are full of shit, the 'REAL' 2jz powered drag cars (full bodied) are making up to 1700hp to run a 7 second quarter at 190mph. There are very few in existence and these engines are all billet, CNC machined and basically use few components from the factory 2j. In short you are talking shit and your dog runs away from you because you keep dribbling on him. Now tell me I'm wrong and you and your mates 1900hp supras run on pump 93 octane 'every day of the week '
The video of the drive ended just as it was getting interesting with the back end stepping out in third gear 😊 Thanks for another great video, would have been great to hear about some of the engine management strategies which the Elite 2500 was taking care of. Boost by gear and Launch Control for power management, engine protection failsafes and perhaps the possible use of drive by wire in the future 😉 Great video, I enjoyed it. Cheers!
I’m all RB26/30/32 in the skyline and will forever stick with that recipe. However, being a fanboy of Nissan to the side, the reality of that Barra fits so well in the r32 makes you contemplate...will the tb42 fit or better the tb48...
@@poorcomboz3577 that Ford has ever produced by themselves, yeah. They got their good 4 bangers from mazda, roush made their v8's, and everything else is complete trash. Except the one that came in the euro cosworths, but only the cosworth tuned models were worth a damn
Even if I lost near 400kg in my 500rwkw (bolt ons only) f6 it'd be insane. it's already a handful now on the street, let alone an extra 300+ rwhp. This build is amazing.
Well, it's still an inline 6 turbo twin cam, so I'm fine with that swap! Looks quite massive in there tho, interesting how huge it looks while still so similar in paper (albeit obviously displacement is way bigger too)
I want one of these engines really badly, but i live in the U.S. Also whats with all these people screaming about it being original? Cars are supposed to be personal and unique thats why they are fun! Sincerely, A kid putting a 7mgte into an e30
Haltech in the states you can't find a barra. Nobody has any idea about them for the most part. Importing from australia isn't cheap but I'd absolutely love to put one in my fox! It's super clean and it would be perfect for it!!!
The problem with a car as light as an r32 with stretched tyres and coilovers is you can't drive it on the street with more than 400hp. Anything more is just wheel spin
I believe the Barra is now the 6 cylinder version of the LS. Like the L18 or the 2 liter ohc Ford was the 4 cylinder, the Hemi 265 was the 6 and the SBC or Cleveland was the V8 in the 70's in Australia. Cheap easy reliable power is what it's all about not some money pit that barely held together when stock . Once you want double stock HP standard motor type for chassis becomes irrelevant.
This is so weird, I fully respect doing something differently on a gtr, but on the other hand I just don't know if I should consider this as blasphemy :'D. Good job tho', keep it up!
Something tells me that the back end of this thing is much, Much faster than the front lol. Beautiful work and looks amazing... far too frightening car to drive for me thanks.. but beautiful work all the same!!!
Interested to know how he went about putting GT-R rear guards on a GTS-t. I thought it would be easier to start with a rough GT-R with a blown motor & just tell people it's a GTS-t to avoid the hate.
The Barra is an awesome engine an if in Aussie or New Zealand one of the cheapest engines to get power out of. I'm currently getting parts together to throw one in A VX Calsis as I'm sick of killing LS1's.
As much as I love RB's I respect the work involved, the worst thing I can say about this video though is please balance and blend you audio correctly, the transition between Scott and Dennis is very noticeable.
GM had a chance to do something exciting with their, now canceled, Vortec 4.2L straight 6 they had put in a lot of mid size SUV's and in some smaller Hummer trims in the early 00's. Some hot rodders actually used it and turbo'ed them. What a shame.
There's a name I've not heard of in a long while. I've known Dennis (Grim) for years, used to be out on Toyota cruises with his Celica. I knew he had a shop but heard nothing of him for a while. This is a bit of a change. o_O Scott, meanwhile, is making people look short once again. Give Dennis back his milk crate! =)
where would you get a wiring harness to suit skylines with the barra motor ? my friend is wanting to put a barra motor into his r34 skyline NEO motor, thank you
You Yanks have the ls3, all aluminium top to bottom with 6 bolt mains from the factory. That's pretty impressive. Yes I have a FPV F6E with the "barra" factory fitted and it does beat every factory ls3 around, but it sounds terrible.For you guys in the US, you cant go wrong with a big cam, big stall and twin 3" exhaust.
2burning2turning true, but I have a soft spot for an inline sixes and we just don't have any... You can import a RB or a 2J, but I am a Ford fan... And seriously jealous.
Man, I really thought this was gonna be an R32 inspired by the Grim Reaper R32 in Initial D. Turns out the guy's name is grim. Sad times ahead for ol' NoT2BaD
This guy is an absolute asset to Haltech. Good enough for Top Gear even. Makes me want to buy your products.
Owned an R32 gtst for 3 years and have just bought an FG xr6 turbo, when I drive the 32 all I can think is the drivetrain is shit compared to the falcon and when I drive the falcon all I think is the handling is shit compared to the 32, this guy has built a beast
This car reminds me of the VLR, that guy who built the VL on top of the GTR chassis
Aaron Crossling huss from jem
Aaron Crossling except this has more power to only 2 wheels. A little pointless imo
TooManyToys let him be, it's something different, nothing wrong with that
personally i wouldnt go over about 400-500hp, but i'd go the barra for the low end torque compared to an rb, the gearbox feels a lot tighter plus you get a 6 speed for highway driving, not to mention cheap parts and much more reliable
Who'd have imagined that one day the Falcon six is so good that they would replace a Nissan six with a six from the Ford Falcon to increase performance. Unthinkable before the Barra came out.
Amazing ain't it!...
I just don’t get why people are only just realising this now , why not in 2002
the height difference between them is about an rb26
RB30's are taller. :P
So glad someone has finally done this swap. Barra is one of the best I6s around.
I want to come to Australia only to have a talk with Scott! Greetings from an italian subscriber
Che piacere vederti!
that is a spicy barramundi
Man that's unique af. A lot of people will hate the lack of RB but with so many of them around it's awesome to see something different and done so nicely. Kudos sir
Awesome clean car and it actually sounds really good compared to other Barra's I've heard👌 Dennis, you've nailed it mate
This is an absolute awesome conversion. The fab work is amazing, almost makes it look stock! You could see at the end this things a torque monster! Thanks for sharing!
Tuning fork is such knowledgeable man
Just ridiculous! So happy to see that it's been done! Always have wanted to build a skyline like tjis, and the fact that it's a manual, street driven, and registered makes this thing really special!
Love it. Rules and perceptions are made to be broken and this is a great example of that. Well done!
Less than 60 seconds of driving... awesome.
That's a brilliant idea! And looks factory. Awesome work
Barra is Love, Barra is Life
Feel like it's gonna be the replacement for the 2jz
Christopher Powell I'm curious also; will these engines be just as venerable or as legendary as say a 2JZ?
willd0g In time. The 2jz has had decades of rnd. The barra is a bigger motor with incredible potential. People are already making over 2200hp with them. Americans have noticed the barra and have started importing them.
Jza80supra1 King How would racing each other prove what motor is better? The most powerful 2jz ever was 2200 and it lasted a few runs. Before that, not much over 2000. The 2jz is 26 years old with shitloads of research and development. The barra is half it's age and is already in cars making over 2200hp and hasn't popped. In another few years with r&d it's only going to get better.
You sir are full of shit, the 'REAL' 2jz powered drag cars (full bodied) are making up to 1700hp to run a 7 second quarter at 190mph. There are very few in existence and these engines are all billet, CNC machined and basically use few components from the factory 2j. In short you are talking shit and your dog runs away from you because you keep dribbling on him. Now tell me I'm wrong and you and your mates 1900hp supras run on pump 93 octane 'every day of the week '
@jza80 you're either stupid, or need to put down the glass pipe......
is he 8ft tall??
No one knows. There isn't a ruler long enough in the world to measure.
NO the other guy is two feet tall.....
I was thinking that. I'm 6'7" and I was like "that's a huge bitch".
The dude is on his knees to look under the hood lol
I bet he's one of those backseat drivers, purely by default hahahaha
love this car! great job dennis, you always build some sweet monsters
The video of the drive ended just as it was getting interesting with the back end stepping out in third gear 😊
Thanks for another great video, would have been great to hear about some of the engine management strategies which the Elite 2500 was taking care of. Boost by gear and Launch Control for power management, engine protection failsafes and perhaps the possible use of drive by wire in the future 😉
Great video, I enjoyed it. Cheers!
the Barra engine, Fords answer to an LS swap!
man that is awesome. I love it when ppl do things against the norm, if its weird but works its not weird.
Gets in, starts unscrewing gear knob lol.
Saw this car at Toyota Nationals this year, and its a beast. Gave denis a hand to try to tighten a clamp and there is literally no room for movement
Awesome build, greetings from the UK
Aww she likes to kick out lol nice wish we could of seen more of it running
What a team MCM introduced us to ! Scott, Benny, Alan.. those guys are legends.
That ending though. The higher the revs, the bigger the smile :D
Wish they had this engine in the US for the ford mustang and ford ranger pickup. This was a good ford engine.
doesn't make sense why Ford didn't use these motors as an option to the v8 in the new mustang.. silly buggers
Baldric : I have a cunning plan !! No disrespect , and Love the Build and Workmanship !!!
I like everything about this car, color is awesome, motor sits in really nicely. Congrats guys, love it. Makes me regret my engine now.
Barra the world awsome build mate and upper the haltech
Man Im so proud of Australia... We finally have a bulletproof engine of our own that we can be proud of!
Very neat fab work, a credit to the builder
Scott is getting more comfortable around the camera. keep it up
Better end this video before someone complains about the driving lol!!! Great vid guys, I enjoy watching them. From Canada.
Ford Powered Skyline. What dreams are made of.
AlexCoronaPhoto no,RB26 is better
I would say an Australia powered skyline, since this is the only good motor Ford ever made
I’m all RB26/30/32 in the skyline and will forever stick with that recipe. However, being a fanboy of Nissan to the side, the reality of that Barra fits so well in the r32 makes you contemplate...will the tb42 fit or better the tb48...
@@AnArmoredMarch only good motor 🤦
@@poorcomboz3577 that Ford has ever produced by themselves, yeah. They got their good 4 bangers from mazda, roush made their v8's, and everything else is complete trash. Except the one that came in the euro cosworths, but only the cosworth tuned models were worth a damn
Wow, what a beautiful install job!
Thats awesome.
Good job.
Looks dangerous, think I would need a granny tune for the street. haha
Even if I lost near 400kg in my 500rwkw (bolt ons only) f6 it'd be insane. it's already a handful now on the street, let alone an extra 300+ rwhp. This build is amazing.
I hit subscribe as soon as I recognized you from Mighty Car Mods videos lol Cool.
Well, it's still an inline 6 turbo twin cam, so I'm fine with that swap!
Looks quite massive in there tho, interesting how huge it looks while still so similar in paper (albeit obviously displacement is way bigger too)
I want one of these engines really badly, but i live in the U.S. Also whats with all these people screaming about it being original? Cars are supposed to be personal and unique thats why they are fun!
Sincerely,
A kid putting a 7mgte into an e30
Why the 7M though
its what I have
Howard Roark Americans will take it to another level
I wish we had Barras in the States. I'd LOVE to put one of these in my Foxbody Mustang
Now that'd be a great engine swap!
Haltech in the states you can't find a barra. Nobody has any idea about them for the most part. Importing from australia isn't cheap but I'd absolutely love to put one in my fox! It's super clean and it would be perfect for it!!!
Now there's a business opportunity!
I thought the guy was sitting on the car but then realised Scotty is just a giant.
The problem with a car as light as an r32 with stretched tyres and coilovers is you can't drive it on the street with more than 400hp. Anything more is just wheel spin
I love these series, keep it up guys 😉
Arigatou!
I need new paints. That's such a sexy build well done guys
Tuning fork is the man! 🙌👏
I believe the Barra is now the 6 cylinder version of the LS. Like the L18 or the 2 liter ohc Ford was the 4 cylinder, the Hemi 265 was the 6 and the SBC or Cleveland was the V8 in the 70's in Australia. Cheap easy reliable power is what it's all about not some money pit that barely held together when stock . Once you want double stock HP standard motor type for chassis becomes irrelevant.
man all this making me want to look at the barra engine now
I wonder if it was in the states? ford must have an equivalent over there?
Troy AM Closest one I can think of is the old 300 inline 6.
Australian designed and built
Nope, not the 300. It's the great grandchild of the mustang/Falcon 200 6. Still shares a scary amount of DNA too
Sorry Kaiden, not originally. It's the final thing that shows the Aussie falcons heritage back to the original American Falcon
holy how tall are you 2.5m??
2.2m
Boris the Blade
I said the same thing. Lol.
7" 2 holy fuck that's massive im 6" 4
@@haltech a towering behemoth!
Just when this video starts getting interesting, it finishes.
Massage the strut tower too. Helps the overall result to be more outstanding and memorable.
Now to just keep that power on the ground..good luck with that lol
what a great conversion
Look at that, another example of "If you wanna go faster add Ford Parts"
awwwwh man the drive at the end :P
barra for the win =)
Looks like heaps of fun
This is Mad!
I wonder if you could do some trick stuff with the territory front running gear and make it Awd as well..
Shhhh that's my plan for an XY ute
These are 2 of my favorite things !
😂👌👍✌
My god that height difference!
Sick plate m8.
Man, just how would it handle if the Barra was fitted to the R32 GT-R with the attesa system fully functional.
This is so weird, I fully respect doing something differently on a gtr, but on the other hand I just don't know if I should consider this as blasphemy :'D. Good job tho', keep it up!
Man that engine is just ridiculous
Something tells me that the back end of this thing is much, Much faster than the front lol. Beautiful work and looks amazing... far too frightening car to drive for me thanks.. but beautiful work all the same!!!
Interested to know how he went about putting GT-R rear guards on a GTS-t. I thought it would be easier to start with a rough GT-R with a blown motor & just tell people it's a GTS-t to avoid the hate.
very true
The Barra is an awesome engine an if in Aussie or New Zealand one of the cheapest engines to get power out of.
I'm currently getting parts together to throw one in A VX Calsis as I'm sick of killing LS1's.
As much as I love RB's I respect the work involved, the worst thing I can say about this video though is please balance and blend you audio correctly, the transition between Scott and Dennis is very noticeable.
It is the difference in altitude - our auto-levelling software couldn't compensate for the great variation in air density :(
Barra the world!!!!!!
GM had a chance to do something exciting with their, now canceled, Vortec 4.2L straight 6 they had put in a lot of mid size SUV's and in some smaller Hummer trims in the early 00's. Some hot rodders actually used it and turbo'ed them. What a shame.
There's a name I've not heard of in a long while. I've known Dennis (Grim) for years, used to be out on Toyota cruises with his Celica. I knew he had a shop but heard nothing of him for a while. This is a bit of a change. o_O
Scott, meanwhile, is making people look short once again. Give Dennis back his milk crate! =)
Looks right at home in there.
beautifully engineered car guys
sooo how hard is it to... get in to Australia? as in .. moving there
Im trying to focus but I can't get around how tall the host is, this man is a gaint!
Yes. If you ever need to storm a medieval castle, give us a call.
Gee its a bloody good job 👍
This is sexy. Its sad we never got this engine in the US.
J Lang Apparently someone did import some into the states.
Watching this is like Gandalf standing next to Frodo
where would you get a wiring harness to suit skylines with the barra motor ? my friend is wanting to put a barra motor into his r34 skyline NEO motor, thank you
You'd have to use one of our universal engine harnesses - www.haltech.com/universal-ecu-harnesses/
Tuning Fork is so tall! Damn!
Haha, I like the number plate. XR32
that moment some one is so much taller then you, that youre almost out of the frame
That back end was wagging!
Every time I watch a Barra related video I start looking at rusty XR6 turbos on trademe...
LOL you and everyone else! Surprised the prices of second hand xr6s haven't gone up yet!
the OEM crank will do 2k hp
If the Barra 4.0 can fit...can’t the tb42 do the same? Or better the TB48?
Would be cool of you guys find a volvo or saab.
Much respect for your project, but i would take rb26 anytime
I THOUGHT THE GUY ON THE LEFT WAS SITTING DOWN!
external audio recorder for onboard video would be nice :)
Scott it looks like you woke him up at 9:08 in the video. 😳
Can any Aussies out there ship me a Barra to the states?
Refisol please don't touch our barra's
Just jealous... And I only want one..
You Yanks have the ls3, all aluminium top to bottom with 6 bolt mains from the factory. That's pretty impressive. Yes I have a FPV F6E with the "barra" factory fitted and it does beat every factory ls3 around, but it sounds terrible.For you guys in the US, you cant go wrong with a big cam, big stall and twin 3" exhaust.
2burning2turning true, but I have a soft spot for an inline sixes and we just don't have any... You can import a RB or a 2J, but I am a Ford fan... And seriously jealous.
swap you some cummins 12 valves
Man, I really thought this was gonna be an R32 inspired by the Grim Reaper R32 in Initial D. Turns out the guy's name is grim. Sad times ahead for ol' NoT2BaD
Crazy fits,how much time do you put in, ;))
Im actually more exceptant of this than a 2J swapped Skyline. Lol
I want this so much.
T56 is love T56 is life