Ford Barra Rescue Mission

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@JessicaFEREM Ай бұрын

wade is the kid that's holding the flashlight for dad

@WeItenspinner Ай бұрын

I am the kid that's holding the fleshlight for dad.

@letmeshowumypkmn Ай бұрын

In a few years I get the feeling he’s gonna pass the tradition too

@cloudy4872 5 күн бұрын

James’ kids have to help now

@milesmccollough5507 Ай бұрын

"all the coolant's gone, and we know where the coolant's gone" is possibly one of the worst things to hear or say

@GruntyGame Ай бұрын

"all the coolant is gone and we don't know where it's gone"?

@milesmccollough5507 Ай бұрын

@@GruntyGamewell, if the coolant is gone from the reservoir, and you've checked the radiator, head, pistons, block, oil pan, and exhaust, realistically the only other place it could be is "on the ground" lol.

@dustinbrueggemann1875 Ай бұрын

@@milesmccollough5507 Or the backseat lol. My uncle poured 10 gallons of coolant into a 5 gallon loop, because he couldn't see it pouring out anywhere but "damn thing just wouldn't fill up". Turns out the cabin heat exchanger was fucked.

@membranealpha5961 Ай бұрын

@@dustinbrueggemann1875 i would hope once you pour more than five gallons into a five gallon loop you would be smart enough to stop pouring more in lmao

@dustinbrueggemann1875 Ай бұрын

@@membranealpha5961 tell that to my uncle lol. This dude still goes crawling around in a 98 Ford escort with a fucked up clutch.

@_happyy Ай бұрын

There's something about a Barra banging off the limiter that no other motor can match. What a legend

@tescoshortage Ай бұрын

MANG MANG MANG MANG MANG MANG MANG MANG

@DaewooLanos2001 Ай бұрын

@@tescoshortage no no thats an ecotec, the barra goes WUNDUNDUNDUNDUN

@_happyy Ай бұрын

@@DaewooLanos2001can't forget the ebay turbo "woooosh"

@JohnnyRoadRunner-rr6qf Ай бұрын

But the intech?

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Ай бұрын

Who goes wwWEEENENENENENE? Is that the Hondas? I know my early-90s LT1 V8 is bbwaAA-BAA-BAA-BAA-BAA 😅

@barnesurban8165 Ай бұрын

Seeing that rear end looking like a pre-2010s Jaguar I forgot that Ford used to own them back then

@sh4dowchas3r Ай бұрын

Ford also owned Aston Martin at the time, so a whole bunch of the grilles while "technically" not knock offs are.

@nath1606 Ай бұрын

The front grill of this era of Ford is blatently Aston Martin as well. I forgot the exact details, but I think there was some sort of disagreement by the designer or something, and he decided to put the Aston grill on the Fords, since Ford owned AM as well.

@HA05GER Ай бұрын

@@sh4dowchas3rand also land rover which is pretty cool if you want some rugged nice wheels on your ford. I ran range rover wheels on my focus looked pretty slick.

@toyotacorollaaltis8613 Ай бұрын

Yea looks like my XFR I’m gonna go yell at Jaguar please excuse me

@TaelTheFennec Ай бұрын

Headlights went on the mustang too

@Dylisill Ай бұрын

Being a Michigander it’s crazy to see how rust free an outback car like that is

@Kumquat_Lord Ай бұрын

what a difference having no salt on the roads makes, right?

@Mis73rRand0m Ай бұрын

The US has an outback; the 4 corners states. Hardly any corrosion here.

@Devastator0 Ай бұрын

My dude, for us Aussies, you actually have to try pretty hard to rust up any car here. I live in Sydney and, at worst, I only ever got some surface rust on the lip of a wheel arch on my old car (caused by stone chips on the paint on the lip). The only cars you'll see that are really rusty are probably those that have sustained some damage on their body panels and haven't been repaired so paint fails, and rust just starts to form from any metal there.

@monkeyprojects129 Ай бұрын

Masshole here...any car left sitting for more than 5 years disappears into a brown cloud

@ElSuperNova23 Ай бұрын

It's pretty dry down here mate.

@cloudy4872 Ай бұрын

RIP Gaz’s old car. The Barra did not deserve it.

@GarbageTime420 Ай бұрын

Nearly 400,000kms, it had a good run 👍

@GregLgas Ай бұрын

@@GarbageTime420 my favorite nugget content 👍👍👍

@GregLgas Ай бұрын

⁠@@GarbageTime420I get sad when a car dies because In a way ? It’s like it’s a living sting ???idk may be just me tho ☹️☹️☹️

@cloudy4872 Ай бұрын

@@GarbageTime420 I’d say! most miles I have seen in a car were in my sister’s ford escape with around 270,000.

@LuigiGodzillaGirl Ай бұрын

@@cloudy4872 My dad's little 1990 Nissan pickup got up to around 300,000 miles. It's whole body was rusting apart, but its engine never burned a drop of oil!

@DuckReach432 Ай бұрын

Those six-cylinder Falcons have always been legends. In 1990, twenty-year-old me bought a 1972 XA Falcon sedan with the pre-crossflow 250 CID six. Column auto, front bench seat. It was like driving around in your lounge-room. Loved it.

@krissteel4074 Ай бұрын

The old H-series with the Red 202 were basically the classic as well as the 250's for most Aussies in the 70's and 80's. That was back in the day when you didn't need a 4wd to drive on an unsealed road, you just trusted she'll be right and sent it.

@Sindroms23235 Ай бұрын

My ''James'' did the thing where he put the whole of our 1.8t 20v head on a piece of glass that was covered in wet sandpaper, then proceeded to gently slide the whole head around until it was nice and flat. The damn thing is still red-lining after 4000km without a drop of oil anywhere. Feels good.

@kingnull2697 Ай бұрын

That's trick that's going in box (I'll probably never use it, but still)

@johnmoore9588 21 күн бұрын

Yeah it’s a pretty common trick, as long as it’s done properly and goes up to a high grit it’ll be mint

@Supamoparguy Ай бұрын

the tow bar is what my dad and I like to call the "Shin-Fucker Five-Thousand"

@KeegoTheWise Ай бұрын

oh my god, the version of sync that car runs is possibly one of the nuggetiest pieces of software i’ve ever had the displeasure of using. here’s just a few of the joys it’s genuinely presented me with over the years: • bluetooth occasionally doesn’t send audio (still plays the tracks, just no sound). only fix is turning your phone’s bluetooth off and back on • upon playing an album, you have to pause on your phone at the start and then press play. if you don’t, it will auto-skip every song after a random amount of time • it’ll sometimes get confused when switching menus and get stuck trying to load things. you’ll have to switch to a different menu and back to the one you want for it to load. unless it’s like, *STUCK* stuck. then you’ll have to turn the engine off, open your door, wait a couple seconds, blow in the cartridge, then turn the engine back on (and no, a hard-reset via the console doesn’t reliably work in those cases) • so like this one time, it was so cold out that the clock froze. the digital clock. froze. i had to run the car for 10 minutes, by which point the clock had slowly sped up to eight minutes ahead • oh yeah, the clock runs fast

@Bendaboioffical Ай бұрын

My dad's 16 mustang has sync 3 ver 1.0 and it takes forever to load Pandora

@damstachizz Ай бұрын

The best way to use the falcons infotainment center is to buy one of the aerpro kits to install a single DIN underneath, and bypass all the stereo duties to it, leaving the big screen to only exist for air-con controls. This works so well because the $5 sony headunit from 2001 you found at a garage sale with visible rust on it is STILL better in literally every single way than the factory ford trash.

@nmDst Ай бұрын

Just install sync 3 on it instead. It’s simple and has CarPlay.

@bandombeviews6035 Ай бұрын

@@nmDst Can you upgrade sync systems? There's custom fit chinese head units that will take over all of the duties of the display, but that's not ideal

@nmDst Ай бұрын

@@bandombeviews6035 you can try asking local ford dealers if they will do upgrades, or you can try using ford fusion upgrade kits from online. They are drop in replacements most times but you’d have to research

@ZemzyOseris Ай бұрын

2:17 Ah yes, here we have Dank Pods' mating call

@thndr_5468 Ай бұрын

I really wanna know how he even made that noise

@spicy110 Ай бұрын

3:04 That is so refreshing to hear!! haha The amount of people who hear a noise or have an issue and just KEEEEEP trying to drive it, making the issue 1000X worse is amazing!

@mysteryboyee Ай бұрын

It's simple, they know it's bad, and they probably can't afford to get it fixed, but then also they have no choice but to drive it anyway because they live a distance away from work

@miaugato93 Ай бұрын

the *check engine light comes on* [pulls over, opens hood] "yep it's there" [closes hood, keeps driving] grindset

@spicy110 Ай бұрын

@@mysteryboyee Right but then you turn a small job into a new engine, In the long term what is worse?

@wheresmycoffee5490 Ай бұрын

This bad boy runs off of Sausage rolls and filthy farmers unions.

@MAGGOT_VOMIT Ай бұрын

Yes!! It's James take apart time while Wade watches and giggles. 😆👍

@Mr-Neven Ай бұрын

Ford fans from the States have always wanted a Barra

@AfferbeckBeats Ай бұрын

The barra is in other random vehicles, like forklifts! I have seen conversions done from those

@shadypebble 17 күн бұрын

dude i want a falcon so bad 😔😔

@uhtred7860 17 күн бұрын

They are one of the best engines Ford ever made, it was internal company politics that stopped the US getting them, missed out on a real good engine there. I have a Turbo charged Barra in my 08 Falcon XR6 ute, that thing has embarrassed more than a few LS powered Holdens. 🤣

@Zebra_M Ай бұрын

Since this is the second LPG car I am starting to think we may need an LPGderboard

@dianagarcia6336 Ай бұрын

He cant find lpg near him

@chaospxl_ Ай бұрын

2:01 this small detail of making the video smaller to make it less of a risk is another reason i love you lots man You are considerate abt everyone watching your videos and dont try to put anyone at danger. Honestly one of my favourite KZfaq Channels of all time, never ever stop.

@Xonmean1 Ай бұрын

"Be girl" Well don't mind if I do Aussie shop rag.

@OutbackCatgirl Ай бұрын

be girl do girl

@Schnort Ай бұрын

The transfemme population just skyrocketed

@YasEmisDaBus Ай бұрын

aye

@blargleschnartz Ай бұрын

Me when I figured out I was trans

@dekatonkheir Ай бұрын

@@blargleschnartz "be girl" Huh, am girl now

@Bruno-dv3ym Ай бұрын

at this point you gotta make a gas board for the lpg cars

@OOZ662 Ай бұрын

As mentioned, it's also because he doesn't want to go on a journey to get to an LPG filler.

@udenszirnis1644 Ай бұрын

@@OOZ662 truly a shame LPG stations are disappearing over there. If someone tried to take away LPG from Baltics or Poland, riots would occour. It is like magic stuff that makes your car run cheaper than electric.

@AfferbeckBeats Ай бұрын

@@udenszirnis1644 it's insane, growing up in the 90s LPG was super popular in Australia and a lot of people converted their vehicles to LPG because it was cheaper. All taxis used it and I think buses. But the last decade it's just disappeared. The craziest thing is, we're the world's second biggest exporter of gas! We just get a terrible deal on it locally due to government and corporate corruption screwing us over.

@Krono0001 Ай бұрын

A NEW GARBAGE TIME VIDEO??? TODAY IS OFFICIALLY THE BEST DAY EVER

@Thomas-oh3mj Ай бұрын

Right!?

@cloudy4872 Ай бұрын

Also with a new camera?? It looks less like an iPhone and more like an actual camera

@gamingcat8470 Ай бұрын

Yay!

@tommythelizard1521 Ай бұрын

@@cloudy4872that’s one of the first things I noticed too. He also mentioned something about changing the cameras battery so he definitely is.

@god.mp4 Ай бұрын

You look zesty as hell

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Ай бұрын

Let's hear it for step-dads who are actually _COOL!_ 🤘😫🤘

@silverperzon Ай бұрын

That little "Yay" from James after you announced he came back from Japan, made the video for me.

@williamplatt1680 Ай бұрын

Ah yes, head gaskets. Doesn't really matter which year Subaru, you'll hear about the head gaskets.

@MrZebra-og2bk Ай бұрын

James would benefit from a M12 fuel ratchet so much! Best thing ive purchased my productivity has skyrocketed at the shop

@bigchimpin9439 Ай бұрын

Beautiful time when you get off work and find a brand new Garbage time waiting for you.

@goatwithagun Ай бұрын

6:10 The enthusiasm on Wade's voice upon seeing the Cylinder 6 begin the one with highest compression just got me

@j-pastel-yellow Ай бұрын

i'm not a ford fan (gm girl til i die) but these videos are definitely making me appreciate the Aussie fords. honestly kinda makes me wish we had them in the US, if only just so i could see them go by on the street

@Devastator0 Ай бұрын

Yeah, the Fords that we got here in Australia, that were built locally were fantastic. They're such amazing cruisers and just bloody fun cars.

@monkeyprojects129 Ай бұрын

May God have mercy on you for being a GM fan

@Schnort Ай бұрын

@@monkeyprojects129 Implies that God might send you to hell for loving GM??

@j-pastel-yellow Ай бұрын

@@monkeyprojects129 three words: Chevy, Pontiac, Cadillac. all of my favorite cars and trucks were manufactured by GM, so maybe not a GM fan per say, but by association

@gustiwidyanta5492 Ай бұрын

Nothing like a Pontiac. Shame GM had to stab its back.

@RandomDanny Ай бұрын

still driving around in my 2008 FG Falcon XR8. It does what I wanted it to do. Get me from Point A to Point B. Love it!

@cupofearlgreytea7651 Ай бұрын

The front end almost reminds me of modern day mustangs!

@rtyt2007 Ай бұрын

The ford i6s are known for doing head gaskets. My mate had a 200,000km au and that needed a new head gasket 2 months after he bought the car

@ZachHellbender Ай бұрын

Thats an issue with the SOHC (Single overhead cam) that was used prior to the Barra used in BA falcons onwards, usually with the barra they are pretty rare to have headgasket issues, usually front seal leaks and blown bushes plague these cars

@rtyt2007 Ай бұрын

@@ZachHellbender right yeah forgot that the Barra is DOHC. Even the most reliable motors have their issues here and there

@SmileyTom666 Ай бұрын

@@ZachHellbender 15 years in a Ford dealership, never saw a blown gasket on a barra... pretty much everything else, but headgaskets are not a common issue on them.

@666DarDar Ай бұрын

Same mate 8 years and never seen one either@@SmileyTom666

@sgtjonzo 25 күн бұрын

@@ZachHellbenderyeah compared to the old 4.0, the barra's head is super tough

@the_man34 Ай бұрын

6:09 C6: you’re god dam right

@CAIDMASTEROFPYRO Ай бұрын

Every NA barra came with the greytop, Green is the lpg motor, red for turbo, blue for fpv, black for turbo territory but in late fg2 and fgx the lpg motors started just getting the greytop from the NA, the turbo still got red and the sprint model got black

@SnufflySpy Ай бұрын

You guy are probably one of the best, if not the best fixer-upper car channels that exist. I love your explanations, your footage and commentary, and the old timey music you use in the background. Thanks for what you do mate

@Devastator0 Ай бұрын

Love it Wade! I'm a big Ford guy and love seeing a good FGX on the channel! True workhorses those cars. I have a 2015 FGX XR8 and I love the thing, such, such a great cruiser.

@knoxiegb1782 Ай бұрын

I keep expecting Wade to scream CUDA, like somehow he's gonna drop a Plymouth Barracuda out of the sky

@grimdarkfuture Ай бұрын

I'm about to re-skill as a 40 year old and go study to be a diesel mechanic and I like to think this channel at least helped contribute to that decision (and having a mechanic for an old man helps). I loved my old BA Falcon :')

@pontiac_montana Ай бұрын

It makes me sad that us Canadians weren't able to get our hands on legends like these!

@My_Old_YT_Account Ай бұрын

Real, we only get the garbage for the American market, none of the cool stuff from Europe, Japan or Australia

@TheUnreadableUser Ай бұрын

Wade is a barra veteran. A bareran. James is new to the barra. A rooka.

@1mandanceparty Ай бұрын

Of course the wet cylinder had the highest compression, it has fluid of some kind (incompressible) taking up room in the cylinder, essentially making it smaller.

@Madnessnunky Ай бұрын

That car is totally a Ford product. It's like a Fusion and a Mustang had a baby! That interior is 100% Fusion though.... But those speeds are quite 'Stangy. Visually, the body is definitely the Fusion as a base while the headlights are from the newer generation Mustangs. Kinda cool to see how they made something unique for Australia. Pretty sweet car!

@IanMicheal Ай бұрын

Might look that way but the body is bigger in every way it's not fusion based at all.. Long line going back to the EA falcon..

@bigthecatandfroggy9034 Ай бұрын

“Mate that’s where the work boots go” as I’m sitting in my car on break with my work boots on my dirty floor.

@untitled1-jpeg 6 күн бұрын

I love how he learns more every time and it really shows in this video :) great job wade and ol' mate james

@krumpinjugger Ай бұрын

Hey Wade, this injected eco-lpi is actually the least sad of the barras, it's the best non-turbo barra that Ford ever made! Sure they didn't paint the top like they did for the older LPG models, but they didn't paint most of the standard barra tops for the whole life of the engine. The plastic intake manifold is actually way better than the metal one, stops heat soak and has better flow, +10-20 kW better. And the reason why the compression test is so high is that the eco-lpi has a higher compression ratio of 12.0:1 (compared to 10.3:1 for the BF/FG Barra E-Gas engine). So the eco-lpi is the most powerful naturally aspirated barra from factory

@64Ziesingracing Ай бұрын

Fun fact No matter how normal sized that barra looks in that engine bay remember ITS FORKING ENORMOUS Its just BIG A friend of mine wanted to swap one into his bmw and half the engine was sticking out the bonnet lol

@NotGrimman 24 күн бұрын

What BMW? Ive seen em in E36s

@64Ziesingracing 24 күн бұрын

@@NotGrimman e46 m3 He didn't modify the subframe which most people do to lower the engine

@panagiotispappas1001 Ай бұрын

Oi mate it’s time, TIME FOR A NEW WADE AND JAMES CAR VID, HELL YEAH

@mirkomputerit Ай бұрын

The FGX Falcons are absolutely my favourite falcons after the BA’s. I love the XR8 with its supercharger whine!

@jwalster9412 Ай бұрын

6:11 just figured I would point out, that high compression either means that it's fine, or that the rings are clogged and it's getting abnormally high compression..

@jb-br8bf Ай бұрын

LPG cars have extremely high compression. This is kinda expected.

@packexists Ай бұрын

as an american who has never seen this car before, that is a great looking ford, actually think that car is very attractive.

@JohnnyGuiltyMan Ай бұрын

They tried to give it the angry 6th gen Mustang face. Looks good honestly, I'd love to have one of these

@gameo7 Ай бұрын

I loved the closeups in this video, huge improvement in quality!

@mynameisbobandilikebananas2143 Ай бұрын

Now this is Aussie royalty

@zwaglou5007 Ай бұрын

2:00 is why we love wade, you make a very slight change just so that it’s easier for us to watch!

@NONAME_098 Ай бұрын

I know absolutely nothing about cars and engines and whatnot. But I love watching any of these car videos, keep up the good work man.

@kraja15 Ай бұрын

When you said it’s gonna be “James’ first bara experience” I was thinking about something completely different… My disappointment is immeasurable

@Lexandrivesgood Ай бұрын

the look of the blue ford just gives me ford mondeo vibes

@floofaudio1403 Ай бұрын

I love seeing anything with a Barra in it, or any straight 6 really. Used to have a 74 f100 with the 4th gen 4.9L i6 and I loved that thing, it sounded like a tractor and was basically bulletproof. These more modern ones always remind me of it

@jeffsims7386 9 күн бұрын

The thing I love best about my 2012 F150 is that the engine is all open and accessible on top without all the crazy stupid plastic covers my 98 F150 had on it.

@Scribdev Ай бұрын

This is just a full on car mechanic channel and I love it, keep it goin Wade!

@Sammie1053 Ай бұрын

Head gasket?! Didn't know "Barra" was short for "Subaru"! 😉

@Grishanof Ай бұрын

10:00 people are very ignorant of how ridiculously good it works when you do it right. That red shmoo can last for up to a year or two while you wait for that specific out of production gasket

@lolmanftw5655 Ай бұрын

The Australian straight 6s will do heads due to the alloy head and iron block expanding at different rates and coolant braking down quickly. But when there running the big sixers are so smooth and torquie.

@Johnny362000 Ай бұрын

There's a ton of engines with iron blocks and aluminium heads that don't have significant issues. While the different heat expansion is a problem it's a problem that can be (and has been) engineered around And then you have the Triumph V8 where the differing expansion rates cause the block and head to warp due to terribly designed head studs. What an engine

@captainobvious7322 Ай бұрын

It a towing hitch is getting you in the knees, you must be real short lol. Love all the falcon content on the channel!

@AlexSchladetsch Ай бұрын

God I miss my 05 BA MKii XR6. Lightning Strike silver, had it lowered slightly with a big chonkin' exhaust on it, huge 15" sub in the back - thing was 100% a teenager's dream car lol, even had underglow and all the extra LEDs in the car. I upgraded the headunit with the one from the higher trim with the colour screen that I got from the local wreckers for $50 after pulling it out myself. That thing was just a cruising dream - set the speed and it would just drive itself for hours. Had to get rid of it because fuel prices were insane and the big ol Barra was not exactly a light sipper.

@callummclachlan4771 Ай бұрын

It's funny, I'm jealous of the fuel economy Barras get. I'm dealing with an AMC 4.0 in a box (Jeep Cherokee). Considered putting one in, more power and more economy without reduced reliability.

@tomtumulec2504 Ай бұрын

Is just sad we never got aussie goodness in europe. Love those falcons, the best ones are wagon. Those still had leaf spring in the rear to like 2010. Imagine that 21 century wagon with proper rear suspension with factory LPG and Inline 6, THIS setup form HEAVEN. I would pay big money to have that. I have '89 caprice wagon body on frame sucker with leaf springs in the back, but you now is to old to be regular daily driver but 2010 car with leaf springs....MAN I JUST CAN'T. Supers cars don't get me excited but those aussie cars does. I wish we have those

@Leviathane Ай бұрын

Love watching Wade watch James work on stuff. Go James!

@juanpablocorreiaecheverria2857 Ай бұрын

That truly is a fantastic car! I’m glad James has fixed it

@neroc-bass6172 Ай бұрын

Dang wish we had more LPG cars here in the states, that's such a cool car

@dafrenzyguy Ай бұрын

As someone outside AU, this one falcon looks ALOT like a ford mondeo/fusion. Just better.

@mortest59 Ай бұрын

thanks for the videos 💪

@goose9763 Ай бұрын

FINALLY A CAR GETTING FIXED

@kobalt_ren01 Ай бұрын

3:28 advice for life, forcefem shirt

@fifedog30 Ай бұрын

Literally everywhere else in the world got cooler cars and better engines than we got here in the States. If they sold this in the US, I'm convinced it'd be Ford's #1 best seller. Then can you imagine a TT barra instead of the 3.5 ecoboost in the trucks? Instantly, and immediately, a legend it'd be.

@jacobt1027 Ай бұрын

You would be wrong. people want crossovers and SUVs not big RWD Sedans

@ffnbbq Ай бұрын

That's assuming Americans even want sedan cars. Well, the Chevy SS (a rebadged Holden VF Commodore SSV) didn't sell particularly well in the US, and GM only begrudgingly sold them in order to get a tax break from the Australian government. Both the Falcon and Commodore have far too subdued and conservative looks for Americans. Remember the short-lived Pontiac GTO revival? Another Australian import where I remember there were American complaints that it looked like a "Japanese bubble car".

@juggnautbitch Ай бұрын

@@jacobt1027 *dumb people

@KuroRyuu86 Ай бұрын

@@jacobt1027 Should probabaly look up the Ford Territory. An aussie Suv with the barra in it xD

@rubikmonat6589 Ай бұрын

The stock bottom end holds together with a huge turbo and 1000HP. They are nuts.

@andrewhamop6665 Ай бұрын

Boy, the last time I was this early you were still nice to Tony.

@fab1604 Ай бұрын

Best kind of videos, God I love this channel (and superhero James, of course)

@JustaMuteCat Ай бұрын

Had totally forgotten James came to Japan. Hope you enjoyed your trip. Again, shame it wasn’t a month early, you could have even watched some of the Gundam dismantling in Yokohama if you had :

@osgeld Ай бұрын

I have one of those torque wrenches, its surprisingly accurate for a couple torsion bars and a bit of painted metal

@alouisschafer7212 Ай бұрын

The Ultimate Australian Motoring Experience: Rescuing a dead Barra 6.

@keyzarv5544 Ай бұрын

These types of vids make me think just how many times wade had to repair his cars

@andrerenault Ай бұрын

At this rate you’re going to need to make an LPG leaderboard

@milescarter7803 Ай бұрын

The funky driveshaft bolts are so you can add extra nuts to those threads and balance it. Crazy.

@AveragePootis Ай бұрын

I love how it looks like an extraordinarily angry Fusion/Mondeo

@VideoGamerGuy Ай бұрын

Collision investigation nerd here 👋 as a point about the g-forces it might actually only be measuring the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road. If you do the tests at different temperatures, slightly damp etc you can get a massive difference. The reason i say is a standard road in the UK is roughly 0.7g-0.8g capable (tested via abs braking) so its not unreasonable that you can increase all those performance results depending on where and when you do the pull. Also, fucking ay mate. Love all the channels, keep it up (as a pom I wont say that again I promise 😂).

@TheBigEvil Ай бұрын

I really do love to see Aussie cars being good. i love local vehicles actually being enjoyed by the people who LIVE THERE. i personally am a big enjoyer of American v8 Sedands and coupes as well as a good Turboed dodge v6 (wha ti drive). you guys down in Australia deserve better than the ass end of a globalized car market that you got.

@holmes2210 Ай бұрын

Just gonna say as a recently qualified mechanic I'm very surprised how easy head gasket jobs are, unbolt the thing, get an old mate to machine the thing, clean the surfaces of the thing and then rebolt the thing with a special wrench, not much to it

@SmileyTom666 Ай бұрын

As a previous mechanic, you obviously haven't got a bad one yet... some cars its easier to take the whole motor out to do the job than try and do it in-car...

@holmes2210 Ай бұрын

@SmileyTom666 I've done a few. Worst was a v6 diesel d40 navara, engine is crammed in there and just about everything has to be stripped off it to even remove it, about a day and a half in just taking the motor out. That was a prick of a Job, by far the easiest was a Hyundai getz, had the head off in an hour and a half. Barras are easy though, not much in the way, everything is either a 10mm, 12mm, 5mm Allen or a 14mm and she's out. Not saying it's an easy job for someone with little experience or that they're all easy just that I was surprised how easy they are compared to how everyone makes it sound

@alexsundeer Ай бұрын

Honestly I envy you for having these amasing nuggets. I wish I had some of them

@monkeyprojects129 Ай бұрын

I wish we had any decent utes in America

@Fyshtako Ай бұрын

So good that this big boy gets to keep running. Super cool car.

@rustingparts Ай бұрын

Number 6 maxing out the gauge has me rolling

@luheartswarm4573 Ай бұрын

gorgeous car and surprising performance!

@packo_aus Ай бұрын

Video with a dedicated camera looks great!

@haj_endot Ай бұрын

thank you for the photosensitivity edit!

@hachiEightSix Ай бұрын

8:03 thank goodness we have the ball grabber

@DanParry1313 Ай бұрын

James' ol mate fixes are the stuff of legend now. 😂

@der_kluger_gunther8391 Ай бұрын

that was a lot of work but seeing how iconic this car is for aussies it's fine (and you have james as well). good thing that barra still going, i prefer this everyday rather that the leaf lol.

@johnmurcott1273 Ай бұрын

Gives "the last of the v8 interceptors" vibes when you said "the last of the barra 6s"

@sonic_boredom Ай бұрын

i don't know anything about cars but i caught this video like 29 minutes after it was uploaded and that made me kinda happy

@ZeroCrystal Ай бұрын

Ol' Gazza Mate has killer taste in cars. Good on 'im.

@yashthegamer4250 Ай бұрын

That's a neat looking car

@Thane1607 Ай бұрын

Im a Holden boy at heart, but i can not deny that the Barra is king

@Mezei7 Ай бұрын

Don't know about yall, but I absolutely LOVE how this thing looks

@BrandanZ Ай бұрын

Just went to a pick-a-part today to get some spare knick-knacks for my brothers car, sad that there isn't any new falcons being made. Especially with that old Ford factory down in Geelong...