I've had two more run ins with that shelf. I think it needs to go haha

Was about to comment the same thing bro I have an fg and a ba and need to start learning about Barra terdowns so this is really help full

Thanks! means a lot

@@stuff7853 From someone that is self taught, via all of the mistakes along the way, you make the right points at the right time - there's a lot of wisdom in your videos - congrats

Thanks mate, Appreciate it!

Thanks mate appreciate it

Thanks for the kind words mate! how is yours all running? To give an update on the car quiet a lot has happened since these videos were filmed. I converted it to a 6 speed manual and its now running just shy of 350rwkw on 14psi. I found that by the time i was doing those mods to the car youtube had become so saturated with 1000hp barra builds that it seemed there was little desire for content like mine anymore where as when i started there was very little content on conversions. I haven't really got any car projects going at the moment but if i end up doing anything unique again that i feel will help people if i upload it'll appear!

Thanks mate! That shelf has attacked me more then once!

The rope trick works well on a lot of engines as well

Thanks for the comment. I agree reusing chains and guides is not the best practice however i've seen barra's with over 800,000ks on them still running the original chain and guides and they have been fine. These ones had so little wear you couldn't even catch your nail in the groove, on a high power high dollar build however i would strongly advise against it. As for the cylinder head and cams. In the video uploaded after this one the entire engine was stripped down and taken to a machine shop before i rebuilt it. Barra cams run on rollers that actuate the valves. Theres nothing wrong with running second hand cams in these engines at all as the cams never mate to the lifters as they would in an engine where the lifters ride directly on the cam such as in many pushrod v8's.

@@stuff7853 Agreed roller lifter doesn't matter. Keep up the great presentations

Ba's have weak rods but 300kw is safe with them with the correct supporting mods and a good tune. They can take a little more then that even, from what im told below 350kw is ok. But if you have the spare money rods is a good idea so you have a more durable engine that can handle abuse better. You have to factor into the cost getting the rotating assembly balanced if you change the rods though. Stock pistons are fine with 300kw. I didn't show it in the video but one of the pistons in this engine was damaged from foreign matter in the engine. I bought a new one from ford and it was the exact some part number ba-fg. I got lucky and it weighed exactly the same as the old one so i got away with just putting it in.

@@stuff7853 wow cheers mate I'm weighing up the options atm as engine is out but not chasing huge power as in a xb ute that currently handles like a bath tub but wile motors out sump and heads off it makes me think..... plus it has a btr up its arse but i know if I dont do it now I never will

@@ryanhughes7178 I often wish i had have done it with mine just for the peace of mind. But with the limitations of the btr i decided it wasn't really worth it because i never plan to take the car to that next level of power

With Btr’s you just have to make them shift harder . You can do this via pcmtech and the s5 global temps . Try -200 oil temps in all of the fields . Also can turn the s 5 solenoid torx screw in a full turn or more and will do the same thing .

I can't speak for E series but i have bolted AU engine mounts to a barra when fitting one to an AU and they fit perfectly hope that helps

It is

number 6* good spot. The engine had ingested something and pitted the top of that piston. It was minimal and i probably could have ran it but my parts guy at ford sourced me a new genuine one for cheap. I weight matched it to the original and installed it just to be safe. The other 5 all measured well within tolerance and had no damage. Valve did have an 0 stamped on it, just covered in crud. Machine shop took care of that.

Yeah it was pretty dirty. It definitely had been neglected badly in its previous life.

Throwing a barra off the tower?

It was in a very sad way when i got it!

Ran a ppsr check on it before i bought it. Clear title but definitely from a neglected wreck. All part of the standard used falcon parts experience haha