Don’t feel bad about taking nearly a year, a lot of us garage warriors spend 2 or 3 years doing engine swaps/builds. Recently finished an ls1 in my vs and man the amount of road blocks I hit just from lack of knowledge was stupid

Should be no surprise that there's lots of little things when engine swapping, Needing supporting mods to make bigger power surely isn't a reason to never do a Barra swap..? Cool swap, just looks like a common build with a few teething issues and high expectations 🤘

Editing was great. In my opinion best vid i have ever watched on youtube. Reminded me of early episodes of wheeler dealers, where they actually explain how to work on a car. Keep it up man.

I wanna see the patrol get the bara swap

Rexton this build is amazing and a big inspiration, I can resonate really well with everything you said in this video man. So much more goes into it than people see, keep it up man one of the best in the business.

the skills learnt are worth it, just look at the quality of the lancer

I've been wanting to put a barra in a car since I drove the first gen Tickfords. If you've got a classic (pre 89), don't underestimate the genius of the Crossflow six, aloy head and that tiny Weber carb can put out heaps more than seppo or chanuk V8s

Just shows how much experience and having the right gear counts for when it takes you a year to do what a good shop will do in a month. Well done for sticking with it!

Absolute number 1 thing you need to do is put metal hard line fuel lines through your whole fuel system! If you don't the continued use of E85 slowly perishes the rubber within the hoses and over time of many cycles returning to the fuel tank micro rubber particulates will bypass the fuel sock and deposit out on the pumping mechanism (pumps get extremely warm) and then there is an initially slow degradation process that starts to accelerate rubber deposits (remember like attracts like) and eventually the pump creases to work because it's gummed up and permanently clogged! Also don't leave E85 for 2 weeks if you can avoid it? Especially in a tank that isn't full to the brim otherwise moisture within the air will absorb into the fuel turning it into gasoline jel. The more empty your tank the faster this is likely to occur! Guys that are doing E85 builds almost always run a dual fuel system with a small E85 tank up front in the engine bay and running normal premium 98 in the normal tank. They use up the E85 in the smaller tank as a preventative measure to spoiling the fuel they use to race? Always running fresh E85 to minimise the chance of water contamination and poor performance. They run the normal pump after they race to ensure no E85 is on the fuel lines. Fuel coagulation can be a slow compounding effect akin to clogged arteries in people. Good luck with it all Bara the world!

When Zanes falcon took a shit on the dyno.it was the shaft in the btr Trans not the drive shaft

Great video... Would like to see this EF get a nice set of wheels (stockies for example) and coil overs... It will look like a nice and clean sleeper...

love your work. love that engine. Its the best 6 for sure. be careful on public roads as kids n families everywhere. cheers.

Keep it up bro you'll get it all done, your enthusiasm and motivated attitude will get you there. 🇭🇲👍 Oh and money....$

A lot of big youtubers don't show the whole story. They probably ordered parts a year ago and wait for all of them to show up before banging out a short series showing the build in a couple days. Makes a swap seem simple but a lot if custom parts can take months to even show up.

editing is really good. worth it.

New editing style is clean bro

remember when I started watching you and subbed when you only had 4k subs, when you first bought the chaser, crazy progress bro. So cool to see

Don’t worry Rex h it will all be worth it at the end 💪🏼

Proud if you man, I’m 3 months into mine and nowhere near done either

Rexi you’re getting a lot of love from your supporters, so here’s a bit more it’s not like you have spent every waking hour on the E/Barra swap you still have had the demands of a weekly feed that takes time along with a life away from a go pro or smart phone. Any new updates on whatever is appreciated by us all that follow you, relax bruz in it for the journey ✊️

Definitely your best vid so far on this build

Definitely wanna see you turbo the mighty au, intech the world babyyyyy👌🏾👌🏾 wun dun dun dun

Bro my EL Barra took 3 and a half years and I never even completed it, gave up and sold it, you've done beyond so well with the Barra swap man, you've done heaps in the time you've had it *also, he's pretty pricey but I HIGHLY, HIGHLY suggest MR. BTR, he's absolutely awesome with BTRs, then all you'll need is the stall and a good trans cooler with it's own stand alone fan on a switch, you'll be right for up to 1000hp depending on the stage you get it built to*

I liked this style of edit, the segments were nice :)

Loved that bit when the phone rang ,and the bleep sounds ,its the little things, whole show was great

New editing style is crazy 🔥

Loving the voice over type content bro

Had to replace a starter in the misses fg because of this exact reason, once the starter got heat into it would give up but let it sit to cool and it would crank over, for the $250 new I'd personally replace it

should get a highmount bro

my mate has a s13 and he is 13months in to rb26 swap (was sr20) and his just got it ready for the tuners a week ago

Fun fact - ft86 shaft bolt removal almost killed me and a mate with a wrench snapping trying to get a crusty bolt loose (after driving through a few years and a summer of hell).

I can't wait to see the finished product. I think I'm having issues with my ground or grounds on my 2000 Camry LE. Got to take it to a mechanic I can trust. To see what grounds I need to repair and get it fixed. I just hope AutoZone didn't give me a bad battery. It's still under warranty.

Nice work bench

Thats the reason why cars with serious power have tailshaft loops, so that if it lets go it will prevent it from coming through the car. Though having a beefier tailshaft is a dood idea and extra insurance, I would use both.

Ay, don't worry about taking some time with this build. Sometimes stuff gets delayed and needs some more time, I'm sure everyone can relate in that regard haha. New editing style is looking mint! Road to 100k baby :)

When the lead from the battery to starter motor gets too hot. It don't carry current meaning she won't start. Until the wire cools.. it's common on the commodore vl 5lrs. It might help..

How have i´ve not seen this channel before?! Instant Sub! :D

Love ya videos mate nothing like a good barra keep it up

the warm start thing is the battery garanteed. check alternator of course

Don’t loose ya legs Rex 😂😂❤

If your starter motor is close to your exhaust it's probably overheating and starts once it cools down

Get a better high torque starter and make sure you have a good battery there mate!!!!

Check all your grounds and battery pos connections for that starter .

Best thing was the gjdriveline sticker on the shaft! I'm biased as we do all of there vinyl/stickers. 😅

Do these have a TFI module, if it does check that for the reason why the car won’t start when warm … great video first time watching. . Another clever guy on yt has a channel called Backyard speedway venture … worth a look …

the not starting issue sounds like a grounding problem try adding another ground wire from it or the engine to the body

Hey Champ, did you notice a big difference in Acceleration compared to a BA XR6 Turbo with simmilar power? That weight advantage must be massive

What’s the approx cost to turbo a Xr6 bf if you took it to someone, parts and labour or would it just be cheaper/easier to buy a turbo engine?

cranking amp on your battery ?

If you relocated the battery it seems like the leads are not long enough too much resistance when hot

Should of RB swapped it instead 🤣

Hey mate, have you gone over ALL of you battery relocation terminals/joins?

external gate the chaser asap

whens it getting lowered and on some hotboy wheels

I make 400rwkw with stock converter stock gearbox and stock tailshaft. BarraT in EA Falcon

Try changing the starter motor

im up in queensland planning on doing a barra swap into a cortina. but its gunna take me a good year maybe even 2.

Glad i stuck with my sohc 4.0 lol

From a similar experience, it's the starter

BARRA THE WORLD

I gave up on my 2010 FG XR6 and modifications,after spending 11 grand on the purchase price plus another 6 grand on mods and not even getting to the turbo stage i started having transmission problems with only 110,000 ks on the clock. Little did i know it had a 5 speed rubbish transmission in it and not the ZF 6 speed,servos started slipping between gears. Took it to a transmission specialist and the guy said these french made 5r55s transmissions go through servos every 60,000 ks ! I could have done a zf swap but i was looking at about 6 grand plus so i sold the fckn money pit for 14 grand and swore id never buy another ford of any kind ! They are continuous money pits. I now own a toyota that's reliable, easy to work on,cheap replacement parts, well made and designed, cheap on fuel unlike the fuel guzzling xr6. After owning a toyota i will never buy any other brand car because theres nothing out there thats is equal to it.

With your skills now you could do a barra swap in a month or 2 if u start with all the parts. Proves the skills learnt along the way are what matter

hey rex, love from sydney! I have that exact same starting issue with my EP3. it cold starts no issue but once I drive it and the car is at operating temperature and I turn it off and go shop or grab a feed for anywhere between 30 mins to 2 hours (even worse on a hot day) it won't start at all. no crank or anything. all electronics work, lights work, headunit works, dash reads temp and oil. it usually does turn on once ive waited the hours and the car has somewhat cooled down. (running pump 98) I've heard from others that it may be a faulty starter and ive been told to whack it with a hammer but I have no clearance to do so. let me know if you find the issue!!! this shit has been killing me and destroyed all my motivation to fixing and modding the car :(

Not a ford bloke but no start when warm ,if starter it's the solenoid, or it's the crank angle sensor,if dizzy it's hall effect sensor

My Man, the fuel leak is a minor problem in comparison to holding onto your licence😂. Lookout bro

Dont let this guy talk you out of doing a barra swap. Its a pretty easy job

Make a shirt saying "So Stoked!"

Sounds like batterie or a bad connection that connect the starter to the batterie might be broken somewhere or loose

When are the lancer shirts going out🙃

Won't start and u got to tap under the dash? Smart lock module on the way out.

you did it quickly tbh

Hey Rex! if you need a starter i've got one for a btr that came off a barra

I’ll stick to my xh xr6 single cam red AU engine in manual gearbox in my Ute

I have about 15mm play on my tailshaft.. Can u have any play at all

The lad recording in the car looks like he's related to Nathan cleary

It has turbo wow

Shout out to maxx performance blowing up the tail shaft lol

It’s your starter motor going mine did the same when it was was hot

It's not just turning a 4.0 Natural Aspirated Engine to Turbo Charge Engine. Change wires and Computer of the car also. Take out old gear box and put in 6 speed ZF Auto Gear Box. Put in OEM Torque Converter that comes in XR6 Turbo. Put in OEM Rear Diff. Put in OEM Drive Train. Change Fuel line to Bigger Fuel Lines that come in xr6 Turbo and Fuel pump. Also Engine needs to be opened and standard pistons and springs taken out and bigger ones put in ( Camm the Engine ). Take out oil pan and put in new oil pan that has the holds 6.8 litres of engine oil from older 5 - 5.5 Litres. Standard injectors taken out and OEM injectors that came in F6 Typhoons put in. Pretty much all the OEM components that came with XR6 Turbo or F6 put in to your natural aspirated 4.0 Litre. Forgot to mention OEM Garrett Turbo Charge and line machines in the engine to pump oil into turbo. There are performance places that can make a replicia of a Barra. It's not cheap

Does the Barra have a distributor plug? If so check that out with the starting issues my VL RB30 had the same starting issue

And people cry when I list a 2010 G6E Turbo making 640hp and only 40'000km on the clock for 65k ..... This is the reason, shit costs money!!

MAF , intake air temp sensor could be ur problem

"Can you push start an auto?" Can you push at 70kmh?

Those ignition switches are dodgy, I've had to swap the collom stick a bunch of times in EL Falcons like 20 years ago because inside the key barrel the metal piece would crack ,,, might work every now and then till it gets worse and worse. The metal piece is what turns the plastic barrel that starts the engine but you can dismantle and turn it with a screw driver 🤫

Should have just turboed the Sohc motor lol

Can tell you now its something to do with voltage going to the starter motor motor

man this vid took off!!

Take that Ford And Chev It . LS would have swapped in better

If you think this build was difficult it's average unfortunately people like ur self probably don't get that all are difficult the biggest difference is the lancers for example are a well developed chassis engine ect the Barra is much newer as far as development goes. I remember when builds took years bc there were minimal people who were sharing wat works and wat doesn't

It's called a ba Falcon ya big nuggy

what flavour has old mate got?

Put the Barra into the patrol

I know the feeling when you want to move out but the Sydney/Melbourne housing market is f@ked. It's better than renting though.

Needs more low!

Sounds like you need to relay your starter.

I would have AU'd it go the AU .

I agree. Barra swap waste of money and time. I have a tb45 patrol. They are a tough engine. When you work out the cost to do a barra swap I can get all parts I need for Tb and have a strong original car. They are way overated. I sold my last greentop . Bon voyage lol

Also get a LSD diff, put all that power to the ground better 👌🏻

Cough cough lancer Barra swap cough cough

Do you have A video on the MR2 V6 Build? As you can see from my User Name , I'm a MR2 nutter