4.0L Barra Carbs

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Found linky to industrial Barra motor but cant upload it Theres are thread on here about it.

Its EFI thou. 116kw/344nm Thought it may be carby.....

They are used in forklifts and other equipment.

[JETURBO]

Especially gennys

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Imagine pulling up to your local campsite with old mate crapping on about his Honda EU20 generator and how it powers his toaster in the van, and you pull out a Barra powered Genny and tell him that you can power the whole campsite.

[arronm]

I used to run a 4 barrel on my 265 hemi. Now that's a good 6 cyl engine. Lots of torque.

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Yeah. Hemi 265 was a cracker 6cyl. In the day, we ran 250xflow motors with 4 barrel,xtractors,ported alloy heads,electronic ignition and zorst making 170rwkw in our cortina. They ran consistant low 13,s with a manual box and a crap load of wheel spin. The hemi in the Centura was just as potent to mods and performed just as well if not better. The Expensive Daewoo six on the other hand required serious head work and made no torque. It love to rev but had to be drivin hard. I owned a Torana with a bombed 202 red motor to later get trumped by a ford 6 with basic mods. I ditched it and left the Dark side.

[harry bmw]

thanks for the input guys really appreciate it. as for the inlet manifold I would have to get one made up to suit the position of the motor, if I do have to tilt it. if that's the case I will try a dry sump. which will give me some much needed clearance. if that also doesnt work ill have to notch the subframe. I have an old italian guy in my industrial area that wrecks old alfa romeos that can do the carbs for 300 each. or 1k for all three rebuilt. this might just end up costing me a load but its something no one has done and that's rare these days. how do I post pics from my computer?

[johno]

LS engine kits should be available ex USA if that's the way you want to go as an option. Mob called Vorshlag BMW do LS swap kits. Go have a look at LS1Tech.

Go to a wrecker, and do some measuring of the motor. Pointless if its gunna be a pain to fit. Just drives the cost up.

Good luck with what ever way you go.

[discostig]

Pic hosting I suggest using imgur.com - just browse there and use the upload link, works on phones too. You can make an account if you'd like to keep them collected together but it's not required. Photobucket is my other choice but they compress the pictures a lot these days and if you are trying to show off some painted brakes for example, it's not ideal.

[harry bmw]

the costing for the LS1 was about 10k. they make mounts in the US for them. the cosly part is all the little things I would need. like a new ECU fuel pumps and all that jazz. plus the motor and box will cost upwards of 4k. so a barra 6 costing under 100 dollars, a manifold costing around 500 bucks, 1k for webers and another 1k for msd ignition. im still costing less than a motor and box. im hoping to do the conversion for around the 5k mark but im not phase if its 2 or 3k over.

[BRK]

I think the length of the barra will be (one of) your biggest issues. If you get the setback right there will be naff all space on the firewall. The 6 in those early bimmers is pretty close to the bonnet in some places as well. Then gearbox.... c4 or c10 I assume???

Have you thort about a windsor v8? the 289/302 versions are tiny things and on a jug ( carby) they can be made to produce fair power. Weight disappears when you get rid of some of the cast iron stuff on them. Sump wise they are pretty versatile because of the small crank counter weights so you can mess around with the postion of the shallow and deeper part of the pan and oil pick up. They can be shoved well back - dizzy in the front etc. C4's work well with these.

Your costings need major revisions - there are too many things omitted here - suspension / radiator / colling and so forth.

Nice idea though - fond memories of a carby 3.3L that a mate had. Pity about the cracked head and endless gearbox issues and quickly sagged rear springs..