Joska_unofficial New Member 1 Member For: 5y 3m 21d Posted 16/09/19 11:43 AM Share Posted 16/09/19 11:43 AM Hey greetings from finland! I'm planning to swap barra to my ford sierra 3d. I would like to know what is safety and cheap way to get +500hp with barra. Is only good option to buy non turbo motor and change forged pistons and connecting rods or is there any turbo motors that are safety with that power? Is there other mods than valve spings and oil pump gears that barras needs? What turbo and which size injectors you recommend, will drive with 98 or e85. I think intake and exhaust manifold will be custom because originals might not fit to engine bay. Also if somebody have barra motor or two with good price and will ship to finland, I'm interested. I hope you guys get my point. My english is what it is 😅 -Josua 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 10m 12d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 16/09/19 07:39 PM Share Posted 16/09/19 07:39 PM Hey @Joska_unofficial Barra into sierra sounds pretty tough. Lots of good info on this site, have a bit of a read through these sections; https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/forum/231-conversions-transplants-and-frankensteins/ https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/forum/123-300-club/ https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/forum/152-400-club/ And this thread Late 2008 onwards (FG & FG-X models) turbo motors will handle your power goal with ease with some valve springs, oil pump gears are good insurance. Otherwise you can go the N/A + built option of course. Injector Dynamics have a reputation for being the best for this application, Bosch 1000s will do the job though. Turbos - the factory GT3540 with modified turbine housing (enlarged port & flap on internal wastegate) has worked well for a lot of people, mine with billet compressor wheel makes a bit over 400rwkw on 98 and just under 440rwkw on e85. Since your best option is probably buying parts in from the US, I'd be going the gtx3576 gen 2. If you could make the standard intake & exhaust manifolds work you've be laughing, but as you've said not likely. An aftermarket plenum like Plazmaman's retro conversion is something to consider; definitely not cheap but they've been especially designed to suit engine swaps for old Falcons, Capris, Cortinas etc so could save you a lot of pain. Hit them up with an email. https://plazmaman.com/product/billet-ba-bf-fg-retro-conversion-manifold/ RE actual motors, there are a couple of guys on here from the US - Florida I think - one of them has imported 5 or so N/A barras for these sort of conversions. May be worth a look considering your location? @Mustangman570 & @SelectivePC All the best man, look forward to this build PS. Your English is expert level compared to some of the tards that jump on here from time to time... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelectivePC Member 79 Member For: 6y 3m 22d Posted 30/09/19 03:28 PM Share Posted 30/09/19 03:28 PM Yeah, checking in from Florida here, I have done basically everything you listed, plus a mild port. But yeah SXES366, valve springs, OPG's and good fuel on a NA-T set-up. I'm hoping for 500 from my setup, But I have a forged bottom end ready and waiting, so I may just push it.... 😮 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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