Modified NA Barra Goes Back To the Track! [Series Finale] | Basic Barra Performance Mods Pt 9

[@woopimagpie]

"I might as well rip all the seats out anyway cos no one's gonna want to ride with me". Gold! Love those little sneaky bits of subtle humour. And wow, I would not have expected the 6 speed to be worth almost a second. That's a LOT. I've only just discovered your channel and I'm loving it so far. The mix of information and presentation you have is excellent. No stupid carrying on, just straight up talk and getting to it. Great work. I've subscribed, and I'll be staying for sure. Cheers.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, I often wonder if I'm just putting those in to make myself laugh so glad at least one other has enjoyed them! 🤣 With this setup at least it's well ahead, plenty of little things you could do to make that up. Even a smaller wheel/tyre would probably help but I think what we have will suit our eventual end goal better - lets see. Cheers mate and hope you enjoy what we have coming up 👍

[@woopimagpie]

@@BrowneysGarage What's a 6 speed worth? Would that be a viable swap into your model? Just curious. And I can't believe that for how long they've been around I've never heard anyone call a Garrett turbo "Peter". That's brilliant. I'm looking forward to the future adventures of Browney and Pete, lol.

[@BrowneysGarage]

@woopimagpie 6 speed auto? Sure I’ve seen it done before but looks like a lot of work, from memory it may even require swapping in most of the wiring loom for a donor car. Haven’t gone too in depth though in saying that cause the price of the gearbox seems pretty high and they have their own issues. If I was to swap I’d likely go to a 6 speed manual. For the price the BTR’s aren’t that bad, plenty of them and support about and with some boost/diff gearing change/or a high stall it’ll wake up quite a bit. Thanks mate, I was pretty pleased with myself on the Peter Garrett part too... but I am a huge child!

[@woopimagpie]

@@BrowneysGarage Hmm. It sounds like it would be a lot easier to just acquire a car that had a 6 speed auto in it already if you were hell bent of having one, which I know you're not. I was just curious. I'm totally with you on preferring a manual if you were going to go to that trouble. As a guy with some circuit racing and hillclimbs/time trials in my past a manual is a no-brainer, but drag racing is a totally different animal and having a manual in that application doesn't really seem to help, especially once you start getting into big power. Broken drivetrain components would be a regular occurrence with a manual it seems. Funny enough, I used to scorn the drag racers among my peers back in those days, but if I were to get back into motorsport I'd probably opt for drag racing as my recreation of choice now. Not sure how I'd go about that exactly with no drag strips anywhere near me (mid-north coast of NSW), so for the time being I'm content to watch and learn from others like yourself on youtube. Don't get too carried away with Peter Garrett - sometimes the quest for power and speed is at the expense of enjoyment and fun. I've owned a couple of properly quick cars in my day, and spent some serious money along the way, but the times I remember as the most fun have always been with the hopeless shitboxes. Funny how that works. My daily driver these days is a lowly little Daihatsu Terios with a few little dodgy backyard mods (not necessarily improvements - mostly just cheap fixes and cheeky shortcuts), but far out it's a super fun little car to push along. I can mash the pedal to the floor and it will rev its head off, and careen around with squealing tyres and hot brakes whilst still well under the speed limit. It's hilarious, and is the most fun I've had driving a car by far. Sometimes I arrive at a destination literally laughing it's that much fun. I don't ever remember doing that in my full house rally-engined hillclimb Gemini, or my Windsor-powered XP Falcon, or my wife's fairly well modded Fiat X19. All those cars were quick, but ended up costing a bomb, and my current little Di cost 4 grand 10 years ago.... Go figure. I've never owned any other car for half that long, but it's such a laugh I can't let it go. I have a mate who has a Mark II Mini Clubman with a blown 1100 motor - I'm half thinking about persuading him to sell it to me so I can see what kind of fun can be had with it. A Honda B series engine would be a tempting swap for the blown 1100, but I'd probably be running the gauntlet on the speed vs fun equation.... Probably just rebuilding the 1100 would be a better (and cheaper) option if it's not too far gone. The Daihatsu has made me a convert to small modestly-powered cars, that's for sure. Or maybe a Daihatsu engine would fit in the Mini.... lol. I look forward to seeing what you do with your current gearbox, if anything, and how it can be transformed into something half useful at the track. As a total auto newb you can bet I'll be enjoying learning some things watching you do it. I doubt I will ever own a Falcon again (been there, done that), but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the hell out of watching someone else play with one and have some fun and learn some things along the way. Congratulations on making it to the end of my essay. Keep that sense of humour mate, and have fun. Cheers.

[@BrowneysGarage]

@@woopimagpie I made it through mate, sounds like some good history behind you. Taking things too far is always a concern, especially when a lot of KZbin and the car community just want to see that peak figure! Can't guarantee things won't get out of hand on one of the cars at some stage but generally I'm happier working on and driving beaters or at least less than perfect cars. I've had a low km, perfect example type car before, a manual EL XR8 with all the right options... I drove it probably 2 or 3k kms in the several years I owned it cause I was constantly on edge driving it, parking it etc. Was by no means a huge dollar car but was to me at the time! Cheers mate, I'll do my best to keep the videos and dad jokes coming 👍

[@dylanmorgan1440]

Looking forward to what's coming up mate.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Cheers mate 👍

[@glensgraphix]

Been a pleasure watching a no budget car being developed with no sponsors or big bucks. Love you did a "real world" run down on costs. It's something not too many other channels do with honesty. Keep the shows coming. They've been fun to watch.............Dad jokes and all!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Most people don't realize this has actually been a series about poor dad jokes with the occasional work on a car thrown in! Maybe for the best. Awesome feedback mate cause that's exactly the sort of thing I'm going for and enjoy watching normally myself. Thanks and cheers for your ongoing support Glen 👍

[@247xRTS]

God damn that chirp when it shifts into 2nd is awesome! 👌 I don't think my BF SR with 285k kms would even do that in the rain 😂

[@BrowneysGarage]

Yeah it's a bit of fun, especially if you're a child like me! Sure it would, plenty of life left in her yet mate.

[@dazzamac70]

Of course it would!!! Those NA Barras are good for at least 500k if the servicing has been kept up to date!!!

[@t.p.ggaming3884]

@@dazzamac70 Yeah mate just bought myself a clean FG XR6 with 45,000kms on it, Thing's gonna last longer than i will

[@Brandonvscars695]

I started binge watching this series earlier today and damn bro I’m so glad I found it, finally some really good content on falcons 😍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Damn that's a lot of my dumb jokes in one day, sorry mate! 😂 Thanks very much for watching.

[@gwmechanical7402]

The way you presented the video was made me watch to the end. Good work 👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Awesome, that's very high praise as I spend a lot of time working on how to tell the story more than just pumping out videos - thanks very much mate 👍

[@captainsensible6939]

Still playing catch up, still loving it. Good work mate.

[@BrowneysGarage]

I better keep working away, you'll be caught up in no time! Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@PondaOutYonda]

Love your attitude mate, you summed it up perfectly. The feeling of achievement on previously untried tasks, breaking big things down to just getting it done and learning throughout - you were spot on when you said these things help in everyday life. Thanks for this series 👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Legend, thank you for watching mate 👍. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks there's elements in any work/learning that transfer over to areas you'd never expect.

[@SouthernCrossMotors]

This is a great series to watch. Love the chirp from 1-2 !!!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Those shifts are aggressive with the kit on, great fun! Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@kenny1034]

Just come across your channel, really inspirational stuff mate. It's great to build your own, even without a big budget you can still get decent results as you've shown!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Wow thanks very much mate, that's very kind. Honestly there must be something wrong with me, I think I quite often have just as much fun tinkering on the cars as I do out driving the cars! At least when things are working for me in the garage anyway. Thanks for watching.

[@just_Daryl_things]

A humble Aussie legend. Great channel mate. Love ya work ✌️

[@BrowneysGarage]

You’re the legend mate, cheers for watching and supporting!

[@ToastyT2770]

Been following along, definetly an underrated channel and not many "series" on basic barra mods, thumbs up and subbed, can't wait for more videos 👌

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks that’s very kind, and plenty more videos to come 👍

[@andrewjames3708]

This series has been epic!! Good stuff mate, learnt a lot along the way

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate. So did I, just hope I remember some of it!

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Great work man, thanks for making it look easy. Unknown tasks often seem overwhelming but once you get in there and work it out, you almost always realise there was not a lot to it, and you could do it again in half the time. The BTR makes way more sense driving out bush at decent speeds, for sure.

[@BrowneysGarage]

At least the edited versions look easy! Couldn't agree with you more mate and well said, it's all just nuts and bolts... mostly at least. It does and will hopefully all suit the next setup/end goal a little better than even now, but I've been really happy with it on the road. Thanks for being here and supporting mate 👍

[@nalonkram]

Thank you love this series I like watching Mighty Car Mods but it's good to finally see a channel that has Australian made cars as I own an FG Falcon I love watching what you've done to your car and look forward to what you will do next year

[@BrowneysGarage]

I love MCM and always watch but do miss some of the earlier days. I’m just enjoying what I do and trying to make something I want to watch but couldn’t really find. Thanks for watching and enjoy the FG mate, great cars 👍

[@jtsn667]

try a 3-3.5k stally or 4.11 diff gears. my ba xt6 had had extractors, exhaust, cai, 4.11 gears and tune (no underdrive kits). pb time was 15.2 at 96mph and a 2.30 60ft I think yours will pull 15 flat with a 4.11 gearing. probably bit late now but as yours is now turbo I like the turbo vids as I'm going to turbo my na territory

[@bobbyholden5389]

Yeah boy gotta love spinny boys and that bit about why u love to work on cars brought a tear to me eye as im sure other cars peeps would understand love ya vids mate been following this build since the start keep it coming

[@BrowneysGarage]

Cheers mate, I've been very proud of how this one came out. Sure a lot of us car guys feel the same way about these things. Thanks for following along and supporting 👍

[@MeatballGarage]

Hey Browney! Late to the party on this one but great way to sum up the series by seeing the real world gains at the track. I think the tune did well in optimizing the car for all the supporting mods you did. For the seat of the pants feel you have now with the car sounds like it was all worth while! This have been a cracking series with great real world info on Barra mods and tuning and will be a great resource for years to come - well done! Looking forward to what's coming up next mate!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks Marc, I've really enjoyed the series and the improvements have been well worth it for street driving and for what the car is. Plenty more to come just need some more of that little free time thing - doesn't help that I have a few of your videos to catch up on to help distract me too! Hope you're well mate 👍

[@MitchZero9]

Yeah I think N/A BA's has a tall 3.0x rear end, and with the 4sp there is zero to gain in the 60ft, even if you gained 50hp at the top end. Barra's have torque, but needs 2k of revs before it wakes up. Might get a small gain if you throw a 16" steelie on the rear axle to slightly reduce that 3.0x rear but other than that you'd probably use a shorter (at least) 4.10 rear before you see larger gains with the 4sp, in N/A config at least.

[@Planet_Neptune]

Excellent. Your channel is going to go far mate well done

[@BrowneysGarage]

Hey thanks mate. Not sure about that but it's been great to receive so many kind words, subscribers and views from good people like yourself! See how we go 👍

[@jesus_built_my_hotrod]

Actually like how your confidence and preso skills have improved over the series. I've started a similar build recently and I'll for sure be rewatching a heap of these vids along the way. Looking forward to your next build. Well done mate, great channel 👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Awesome mate that's really cool, don't be afraid to let me know how you go cause I'd love to hear. And cheers, hopefully everything is slowly getting better bit by bit, there's a lot to learn both on the cars and all the video skills. Thanks very much for the support mate 👍

[@stephen4185]

Thanks brother as I love watching this series as I am a territory driver

[@BrowneysGarage]

Sorry about any Territory jokes that were made then! I really do like them as well as the Falcons 👍

[@stephen4185]

@@BrowneysGarage it’s all good brother as watching your channel gives me ideas what to do with my territory

[@GelusE05]

Can't wait for more, series has been great. Thanks again Browney!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Plenty more to come, thanks for watching mate.

[@wazheamadman6086]

Awesome serious mate only come across your channel a week or so ago. Nice example of a Ba Xr6 very tidy looking car

[@BrowneysGarage]

Camera hides a little bit, both on the car and my head I think! Thanks very much mate and hope you enjoy the channel and what's coming up.

[@fentox1]

Enjoyed the series waiting for the turbo install 👍🏽

[@BrowneysGarage]

Cheers, good things are coming 👍

[@cars3800]

15:03 gotta love the heard of mangs in the background. Lol Great episode looking foward to seeing more!

[@BrowneysGarage]

I generally don't spend too much time on the burnout pad side of the track largely for this reason! Haha Thanks mate

[@seanedwards1838]

Dude I've loved your series and love that your gona keep progressing with it and not do stupid wild things. Hope we get more videos more often man

[@BrowneysGarage]

Perks of being tight with your money, as most of us have to be at least at some point, makes it much more relatable I think. These are the sort of videos I wanted to see but there wasn't enough of! Thanks mate, I love it and want to push them out more often too and will continue working on it but it's really hard unfortunately. Takes a heap of time and I have a damn job that they want me to be at! Haha

[@seanedwards1838]

@@BrowneysGarage yeah and it is 100% relatable too. I have a BA xr6turbo and I totally understand what you mean, its all about a budget otherwise it can get away from you real quickly

[@angusnz7910]

Just found your series and love it. Good to see a ‘normal’ dude doing test bits little by little…so each gain can be identified. Also good to see one that’s not done with a huge money no object budget. Genuine reviews for genuine people….not bar leaning money boys

[@BrowneysGarage]

'Bar leaning money boys' - I like that one! That's it mate, trying to keep it relatable because that's the sort of thing I watch mostly... and because that's I'm cheap! Thanks very much for watching mate, hope you enjoy what we have coming up 👍

[@atrothe]

great video mate. well done on this series.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Legend, thanks very much mate

[@mentalmayham]

Didn't watch the first episode, but have love every one since. Just brought a FG series 2 ute and your vid's have given me some inspiration to do some mod's myself as I just sold my 2008 VE SS and feel like I would love a little more power out of the ute. That said great series mate look forward to more. Thanks mate

[@BrowneysGarage]

That's awesome, love hearing from people who are looking at these jobs a little differently now. It can pretty well all be done by the average person at home, with a little time at least. Being FG it should wake up with a few mods pretty well, hope you enjoy it mate and thanks for watching 👍

[@MrBiteus]

It's been great to follow along with you on this project mate. Looking forward to what's next.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks for coming along with us mate 👍🏻

[@mking1960]

Really enjoy your videos! Keep it up! Thanks mate!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much mate, plenty in the works 👍

[@vintagecollector2062]

Well done, looking forward to seeing an EB, love those E series

[@driftorcircuit]

Glad I found this channel. Keep up the great work mate!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks, will do my best!

[@chrissmith9854]

Great work on the series Very informative and well edited.. happy to see it’s a e series falcon 👌👌👌

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much mate 👍

[@thatpanamahatlife1497]

Just come across your channel. Nice one! Good to see a budget approach to mods that anyone can copy. I'd like to see one of these things using a modern screw type supercharger. The low end and mid-range torque and throttle response would certainly help overcome the deficiencies of that BTR 4 speed. But I can appreciate it's not the easiest or cheapest way to go. All the best with it.

[@BrowneysGarage]

I like your thinking mate, would be awesome to give it a go. And to me something like a PD supercharger sounds like a perfect option for a street driven car for instant, all round response and boost - to a level any way. Just a shame they aren't so cheap and they weren't nearly as common so the second hand market is pretty weak, would love to have a crack at fitting one to a car one day though. Thanks mate and hope you'll enjoy what we have coming up 👍

[@frostyxr6736]

Proud of ya mate! Love your BA and it’s in top tuned condition and has fresh parts all round. I ran my FG Xr6 NA for the first time last night and ran a 14.409 PB. Your 15.5 was beautiful mate!! Can’t wait for your next series. ✌️

[@BrowneysGarage]

Nice! Damn good time there mate. Wish I could have got closer to your time but doesn't matter, time to make some turbo noises I think. Cheers for the support 👍

[@lukesm5747]

What mods for 14.4, almost half a second better than factory time of 14.8

[@frostyxr6736]

@@lukesm5747 factory would be a 15 wouldn’t it?. So I have Street Fighter cold air intake 20% underdrive pulley kit Genie tri y 4490 headers MagnaFlow 100cell high flow cat Xforce 2.5 inch stainless cat back exhaust SSL king springs all round with KYB GasAJust shocks Custom tune I’m getting LSD diff with better diff gears later and a retune. Goal is 13.9

[@AusNav09]

Well done mate. I really enjoyed this series.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed 👍

[@pjhosking4457]

Loving your vids. Watched the turbo conversion now going back to the n/a. The BA was heavy! My ED xr6 auto with 280k ran 15.4 - 15.5 the only time l took it to Willowbank over 10 years ago.

[@ajonnieq2002]

HONEST, AND PRETTY FUNNY TO BOOT. MODESTY COUNTS BROWNEY. LOVE IT. CHEERS BARRA195MAN. 😄

[@fullnoyz]

Mrs browney is going to be pissed that your about to throw away them expensive pacemakers 😂

[@BrowneysGarage]

Better sell them on to pay for more parts! Think she actually wants me to hurry up and turbo it already so she can have a go 🤣

[@mg74xbgt]

Just took our tuned 2005 BF Fairmont with the zf box to the track and managed a 13.9@100.5 mph. Almost all the bits are original Ford so we are pretty stoked !!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Damn good times and power for an NA mate, killed it! And got that 13 too, congrats. That ZF makes a huge difference, at least at NA power levels.

[@mg74xbgt]

@@BrowneysGarage Ran it again yesterday with the interior out , except for rear seats and lighter front wheels and managed a 13.7@102. Gearbox still not happy though and I feel it could go faster !!

[@SS-rd6re]

Keep up the good work. Barra for the win!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Great engine, I might have to snap a few spares up before the yanks take them all! Thanks mate

[@jameswitanga8611]

Awesome vid Browney. Good stuff mate.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Hey thanks James, hope you enjoyed mate 👍

[@peterfuchs7822]

Good on you good luck in the future.

[@vlockley]

You are doing a great job making videos. Cant wait to see what next year brings.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate I’m pretty excited to see, going to be a big year I think with some awesome stuff coming.

[@southerndiy1]

Love your videos 👍 BTRs have a crazy long first gear

[@BrowneysGarage]

Sure there's people out there that could do their whole commute in first with the BTR! Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@TheOriginalBadger]

I bought a BA XR6 about a month ago. I've been a Ford fan since year dot (my first car was a '67 XR). Had a '97 Fairmont about 20 years ago, which was my then favourite car, but I have to say, I *love* my XR6! (Not too enamoured with the lime green colour, but what can you do....it stands out! haha) I just turned 60 years old 2 months ago, but I'm still a bit of a speed freak and while I will never get 11 sec 1/4 miles in my XR6, I do love tooling around town in it. Haven't watched the turbo install vid yet, thats next, looking forward to seeing the improvement that makes.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much mate and sounds like some killer car history, I constantly have half an eye out for a well priced and clean EL Fairmont even though I shouldn’t - beautiful cars. Hope the XR6 serves you well and enjoy what we have coming up too, oh and no one here said you have to grow up as you grow older! 👍

[@benkeyte8187]

always quality mate, cheers!!!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Cheers mate, can’t crank out the quantity of some other channels but I’m trying to keep improving the quality bit by bit. Hopefully quality over quantity works 👍

[@samkaur4098]

Nice looking XR6 and with low k`s.Love your channel.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, hope you enjoy what we have coming up.

[@kryptux2463]

Not even a ford fan and i watched most of the series. Good job man.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Legend thanks very much mate, means a lot. Stick with us, I have no intention of making this a Ford only channel and I’m sure we’ll work on other makes in the future 👍

[@kryptux2463]

@@BrowneysGarage all good mate. I got a lot of time on my hands lately due to a terminal illness. And I like watching all sorts of cars worked on 👍🏻

[@BrowneysGarage]

@@kryptux2463 Damn sorry to hear that mate, hope we at least entertained you for a minute 👍

[@bunky8077]

A good rule of thumb was always for every tenth shaved off the 60ft is worth 2 tenths by the line. The 6 speed with a properly useful 1st gear was worth 0.6sec just in the better 60ft time alone.

[@jbxr6turbo757]

Can’t confirm or deny I know but it would seem the next car is an EB2 Fairmont Ghia that has had a manual conversion. Good stuff can’t wait. I can tell from the wood grain and the premium alpine radio surround from factory.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Very off topic but my brother had the plates JBSXR6 from memory, were on his EL XR6 and then BA XR6T. Sound like you've got similar taste 👍 As for the new (old) car, you know I can't confirm or deny it just yet! Thanks for watching mate

[@diggerau698]

Nice series mate tons of info, really enjoyed it.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching mate.

[@seamusnestor8201]

Very much looking forward to the E Series content, got 2 EB Fairmonts kicking around

[@gordynz5691]

Awesome, enjoyed your N/A series👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Too good, thanks mate 👍

[@christophermccartney5833]

Yessssss. I subscribed to this a few weeks ago before I bought my 'Blueprint' blue 03 BA XR6 auto.... and when you showed Peter Garrett I got as excited as you about it! lol. First car looks like an EA, EB, or ED Falcon? :-D

[@BrowneysGarage]

Awesome, hope you're enjoying the car and what a great colour Blueprint is. Very much looking forward to getting to the turbo series when I can, and there'll be more on my very first car in our next video... but I think you won't be disappointed 👍

[@sunsafeaustralia]

Well done to you Browney great work. Looking forward to seeing the E Series.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate 👍

[@dazzamac70]

Well done Browney, very much enjoyed this series and looking forward to the next one!!!👌👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Awesome, glad you enjoyed mate and thanks for watching along. Hopefully a couple of good series (and a LOT of work) coming, and some smaller videos as well 👍

[@jasonhorvath4272]

Excellent series mate love watching your channel. Looking forward for the next series. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Legend, thanks mate. Will do my best, plenty to come 👍

[@GapSauceYoutube]

Mate, such a wholesome upload. I really felt it when you were jacking the cradle back in and it fell off 😅. 96mph is really nice too 👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Cheers mate, and the cradle falling off clip still hurts me even after seeing it far too many times! Happy with the MPH, shame we couldn't drop the time more but it's only diff gears away really. Would love to give it a go but think we'd be going back to what we have with the turbo anyway and that's always been the end goal. Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@GapSauceYoutube]

@@BrowneysGarage Haha, I feel it 🤣. Definitely wouldn't help the turbo doing the gears, the 4sp move really well with not alot of power. Excited to see the build, your vids are so easy to watch.

[@rockyursino5071]

Yeah man keep up the good work

[@arkhsm]

My old 302W XY with a 4 speed Top Loader did a best of 14.6@96 mph, with a best 60ft of 2.2 sec. So this 4L six is making more power for sure !!

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, not a bad time at all out of the 302. Sounds like it would be a fair swap then - interesting in trading the XY!? 🤣

[@arkhsm]

@@BrowneysGarage Haha, that was 30years ago; and I'm in NZ. Still love me Falcons. I've previously owned '67 XR wgn, 2 XY's, XF, EA, and EF. I would like a very good condition FGX one day though !!

[@BrowneysGarage]

@@arkhsm Worth a try! Some awesome history you've had there mate. All the best 👍

[@arkhsm]

@@BrowneysGarage Thanks, love your content !!

[@conservativesniperhunter7439]

Well done Browney , it’s been a great series so far . Now bring on the turbo 😀👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Glad to have had you along for the ride mate, thanks. And yep, bring it on!

[@conservativesniperhunter7439]

@@BrowneysGarage No worries Browney , keep up the great content mate . Cheers 🍻

[@coreywilson8366]

Super keen for the turbo man, I’ve got a BF that I’m planning on doing the same thing with in the new year, so I’ll probably be going off your videos at the same time as you do them ahaha, keep it up 👌🏻

[@BrowneysGarage]

Me too mate! Going to take a little time before it's all done with a few steps along the way I think but result should be worth it, and I reckon it can still be done pretty cheap. Thanks and good luck with your BF 👍

[@tommy_kappa1262]

Can’t wait for the next episode.. Well done for having a go man. You and many of us that follow your Chanel are in the same boat. I too have a NA BF MK 2 with a 6 speed ZF and I swear it’s much quicker than my first BA 4 speed. I do believe the ZF and the different diff ratios have a lot to do with it as my BA couldn’t do anything like this. Of course it would do a burn out on the brakes but not just off the mark like my BF.. I’m also looking at doing a turbo upgrade so I’d be interested to see how you go with yours so I can get the inspiration to go ahead with mine. 😉 can’t wait 👍🤙🏻👊🏼💪🏻

[@BrowneysGarage]

Yep that ZF seems to make a pretty big difference off the line and I'm sure it will feel a lot better, especially at this level and without stall/gear mods. You'll have better base to start from that's for sure! Thanks mate, and happy to be a bad influence on you if I can! 👍

[@justkyddingracing9268]

brilliant finish to the series mate. I was hoping the old girl would break into the 14's but it is what it is. really looking forward to the next series with the turbo as thinking i will do similar with another ba i picked up and see if i can make it quicker than the factory turbo BA i have

[@BrowneysGarage]

I was too mate but I think we've proven that it's definitely there and perhaps even quicker if you wanted to do diff gears or develop the NA mods a little more. Think we'll be well suited to the turbo setup though and I'm keen to get into that so didn't want to get too preoccupied with getting every last bit out of it now. NA + T should be a fun setup, good luck with yours as well and thanks for the support 👍

[@justkyddingracing9268]

@@BrowneysGarage got my factory turbo Ba on the strip in the weekend managed a 13.6 105mph run with only minor mods so gives us both a target to aim at.

[@BrowneysGarage]

@Geoff kydd Damn good time there mate, definitely sets a target and gets me excited for the conversion. Sorry if you’ve mentioned but what mods was this with? BTR or manual?

[@justkyddingracing9268]

@@BrowneysGarage stock BTR which really sucks as could only stall up to 2000rm so no real boost off the line and best 60ft of 2.2 secs . mods are a homemade CAI ( removed fog lights and ran ducting up to airbox) mace intercooler which fits in stock position requiring zero mods(30% better flow) cat delete rest of exhaust stock. header wrap on exhaust manifold down to dump pipe., turbo beanie, turbo smart wastegate actuator. I did have issues on day one which i suspect was fuel starvation with 1/4 tank of gas and could only manage 14.2 filled up to 3/4 and instantly ran a 13.7 @ 96mph yes breaking hard to try not to break out of my dial in time ( fail went out in round 3)

[@jamesl5623]

loving your work brother, keep it up legend

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much mate, will do my best. Plenty to come 👍

[@orangelad]

If you want an easy way of changing your diff ratio. Use a 235/40R17 instead of a 235/45R17. Will make the 3.45 diff ratio to a 3.6 diff ratio. This will help a little with your 60ft times.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Had thought about playing around with something like this, may yet do so in the future. Cheers mate 👍

[@terryfrank540]

Great series mate learnt heaps! - looking forward to the next series with the turbo. ( have an FG XR6 ute and live close to our local drag strip)

[@BrowneysGarage]

Awesome thanks mate and glad you enjoyed. Wish I was closer to our track... and had an FG Ute! 🤣 Enjoy mate

[@bearcatracing007]

Well done, Jesus (and his 2in) and myself loved the series.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Was wondering when I’d hear from Ol’ mate Jesus again! Thanks guys 👍

[@bearcatracing007]

@@BrowneysGarage he may be in trouble with youtube again 🤣

[@BrowneysGarage]

@BearCat Racing Haha bugger, sure he’ll rise again after scamming a long weekend off or something!

[@lachlanshaw6698]

Awesome job Browney! I have really enjoyed this series and learnt alot with you along the way! Can't wait to see what is in store next, especially with that EB you've got there :D

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, plenty of exciting things to come 👍

[@Recklessbah]

Awsome stuff mate enjoyed it. What a Peter garret. Lol. 👍🏻😂

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, pretty pleased with this Peter Garrett!

[@Gus_Davidson]

Gr8 job Browney 👍🏻

[@BrowneysGarage]

Cheers mate 👍

[@JTECH7766]

I did a 2011 fg engine swap in my 2004 xr6 and the difference is quite noticeable. It's said the later plastic intake adds 30kw which would be a worth while conversion for anyone looking for some extra power Na.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Interesting, makes sense though. Not sure if there's 30kw in just the later intake but I'd be happy to be wrong, regardless it's seems it would be a worthy upgrade if staying NA. Thanks mate 👍

[@JTECH7766]

@@BrowneysGarage it's not something I'm chasing personally, I have a 1000hp turbo 2002 xr6. The only reason for the swap was to replace a tired engine but found some forums where some boasted of significant gains from the intake. For anyone considering a later model engine conversion they should look to the 2010 or earlier. 2011 onwards changed quite a bit and I had to drill out the block for dipstick relocation and change the sump and pickup. Then modify the engine harness for the different coils, tps and map sensor.

[@BrowneysGarage]

@JT Can see why you wouldn’t play around with the NA too much then, wow! 😮 Thanks mate, some awesome info in that and sounds like a royal pain for what should be straight forward... yep sounds like cars! Cheers

[@captainpugwash788]

Good onya Browney - what a legend! Loved the series. So much better than the complete wankfest that comprise lots of other car channels out there.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, sure plenty would feel I'm another wanker too don't worry! 🤣

[@shanzo1997]

How you going mate, love the series, I myself have an Envi Green BA XR6 MkII 4spd bye, I’m making 160.2 rwkw with stock tune, running a full polished stainless steel xforce 2.5” system, two mufflers and high flow metallic catalytic converter, 20% under drive kit, growler CAI with a high quality pod filter, and running 19x9.5 rims on the rear with some cheap 275/30/19 tyres, I think to up that 60 foot time you should definitely get a 3000rpm stall converter to help with the launch, I know that’s my next thing to do aswell as a tune and hope to take to the track to see what she does, also my old girl had 267k on the clock

[@BrowneysGarage]

Sounds like a nice setup and great car, could be biased on that last part though. Stall would definitely help but so will building a bit of boost on the line! Sounds like you're set on the stall but just for reference the few people I've spoken to, including my tuner, highly recommended diff gears even over the stall converter. Just something to consider, sure you've probably gone over it plenty before deciding on the stall converter anyway though. Good luck with it mate, and let me know how you go 👍

[@andrew8502]

Newly subbed. Really enjoyed your videos. Keep em coming mate.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much mate, some exciting things coming up 👍

[@towking_]

Awesome work mate, you could try stalling it up on the handbrake not the brake, the torque protection in the auto kills your 60ft times.

[@BrowneysGarage]

May have been worth a go but don't think the handbrake would have even held it at idle at the moment! Cable has stretched badly on one side and will likely need replacing. Had tried finding more info regarding any torque protection and couldn't find a great deal. Have you seen this effect even NA cars?

[@sollydogg]

5 tenths is decent for the amount of work done I'd like to do the same to my bf, great vid mate keep up the good work 👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Not bad for what it is, BF would likely be even better again... lucky bugger! Thanks very much mate 👍

[@phelanpawly2507]

I take it that dyno tune remapped the electronic throttle over ride too?

[@hcfcustoms]

That was a E-series falcon I think. Loved the n/a Series mate,you asked a while back if I felt the FG inlet manifold made a difference,not sure if I answered but yes it did up top,in the XG it was great but in the BA bit doey down low,would be incredible tuned I believe.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, and I can;t recall either now if you got back to me! Thanks though mate, seems to line up with what others have said. Would have been interesting to test but think it's time we keep moving. And cheers for watching 👍

[@kyrieeleison1905]

interesting.. i have a wheels(or motor) magazine test here from when the BA was released .. an xt (stock auto) ran a 15.5 .. also an xr6 auto in a later test ran a 15.8.. a test of a bf xr6 6spd auto ran a 15.3 .

[@markbenson8164]

Thanks enjoyed 👍

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much mate 👍

[@barrymartin3813]

You have done well,

[@jasonmacklin8264]

Hi brown video wow good very helpful in fixing car .

[@shaunc4602]

Great vid

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much mate, glad you enjoyed 👍

[@Gokizzmass]

The phase 3 did 14.7 from memory, so getting that out of a stock auto 6 is pretty good.

[@BrowneysGarage]

If only it was worth half as much as the XY! Crazy how far performance has come since those days.

[@colinclarkson2892]

Browney what sort of coil packs are you running ? Try some Sniper coil packs if your are not already they multiple spark discharge and they fire big a fraction of a second earlier really important on turbo cars as they tend to blow out the spark and misfire. These coil packs work really good with Non turbo cars as well use a new cheap fibrous type air filter and you will find out how good your car really is.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Genuine OEM, seem good enough for plenty of big power cars. Firing earlier? I'd rather have the ignition timing do what the tune expects it to be doing even if that is true. I'm sorry mate, glad you're happy with them and I'm sure they work but anything I've read on the subject still recommends genuine - I could always be wrong though!

[@blueblood5297]

Wonder how she would go with a manualized C4 or turbo 400 wonder if they take less to spin them than the btr or zf

[@aikidohumphreys]

Chur bro nice xr6 love it

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate 👍

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

They're great times for or a N/A BA, considering all your upgrades are basically to get her just breathing better.

[@BrowneysGarage]

Some pretty simple mods really, shows there’s plenty of potential there still I think if someone wanted to. Thanks mate 👍

[@barra245t2]

Yes,yes,yes I love eb2,I'm on my 5th now.a low ks Reef green eb2 fairmont,I've also got a ba mk2 xr6t 6spd manual.i enjoy watching your vids 100% relatable

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks very much for watching mate, means a lot to have people watching along. Just trying to have fun with it and do the things I want to see but weren’t being covered! Pumped to see you excited about the next car, but cannot confirm or deny 😂

[@user-of9px7gg9e]

I'm a bit late to the party, but could you change the cam and get a couple of more horses or is that cost silly compared to putting a turbo on it?

[@BrowneysGarage]

Certainly a bit of power to be had in cams but I haven't been blown away by any results I've seen from it and for the cost it didn't seem worth it for me personally. If staying NA long term it may be worth looking at but even then I'd be going diff gears before that if you can live with the higher cruise RPM.

[@teinakataina-marii6054]

Nice bro 👌

[@UnimpressedAussie]

RE003 are great. ive got a stock fg xr50 and i cant believe how much grip it has.

[@brendanmatthys3788]

I'm calling it now, it's an EB Falcon. Going off the sound of the exhaust and the rocker cover you had on your bench. I used to have an AU with a redback exhaust and it sounded just like that rev ;) Also mate, where did you get those rubber puck things that go on your jackstands? I've been looking all over and can't find any that aren't like $200

[@BrowneysGarage]

Sounds like you have great taste in cars mate 👍 Not sure I have a much cheaper source sorry mate. I picked them up from the below listed eBay seller out of the UK. Expensive postage but I bought a heap to make it worth while (he's got a load of different sizes including for jacks), and at the time I was looking at options to get something similar going over here but never happened. I do like the idea and product though so maybe one day I'll revisit it, believe they are machined super solid rubber hockey pucks! www.ebay.com.au/usr/cav.mar1?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

[@brendanmatthys3788]

@@BrowneysGarage Thanks for that!

[@Kitcat8357]

My xr6 bf mk ii , couple days ago when I put car on reverse car turn off only happened two times, what do you think this problem from? Thanks.

[@chriscrouchman2155]

Awesome job browney. Sounds like a great cruising car. Let's hope Mrs browney tuned out or at least has your sense of humour 😂💰🏧

[@BrowneysGarage]

Thanks mate, good cruiser and very 'safe' for overtaking car, for what it is at least. Pretty lucky there mate, she's got a wicked sense of humour and despite my joking really couldn't care what I spend... at least that's what she says anyway!

[@chriscrouchman2155]

@@BrowneysGarage make sure your next long cruise you can splurge on a little holiday together preparing her for the next round of mods. Maybe even let her sit up front haha just joking. Now I'm hoping she doesn't read the comments 😂. At least the boarders are open now for a longer cruise

[@BrowneysGarage]

@@chriscrouchman2155 Haha she generally doesn't read them but boy am I going to make sure she checks this one out! It's either that or I'll recycle the joke and get myself in trouble! We managed a weekend away not long ago so all good there, shame we couldn't stray to anywhere too exciting but next time.

[@chriscrouchman2155]

@@BrowneysGarage Goodluck mate I'll be watching👍

[@johncaz5532]

Love your videos man just wish you could post more regularly 😅🤙🏻

[@BrowneysGarage]

Me too mate but these take a long time to get done, I'm too damn slow finishing these, research etc takes time... and I have a job that people keep telling me I need to show up for! I'm working on it though, thanks for watching and supporting!