Drag Week FPV Ute - 10s In 10 Days

Ben Paganoni got the guys from XR6 turbo Developments to get this stock F6 FPV ute into the 10s in just 10 days.
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[@gossy351]

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[@jessiepinkman1491]

roadkill fucked up by moving to motortrend pay per view,from what i've read if you don't have a vpn then you don't even get half the channels

[@robburdack4361]

the taxi pulled so hard off the line it turned green and changed model

[@STREETMACHINETV]

rob burdack Yep, the taxi is pretty quick now :)

[@MafiaboysWorld]

Can't wait for the Americans to go WTF when this turns up at Drag Week. Good luck fellas.

[@MrPICkLESYEAH]

The probably did with the ls turbo powered Xh Falcon ute

[@78910milo]

everyone should buy a barra before drag week starts... its an investment!

[@mworld]

Never use to like these big cars, but the idea is growing on me. POWER!!! And it seems very Aussie.

[@Streetw1s3r]

More Aussies at representing at Drag Week! Love it.

[@jeshi1779]

Yeah there's a few Aussie's heading over... Can't wait to see what the yanks think about our cars 😊

[@XIPOTATOMANIX]

What a shock to see my front bar in the background at the start hahaha

[@clintonhume4197]

thats one hell of an effort.. looking foward to seeing this in the states

[@cyclonicleo]

Top work. Amazes me how much power can be made with a well built Barra engine.

[@Thefrizz02]

Great work scotty nice video mate

[@boosted_l6787]

I'll definitely be following this

[@AboutTheBuild]

Street machine youtube is awesome

[@sweetgomez8529]

Thanks a bunch BUDDY, WTF was right on a light weight vehicle. AWESOME

[@Customwinder1]

Good reliable setup. Should do well at Drag Week. The Aussie Ute will turn a few heads. Like the XH did. Hope they do well. Great vids Scotty.

[@michaeljenkins6550]

Gotta love the old falcon straight six!!

[@blunt3777]

Awesome vid you guys are nailing it lately! Hory Shit!!!!

[@boss290bafalcon]

Really enjoy this video fella’s

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Thanks, it's a shame the car got caught up at US customs and missed the event

[@jeshi1779]

1320 is gonna love it

[@SteevJones-]

I'll take that sunburst F6 front bar in the background 👌 😂

[@ViperShorts001]

Ayyy I saw that on a tow truck 3 months ago down near Geelong highway

[@muaminhugsy4964]

Can't wait for the US to see what bankstown spec dose looks and sounds like, should be great hahaha

[@Brenkeeno]

10s in 10 days when you have the money to do it

[@STREETMACHINETV]

That's how it works. It's the old three sided triangle - cheap, fast, reliable. You can only have two. They chose fast and reliable.

[@deanrobert8674]

Brendan Keenan, all toys cost you money Bren you know that mate !!!

[@jetxr8]

How much this set up cost?... roughly...

[@7071t6]

do not forget the inner fuel pump runs at a different OMS when required to update a higher fuel system push and pressure requirements, i hope they check that out if replacing the inner tank fuel pump etc. :)

[@scootbmx01]

What

[@elcamino5145]

The return of the El Camino

[@xXWipeout4Xx]

You still haven't fixed the brake light on the taxi Scotty!

[@steves6129]

Keep that boost up, these mods equal high 9's , go and make a statement in the USA, let them LS boys over there not know what just hit them. Love your work boys good luck.

[@scootbmx01]

not reliable on a standard zf

[@nordic5490]

has a built ZF

[@BrosefDudley]

ZF's are easily capable of 9's

[@steves6129]

scootbmx01 . It's a new built zf, can handle it no problem.

[@nordic5490]

Steve, they are probably not allowed to run faster than 10secs without a cage and other safety gear.

[@billybob1511]

Anyone come up with a seat mod or new mounting brackets for FG to lower the drivers seat?

[@moodogtizer5884]

Also looking forward to the Volvo build

[@victorbitter583]

Mechanical Stig's doppleganger.

[@robburdack4361]

i just assumed it was him bahahahahha

[@victorbitter583]

Pause @ 12:50. the one on the right.

[@lsx_moe]

Is it wheel hopping?

[@adelaidesky5039]

Second, go the mighty blue oval....

[@7071t6]

WAY to light on the ass end IMO, but more to the point that amount of extra HP at the rear end is also going to totally change the front end extra strengthen it requires to make it not twist the chaisy etc. :)

[@jonbrennan7]

Surely someone has BARRA personalized plates they cam lend them for the trip . Dont think that plates going to go down so good

[@leoprior3437]

What do you call a barra going backwards?.. an Arrab!

[@aidantatti3755]

It's got some bad wheel hop

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It got a Gazzard Bros rear before it went in the container

[@benlyons83]

I bet his missus has an awesome shoe collection if he's aloud to drop that sort of coin on a project in just over a week.

[@DobroPlayer12]

Maybe he's a real man who doesn't let his wife boss him around.

[@lloydchristmas2326]

Maybe he’s young and hasn’t been thrown any real life responsibilities e.I mortgage , kids , wife

[@7071t6]

I wonder if they can run the front intercooler with A/C gases, such as the interchiller system, that way you always has a lot cooler air going into the engine ? Instead of just outside air trying to cool the exhaust gases before going in the engine. :) that i would like to see. cheers boys ?

[@scootbmx01]

They do have chilled water to air systems, I'm sure you could retrofit an interchiller but it wouldn't be as easy because there's no valley to mount it. Also exhaust gases don't go into the engine from the turbo, compressed air does

[@ericmcnab5779]

Should have put a flex sensor on it from the start save the e85 till they got to Sydney

[@mylairhasnoip]

Hey Scotty, are you guys going to be following Mechanical Stig and the Cresta?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Nchalada We will follow all the Aussies at Drag Week

[@xbgtfella]

Hey Scotty what ever happened to this F6. Did it go state side?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Yes and no. Yes it went to the US but there was a fuck up at Customs and the cars were held until after the event happened. So the car came home again and it was sold. The year after Ben paid the Benny's Custom Works and Skid Factory to build him the Barra Mustang.

[@connordale2999]

Would probably rethink that number plate if you're gonna take this to the states guys

[@MrPhoenix8931]

What's the instrumental playing @11:15. Cheer's

[@bigpole6715]

Did this ever make it over there?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It did, but was held up in customs and missed the event. The guys went back the next year and did the Black Barra Mustang

[@Headlock912]

How much would this cost to do?

[@mechtechau]

What did XR6 Turbo Developments actually do to deserve signage?

[@88blueonelove]

With that much power and a blocked bov would it still be safe for the turbo if bov was blocked ?

[@out_on_bail]

Yes

[@vaskodimoski5690]

so what happens if gearbox computer fails

[@imheapscool666]

Not sure how that number plate is going to go down in the states..

[@imheapscool666]

Not even sure how it was passed here tbh

[@mikepeterson1791]

Yeah, just checked the track list and it goes GA>SC>NC>TN>GA. Hopefully they install bullet proof windows as well. Since the racial hatred is pretty strong in these parts. That plate is pretty dreadful...

[@metalfacedoom4820]

Good spot, I didn't even think of that 😂

[@D3thM3tal]

It will be fine-

[@bobgreen3208]

Ya racist bastards

[@mrFU]

will be interesting to see what the yanks think of the plates on the ute lol

[@silkysixx]

You know you can't send it to the States with those plates, right?

[@partybike2244]

yeah, should be with black background.

[@Tuffst]

Did this even ever go to drag week 😂

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It missed Drag Week due to a hold up at US Customs

[@calamtransgression9264]

Needs to be running at least 8's

[@lunch6360]

Is there footage of it at dragweek?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It got held up in US Customs and missed the event

[@lunch6360]

Damn! Thanks for the answer, I can stop looking now

[@haydz1174]

How many kms did the motor have on it?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

200,000km

[@MatrixGammna]

WHAT! 200,000 running 460rwkw ? how much longer is that going to hold up?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Devon Possibly, but time was limited. The Barra is a reliable engine. The LPG engine in the taxi has 370,000kays and makes around 400rwkw at the moment. Who knows how long it will last but the fact that it lives at all is pretty impressive

[@haydz1174]

its not that many kms at all for a barra

[@jessiepinkman1491]

so it's just run in then

[@oikkuoek]

They use high octane racing fuel at the track, so tuning at E 85 seems a bit pointless. You'll need to update the whole fuel map and timing regardless. It made a nice pass, but at the event, with the race fuel, it'll probably do a 11.32. With bigger tires and more solid rear end, I think you guys have a chance to get to the tens, but you can't do that with that fuel map/timing. You guys are doing great, just missed that small detail.

[@BrosefDudley]

aaaaand if they decide to take E85 with them?

[@SomervilleMetalWorks]

the fuck you on about? alot of cars on dragweek run e85.

[@jessiepinkman1491]

mcm managed to get e85 when they where there

[@moodogtizer5884]

Plz can we have bhp numbers alone side kw. Make it easier for everyone else to understand 😊😊

[@STREETMACHINETV]

It was 686hp at the tyres

[@henryhiggins2021]

some American Ford nutter will buy this . I think the F6 will get some attention over there.

[@pigdog271]

does the computer have to stay with the car:)

[@Daniel-dg3np]

brock hebard I want to know too. They really didn't make that clear enough. :)

[@scootbmx01]

@@anujarora6665 wrong

[@derekstewart8175]

They should sell these in the US, so what are these advertised for stock hp from the factory?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

415hp at the flywheel factory. 512kw is 686hp at the tyres

[@stephen865]

363hp 270kw at motor sorry it’s a f6 310kw 415hp

[@MafiaboysWorld]

Stephen Cadman Wrong....BA F6s were your number, the FG is what Scotty said.

[@derekstewart8175]

Not bad! Sure looks like a ford design though

[@nordic5490]

They were always understated on the spec sheet

[@fredchompy7210]

How do you double like a video?

[@markc8602]

Sign in with another account 🤔

[@gamerscockpit]

Don't you have to blow air at it on the dyno to get a more accurate reading? Like the car is actually moving.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

gamerscockpit Yep, there's a fan just out of the shot

[@AlsAllAussieAdventures]

Should have bought a second hand LSA powered HSV, can run 10's for $4k and have it done same day by lunchtime LOL. Much stronger drive line/running gear and much nicer car! Money doesn't seem to be a problem for these guys...

[@STREETMACHINETV]

ASD350SXF The idea was to take Barra over, but point taken about LSA

[@AlsAllAussieAdventures]

Fair point mate, they got plenty of them there i guess and know what they are capable of.

[@scootbmx01]

Probably because the lsa's driveline is entirely foreign?

[@kadeandcars3389]

Scotty are you going to drag week?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

That's the plan. Not sure if I'll be competing but I'll be there... hopefully

[@jimmybdeluxe]

And whats the bill at the end of it?

[@theVlGod]

www.midlifemate.com would be guessing 10k-13k

[@piffiiiiiiit]

@@theVlGod 20 with the turbo, box, diff etc

[@bryancoburn2333]

gee it's foggy ay!

[@Kneedragon1962]

Lots of us going "Ozzi Ozzi Ozzi! Oi oi oi!" but... Ford's been making straight 6s in Australia since about 1960. But the engines they started making, came straight from America. This link starts about 2/3 of the way down the page, where they talk about the Australian engines. Have a squiz, then go back to the top and read the whole thing... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_straight-six_engine#Ford_Australia The point is, a 4 litre Barra is made here, but it is not and never was a clean sheet o paper design. It started out all cast iron in & out the same side, and it has gradually gotten more modern. You look at things like the bore centre to bore centre measurement, or the location of the head-studs, and even the last FG Barra was still based on a mid '50s cast iron American engine. They developed and refined, but they absolutely never started over from scratch. I'm not complaining, I think Barras are great, but... Aussies claiming this, is a bit like the American flying geeks claiming the Packard Merlin V12 in the Mustangs, was not a Rolls Royce and not a British engine... It was called a Packard, because it was made in America, by Packard, but it's a Rolls Royce Merlin. Pigs arse it not a Pommy engine!

[@Daniel-dg3np]

It is 99% Australian. The material specs, 95% of design dimensions, ecu, injectors, head, cams, valves, belt drives, pulleys, plumbing, turbo, exhaust, intake, manifolds, cooling system, etc are all Ford Australia designs. Sharing bore centres and head stud location is hardly a determining factor. I doubt there is an engine today that doesn't share at least a few dimensions with ones before it.

[@jessiepinkman1491]

gees that's like saying a ls motor is the same as a sbc

[@Russh1]

This guy is on some serious drugs. Show me this stock 1950 US engine capable of handling 20PSI with the only INTERNAL engine change required being stronger head studs.... Material choice and manufacturing process are equally as important as the overall design and a couple of similar dimensions mean absolutely nothing. With your logic nothing new has been engineered since they invented the wheel because everything else is just "developed and refined". Hope you don't have kids man because they're going to grow up with a pretty bleak outlook on what they can achieve.

[@Kneedragon1962]

@@Russh1 Really? Bleak in what way? The thing I get grumpy about is all the people talking about the lovely Aussie inline 6. It is Aussie in the sense that we've been making it a long time, but a stunning amount of our Aussie six is straight from the that 50s US Ford. Look at bore centre to bore centre. Look at the location of the head studs - identical. Look at the location of the main & big end bearings. Look at the rods. You could't exactly swap most of the 50s parts into a present day Barra but it's pretty damn close. Now let's talk about other motors. Can I think of another similar example? I can actually, it's a hundred and one year evolution from a boxer twin motorcycle invented in Germany in 1919, to the VW peoples car, to the first 911 made in '64, to the 700hp GT2-RS that's still the fastest standard car around the Nurburgring. Now let's talk about "Bleak" ~ Did I once say any of this was a bad thing? Am I complaining? Should we feel down that we make a great 6? Did I criticise? Ok, I get slightly picky about all the people talking about the 'Aussie' 6 - because it isn't. It never started here. It's a 1950s inline cast iron in & out the same side pushrod motor that's been manufactured and developed for a long time on Australia. But in all that long history, there's never once been a blank sheet of paper start over again Australian version. It has always been a case or revision and refinement and development and improvement of what they already had. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. There's nothing bleak about it. I just get a bit sick of hearing about this great 'Aussie motor' we designed and built. because that's not quite what happened. Just like a 'Aussie' straight sixes in Holdens, they're from America. They're straight from a late 20s / early 30s Chev. I didn't ever say the Barra was a bad thing - it isn't. And I didn't ever say you could punch 20+ psi through an original 50s iron 6 - you probably couldn't, certainly nowhere near than much as stock. Mostly I think you're reading a negativity into my words, that was never quite meant to be there.

[@Kneedragon1962]

... and while I'm on a roll ~ Let's talk about the Holden straight 6. That ended production in '86, as the 3.3 litre black motor. Most VK Commodores had it. That came from the 202, which came from the 186, from the 179, which came from the 161, which came from the 149 Grey Ghost. That was a 1948 engine. Where did that come from? That came from America, from a 1929 ~ '33 Chev, from a straight 6 they started to develop in 1925. That engine was manufactured (with minor changes) from 1929 to 1986. It was an Australian engine because the Americans gave it to us, because we asked, after the war, so we'd have an engine manufacturing facility of our own...

[@383GARAGE]

The mcm Barra powered cresta is gunning for dragweek too are u gunna follow those guys too

[@STREETMACHINETV]

HZ383 yep

[@darrylkelly7958]

Tell them its a stocker...

[@mrkrabs4844]

How much does a build like this cost?

[@dartanion0075]

GO VEGAN 25-27k

[@paulmader1052]

Nice car but don't think it's a good idea to have facoon on the number plate doesn't look good if you know what I mean

[@raycauchi5814]

Cos u racist .. it looks like a racoon black rings around the eyes

[@motolyleable]

How much to do

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Probably a question best put to the businesses involved.

[@mikedubya9313]

Lol hows the plates

[@MrTroytroy]

$30k to run tens at the track and high 11’s/low 12’s on the street?

[@samboofle3715]

Needs more loud Unless the video lies to us

[@mattu1914]

So where's the next video of this car

[@STREETMACHINETV]

The car is stuck on the docks. It will not make it unfortunately

[@mattu1914]

@@STREETMACHINETV that sux I've been watching drag week and I was wondering were it was.

[@darthvader8433]

Any reason those mods can't be done to a N/A FG MK2 ute? I've had mine since new, 210,000km. Completely stock. A freshen up with rings/pistons/rods is fine by me too.. Going from a 15-16 sec car to a 10 sec one for less than say 10 grand sounds good...

[@STREETMACHINETV]

You would need to change rods and pistons to support this kind of power if you started with a NA engine.

[@scootbmx01]

Get a gas engine, that should save you a few grand

[@raycauchi5814]

If you got the parts that’s easy

[@chris454350]

what happened to this thing? didnt see it at drag week

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Got held up on the docks and didn't make it to the event

[@chrissmith9854]

Just send it to 700rwkw and show the yanks how we roll in our own Aussie motor not a Windsor or a ls or a Cleveland, coyote, boss 5.4, and what ever else we were told to use

[@chinomeehan9061]

Boss 5.4 made and assembled in Australia. With a few American parts from mustang and f series truck.

[@calamtransgression9264]

All the Au motors were Aussie and the T3's were the only 5.6L ford v8 346 stoker factory engine. And all fords v8 Supercars were cleveor or Windsland motors swapping the blocks and heads around

[@333trouble8]

Sooo… A Barra build that actually shows what it REALLY takes to run 10's that's built to last more than a week and you can figure out what it REALLY costs too..outstanding video and process....not like the usual crap.. "10's all day on $5k mods BS that the Barra boys say"....yes of course there are Barra's out there going high 10's on $10k mods but most people know they aren't going to last...I love racing all the "10 sec Barra's" because for some really strange reason my 11 sec car destroys them! ha ha

[@crazzydude0117]

333 Trouble cant stand all the barra boys saying chuck 5k at it itll be a weapon. Ive spent close to 8k on my barra for mid 300s kw. It all adds up. Can do 10s for 10k with those shops but read the fine print saying if you want it to last think about x y and z another almost 10k in parts...

[@333trouble8]

Yeah I think most real car people know what it really takes to run 10's, the cost to get a car into the 10's in most cases is supporting mods for all the power that's needed...the power really isn't that hard, i also think 90% of people that think they own a 10 sec Barra have never ran it down a track and have no idea it's probably barely cracking 11's.....but they beat some other guy in his "10 sec car" in a roll race so it must mean it's 10's...right? LOL

[@nordic5490]

$10k diy gets you 430rwkw plus, I did it. I could have done it much cheaper with better advice.

[@wakajacka557]

470kw?? i thought the rods were only good to 400??

[@wobblysauce]

Boost ramp.

[@wakajacka557]

what on earth is that? xD

[@scootbmx01]

a good tune will have them last well into the 500's, infact TRE didnt break theirs until over 700

[@nordic5490]

After about mid 2006 they got better rods.

[@BrosefDudley]

where did you get 470kw from? It clearly made 512kw in the video

[@john_p]

GTX55 or stay home ... :D

[@scootbmx01]

abit laggy? try ALOT. people are making 1200+ Hp with gtx42's

[@leoprior3437]

Should have just put an ls in it & saved yourself about 10 grand!

[@murry001]

hah! Boost leak hey, nice excuse :P

[@fiftyoneindustries2]

No 4 link rear, no tramp rods,

[@wobblysauce]

That was the talk at the end...

[@goneburger2731]

says 310 kW on it and it only does 228kw for the amount of money you spent to buy the ute alone is pretty .. bad advertising to me this just tells me all vehicles showing what a stock car puts out should be dyno tune right before someone buys one for free??...

[@joshmems5218]

GONE BURGER 228 atw

[@ScaryMedic86]

And they said it had a boost leak...these normally sit at the 240-270 atw depending on conditions

[@nickg4135]

People have too much money

[@COLIN-jh9xb]

How is this too much money lol could be his dream to go to drag week for years.

[@bj3179]

have a bf f6 typhoon engine for sale but will need a rebuild, reply if interested 🤣 Legitimate

[@yobabysup2308]

hey, don't all fords do 9's stock.....what gives!!?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Not since to 80s here in Australia. Most Australian cars use a locally made rear from Borg Warner/Dana. This car has the stronger M86 differential and they're pretty good up to 1000hp

[@kenbrok3326]

First

[@sweetgomez8529]

WTF does kilowatts translate into American Horse Power rating? They don't teach Metric System out here Bossman's.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

512kw is 686hp, and obviously that measurement is at the tyres so the car is making over 800hp pretty easily

[@DjStanceZ]

Would've put some new con rods in.

[@danprice4458]

might want to change the name from streetmachine to fordmachine

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Lol, a couple years ago everyone claimed we were biased towards Holdens. We've covered plenty of Holden builds

[@danprice4458]

how many have you guys built. just fords how about a old ford anything but barra's

[@nordic5490]

hey dan, if you were going to the US, and wanted to make a statement, what would you take that the yanks hadn't seen before ?

[@danprice4458]

is the taxi going no is that heap of green crap going no next build is a bloody volvo im glad the magazine aint like the utube channel

[@BrosefDudley]

shut your hole dan

[@beginnersguidetooffgrid9867]

So its like what mcm did but not as good

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Not even remotely the same. The MCM Cresta is very cool, but this the F6 is 500kg heavier and it drives like a factory car.

[@metalfacedoom4820]

And this isn't cringe worthy like mcm.

[@jessiepinkman1491]

the mcm is built as a proper drag track only car this is a street/strip weapon

[@OzGonads]

The Cresta must work OK as a street car too. No disrespect to this build up. I love it!

[@lazarusdigital]

The owner has more money than sense putting that plate on his car.

[@Getbent97]

Ok I'm gonna be one to say it, but does anyone else find it ridiculous that the computer HAS to stay with the same car and that Ford can't even reprogram them to match? Sounds a bit far fetched to me. I mean what happens when that computer goes bad? Does that basically mean you have the choice of sending your car to the wreckers as its basically a brick without the computer or putting a manual in to get around it? Just seems like it should be possible to reprogram it the way they reprogram the BCM, HIM and ECU in these things.

[@scootbmx01]

You absolutely can reprogram ecu's. Tuners have been able to do this for ages