Every Engine NEEDS These Upgrades! - Barra Powered Crown EP4

Want to know the Secrets to upgrade your Barra? Follow this Parts guide!
While the FG turbo engine is the most capable Barra built, in standard form it will still need some modifications to make more horsepower and be reliable.
Today on The Skid Factory We'll run you through what parts are required and how to install them on your factory turbo FG Falcon Engine.
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0:00 Barra rebuild intro
0:35 previously Built engines
1:44 why an FG Engine is better
2:04 Parts Required to rebuild your Barra
4:00 Cylinder head removal
4:39 Barra Turbo Oil Feed
7:12 Cylinder head inspection
8:44 Barra Performance Camshafts & Valve Springs
9:55 DIY Deck Surface Cleaning
11:45 Cylinder Head Installation
14:44 Barra Broken Valve cover bolts
16:57 Oil Pump Gears & Backing Plate Replacement
20:50 Genuine Timing chain Tensioner only!
22:16 Idler Pulley replacement with Steel Pulleys
23:18 What a Harmonic Balancer does & Why it needs to be replaced
27:16 The Skid Factory Barra Intake Plenum
29:35 Why Barra's are popular
31:55 Outtakes

[@theskidfactory]

Use the code "Roger" for a sneaky discount! theskidfactory.com/

[@johngibson3837]

My dog was Roger don't be disrespectful

[@kylestephenson3004]

Rodger

[@Rogerthat427]

My name is a discount code 😂

[@yowie0889]

PILATE: Vewy well. I shall welease Woger! CROWD: [cheering] CENTURION: Sir, uh, we don't have a 'Woger', sir. PILATE: What? CENTURION: Uh, we don't have anyone of that name, sir. PILATE: Ah. We have no 'Woger'! CROWD: Ohhhhh!

[@RavenElegance]

@@yowie0889 (or is that actually yorie0889) Are you ... wagging me?

[@nud3231]

Sorry guys I can't buy any merch. My mum said I maxed out her credit card on Al's only fans, I'm grounded for life apparently

[@Rattus-Norvegicus]

A worthwhile sacrifice for that sweet sweet taint footage.

[@AnarchyEnsues]

Disconnect yourself from the battery terminals

[@grahamparsons1070]

😂

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

Mum was just pissed she couldn't spend anything on the Woody's Woody OF cause you maxed out her card.

[@piffiiiiiiit]

What's his @?

[@aaronhogan2371]

13:30 feedback for ToolProX: the torque wrench should moan instead of beep when it hits the setting

[@theskidfactory]

🤣🤣

[@kimmyrask7368]

Need to be adapted to the ”new” world. Choose between man and woman😂

[@aserta]

Should whistle. Family Guy's Herbert whistle.

[@john_barnett]

@@aserta why not a usb port, upload your own degenerate .wav file

[@big_red_joe]

a torque wrench that moans uwu or yamate kudesai perhaps

[@detroitredwing919]

I'm 52 years old and I have never put my hands on a Barra everything American small block Chevys big block Ford and of course hemis love the build🔥 much love from Detroit 🤙

[@LockieNZ]

11:00 The lads rubbing their deck together

[@Mac_Stacks]

Watching Woody and Al "spit roast" a barra will be the higlight of my week.....😂 Needs some 80s erotica music over the top...bow chica wow wow...

[@russatkinson583]

Alan: 'we're going to use an easy-out' Everyone who's ever used an easy-out: 'don't do it, Alan!' Alan: 'it's an easy-out, they never work...' We feel your pain, yet we all keep going back to them time after time! Keep up the top work lads, it's always a pleasure to watch the latest video on a Wednesday on this side of the world. Cheers!

[@curtisturley7]

Because that one time it worked was glorious. Lol

[@TheMrkylester101]

I find left hand drill bits are useful when drilling the holes 9/10 times they wind out whilst drilling

[@drpdrp5690]

​@@TheMrkylester101Yes finally someone mentions left-handed drill bits, they are awesome for extracting snapped bolts ❤️

[@Elxmo]

​@TheMrkylester101 just bought some for the workshop yesterday, can't wait to never use them 😂

[@GetWRXT]

Every Barra video makes me want to import one to the states. Keep it up great content!

[@notmyrealname7432]

Why bother paying so much to get a Barra to the other side of the world? Don't you guys pay like $500 for LS engines?

[@hobo1704]

​@@notmyrealname7432it's an LS..

[@Greg....]

I was a tad bit surprised that after al said he recommends the oem timing chain tensioner he didnt backflip and say 'here is one from a subaru'....

[@PsiGodracing]

Hey woody, just want to give a heads up, throw the atomic guids in the bin and run factory fg. Been there and done that stuff around.

[@MichealAEdwards]

MC Motronic needs to be on a tshirt now

[@poppabear3664]

MC Sprocket

[@mickrose3799]

Get a set of left hand drill bits. Sometimes they are enough to get a broken bolt out of a hole. Perfect for broken barra bolts.

[@jamesc4527]

Woody - channeling his inner Davin painting that block all fancy like.

[@aussiebloke609]

30:20 You're dead on, Al. The Barra is the end of a long line of modifications and design tweaks going back to the ThriftPower Six from 1960 - but obviously, there's been so many mods to the design by now that the relationship isn't really recognisable any more without seeing all the intervening versions.

[@tturi2]

you replace the axe handle with an upgraded one then you replace the axe with an upgraded axe, is it the same axe?

[@bengibson3955]

@@tturi2 I think you're referring to Grandpa's axe. It's had 5 new handles and 3 new heads, but it's still Grandpa's axe. :) Let us all thank the blue oval gods that they stuck with Grandpa's axe as long as they did. I sorta feel the same way about the LS-series engines if I'm completely honest. There are so many parallels between the Commodore and the Falcon, their drivelines and performance, that it seems a little ignorant to love one and hate the other. I've had nothing but Fords (and a few turbo Subarus thrown in for a little spice), but I'd be thrilled to have a manual HSV GTS in the shed.

[@aussiebloke609]

@@tturi2 Same idea, only no one's saying it's the same engine, but in the analogy it's argued that it's the same axe. The design began with the Thriftpower Six and has been adjusted and modified ever since with a fairly long series of design changes and improvements into what we know today as the Barra. They're far from the same, but the design lineage is traced directly from one to the other.

[@rorylangford5137]

Don't forget some sealant on the VCT solenoid seals and under the rocker cover where the timing cover meets the block

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Yes good advice - I always put some on the corners too - though the Barra gasket is such a beefy bit of neoprene, it probably wouldn't leak out the corners like on some cars I've done valve cover gaskets on.. I was astounded to know that 2 of the water pump bolts penetrate the jacket - I've done I think 3 Barra water pumps in my time, and never realised! None of them ever leaked, at least as far as I know, or maybe just didn't leak enough to ever notice - so I guess I got lucky there. The main thing I remember about them was every single time scraping the old factory gasket off with the engine in the car was horrific.

[@nud3231]

I wasn't ready for 😂 the timing chain Crew.. TCC for life ya gronk

[@willbroccolo8389]

Man I wish we got the Barra in the USA!

[@jaxynhenderson257]

Love seeing the videos each week! Keep it up!

[@mickc8738]

Loving the barra content lads👍

[@kzarnold3678]

Nicely done

[@t0mn8r35]

It was very enjoyable to watch you do a whole engine.

[@truthseeker8483]

Nice work Fellas!

[@racingmyabarth9531]

This is next level, my eyes are glued

[@bruceyblowback8748]

Cheers lads.

[@undercarview]

Ah yes the lilactop barra that was built only in the second half of July in 2011 on Wednesday afternoons, designed specifically for the vegemite 300 production car races at bathurst

[@TSinSoCal]

Al's knowledge, is so good!

[@doitwithdave1161]

Best broken bolt removal tool is a Lefthanded drill bit.👍

[@scottmclean337]

Love the valve cover!

[@HUNTINGNT375]

Love the information, hate the music the music makes me feel like clicking off but I like watching turbo Yoda, so I stuck around

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

I'm most impressed about the successful application of easy-outs ;)

[@yowie0889]

A polo shirt merch option would be cool (eg. with embroidered TSF or Allied words/logo). I tend to wear polos more than T-shirts when going out for "Queensland neck sunburn" and "looking a bit neater" reasons. I'm probably not the only one.

[@CliffB5A4]

The eshay lads would love them too.

[@Mattstang]

Could wear one to golf!

[@yowie0889]

@@Mattstang Exactly. Also your own wedding. What could be more stylish?

[@aserta]

10:49 even the cheapest (well, not so cheap that they'd fall apart) stones are good. Just rub them together with plenty of super fine machine oil (what you'd put in Grandmama's old Singer sewing machine) and when the feel and sound of the grind action (of the same same faces) changes, and it is noticeable with new stones) that's when they are perfectly flat and perfectly ok to use. Sidenote: a trick to use them without Schmutz flying in is to just invert the motor and do it upside down. It's on the kebab stand, so use it to your (royal your) advantage. If you have to do this in the engine and can't flush it, then just stuff the passages with napkins and clay (kid's plasteline/plasticine). As long as you rub the stones together every once in a while to keep them flat and you let the weight of the stone do the work for you, it's perfectly acceptable. Machinists do this all the time on surfaces that are FAR, far more critical than an engine's deck (with the caveat that they use higher quality stones).

[@Elxmo]

I'm using the term "kebab stand" from now on.

[@T.A.G]

only thing I'd add is that the cam caps are directional and sided due to the line honing and cant be swapped around, or there could be issues with binding etc

[@Nicyarrr]

Hahahaha the Tugger reference had me in stitches! Also interesting to see how the workshop continues to evolve, including white walls for filming and light quality? Awesome work fellas, look forward to the end result of this build.

[@robertlewis7237]

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

[@ewingfox6459]

love all the slow mo-beauty shots guys :D :D :D And my boss would always get pissed off at me as well when I'd want to paint up stuff before putting it all back together.

[@bigal878]

Good video.

[@smirkingrevenge6]

+1 for always painting things.... Woody, you're not alone!! =D

[@brendanmcgovern4517]

Cool vid!!!

[@vincestook104]

Awesome lads…

[@kikii2303]

Who else is excited for this new electronic torque wrench from ToolproX ??? Can't wait !

[@alexfehlberg1065]

I love this style of your content. Old skool home remedies that don't work (i hate eaze outs), do's, and don'ts. Keep up the good work boys. P.s. i also had pork roast for dinner.

[@wardy1337]

god damn ild love to build my barra with turbo yoda. so much knowledge in his head and ive got so much to learn

[@MixMasterMark]

Thanks for sharing your real experience and tips with this one. Was cool to see the shitty simple things you can do wrong that end up in max frustration and time. Also Woody asking the serious life questions after the credits. Best bet I just added Vegemite Shapes to my order this week as well as Cheese Shapes. Big moments in science.

[@FabergeApple]

13:08 Love that transition

[@marcclough4065]

Cool to see a skid factory V lowstandards build off , 👍👍

[@Knackersjewels]

Genuine tensioners applies to Holden too. Especially alloytecs. The number of brand new chain kits I've had to replace tensioners in, due to poor quality is unbelievable

[@stephenthompson9722]

I should be cooking dinner but here I am.

[@madcat4563]

4:18 There it is! I was waiting for it, especially with the way Woody removed the rocker cover and looked inside the engine. 10:35 - 10:51 🤣😅 I'm no Inline 6 performance engine expert, but there seem to be a lot of quirks with the bara. It's almost like it's a Ford....😅 Nice colour for the rocker cover.

[@MakewithJosh]

You do realise the notorious Al, aka "MC Motronic", aka "Turbo Yoda", aka "Dose Daddy", needs to do a rap cover now...right?

[@Barry.ONeill]

I find beating a trx bit/socket into the hole you drilled works better than easy outs 👌💯🤙

[@g6et_wrx177]

You can also remove the screen from the turbo block oil feed. I did this as soon as warranty was over on my stock FGT

[@MattNZ1975]

MAKING IT SUPER!!!!!!

[@troyam6607]

Good 'ole Rodger

[@frankmarson2425]

left hand drills are the go for drilling out broken bolts

[@mechanicalTurk0]

The tapered, spiral easy outs never work because their design is fundamentally flawed. As they dig in they push out on the threads and bind them further. Any time you wedge something tapered into a hole, it's got to push out. Left hand drills are often enough on their own but I like the Ridgid 35585/Blue Point E1020 screw extractor set. They can be had for a couple hundred bucks in Australia. It's worth it, they actually work really well. It's a set of drills and a straight spline piece that you hammer so it doesn't push out on the threads. Ditch the easy outs and get one of those.

[@DK90VR]

Should we start calling you Tyler Thompson with the rose gold cover

[@fuzz11111111]

16:14 lol the only time I've ever used an easy out I ended up snapping it off in the lower half of the sparkplug I was trying to remove with it. Was jammed in real good (too deep into the heads to grab with any tool capable of removing it), given how hard they are it sure was fun figuring out how to drill it out once I got the heads off. A 10mm diamond core bit (like a small hole saw for drilling holes in tile) is what did the trick incase anyone is wondering (was expensive, and I probably ruined it, but that was still one of the best pieces of advice I've ever got from the internet).

[@connorevans4246]

your the only guys on youtube ive ever heard tell people to be careful about fitting cams, most guys seem to gloss over it! i remember the mechanic (dodgey dave) that taught me to be careful with them at the very start of my apprenticeship when i was a kid, for some reason its one moment i always remember anytime im doing it! probably cause he had me believing id be paying for the next cam! 😅🤣

[@Ben-in6qh]

Nice to see you using oil instead of that silly pink gloop 👍

[@aserta]

I make my own easy-out. I buy end mills (broken ones that need a regrind are perfect for this) and grind them into a triangle pyramid. That thing driven not too hard into the hole grips really well and with a little bit of heat, then some compressed air from a can directly and only on the easy-out, pops them out pretty consistently. You don't even need too much heat, a heatgun does just fine, it's all about shocking the bolt through the easy-out. I sometimes use an impact driver (the mechanical kind). A store bought easy-out wouldn't take it, but the ground one can. Those flutes they have are great for bigger sizes of bolt, but for small stuff, it's just asking for trouble.

[@stevesloan6775]

“Do them up by hand” Rings true! 😂 It’s the shear strength that’s called into question. 😌

[@JonnyRoyale1000]

You haven't lived until you've snapped an easy out in an already stuck bolt !

[@konigvonpreuen8065]

After breaking many easy outs over the years, I started using reverse drill bits. So far they've been much better.

[@axejuric6279]

Woody you needed to give the timing cover some paint too, rocker cover colour is cool 👌

[@aSinisterKiid]

I'd reckon they use paper on the intake because its cooler temperatures and steel on the exhaust because of the extreme temperatures of the exhaust. I would imagine there's more expansion and compression on the exhaust side from the heat cycling and the steel gasket withstands that sort of abuse better over the long term than the paper would.

[@retrogreq]

Love the vids, been watching since you guys started (honestly, longer, since I'm a MCM fan)! Consider recording in 60fps. Video quality is great, but movement gets kind of blurry/looks weird. If your cameras can do it, 60fps would smooth that out a lot.

[@adreco1989]

Nice lads, informative and enjoyable, always quality. Ive seen the Toolprox gear, can you give a a few reviews on it, interested in getting it if it’s good

[@smithbro]

A tall friend told me that digitial torque wrench should be in stores early next year

[@GarageItYourself]

That's a really nice metallic lilac cam cover. Looks quite swish 😊 I like the straight 6 history. At least Ford modernised with VVT unlike the LS that's descended from Chevys 1930 boat anchor V8 and never went to VVT 😉

[@unfair_potato]

Oh they'll vary alright. Just not particularly beneficial. Like the displacement on demand. Yeesh.

[@greasemonkeychris4128]

Many US spec LS engines did have VVT. We never got them here in Australia

[@GarageItYourself]

​@@greasemonkeychris4128 Was that the LT variant?

[@joealex65]

WRONG! There are SEVERAL LS based engines that had VVT, just a 5 min google search can prove you wrong on so many levels, and no, i'm not talking about the LT generation.

[@GarageItYourself]

@@joealex65 I'm not an LS fan but intrigued as to why I've never seen these VVT versions used when anyone builds an LS for media content? As I'm not American then I've not had the exposure to the VVT version GM made. My bad :)

[@0delaisse764]

Awesome build love your videos turbo yoda is a legend

[@geordiegibson1210]

As an ex mechanic myself (and having learnt the hard way when I was 17, I'm now early 40's and hesitate to use them), when using an ezy out or any screw extractor tool, never use one more than half the diameter of the bolt/stud you are trying to remove. It forces the (by then) weaker walls of the offensive material to bite harder into the material you are trying to extract it from, creating a stronger grip for that tool to overcome. If you can't remove it with something smaller than half the diameter, move straight to drilling and tapping, or get a professional to sort it.

[@theskidfactory]

They just suck. The first one came out easily, as soon as the ezy out slipped on the second one I knew I was in for a bad time.

[@shanespring2669]

Before the sleezy out, I always drill with left handed drill bits, usually loosens the bolt if there is ever going to be a chance of them coming out

[@cjm5002]

MC DROPS-A-GEAR!!! I mean, it fits in so many ways... especially when you ask for a name right after he drops parts lol.

[@64Pete]

Vegemite on Vegemite shapes? You're an animal Woody

[@bockhouse]

Omfg! I love the "The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer" clips.... Ohhh my godddd it's Russell Crowe...😂😂😂

[@millsi1978]

Lilac AF😍

[@seinfeld11123]

it looks like the valves were replaced or even the whole head maybe. as you said timing chain looked very good as well. that sounds to me head serviced/replaced/gasket and timing chain were replaced. the head looks cleaner than the the block side which doesn't make sense. the amount of carbon on the pistons but not in the head tells me so much that's my opinion unless they just put a bunch of seafoam down it. With the cams being notorious for pitting I noticed you reused the lifters. a good set of lifters won't cost much more. common man

[@stevesloan6775]

You guys always manage to make me actually laugh out load. 😂😂😂🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀

[@murdurer333]

R O D G E R Love you Alan 😛

[@dakotasmith2354]

750-800 max 900 you’re pulling your leg, I’m a Barra man myself and have popped a handful myself, 800 tops on stock Rods

[@Woodrigos]

People have made big power with stock rods. Never seen one last though! 😂

[@dakotasmith2354]

@@Woodrigos that’s it bro,

[@stipitza]

Woody's dad-bod is blossoming ever more with each episode... with great skill comes great man boobs :)

[@6226superhurricane]

easy in easy out.

[@FALL3NERA]

In my 10 years of being a mechanic, I have broken more easy outs than I have broken bolts. Drill and retap or weld a nut is best options hands down

[@lobezyracing5154]

Yall should come out to the Pittsworth sprints this weekend to check out the plethora of falcons n commos send it around the industrial estate all weeekend :p

[@i976scirocco3]

I would've painted the block too !!

[@ryanj4758]

Rodger is a good boy

[@Tonzeff]

Bit of pink peeping thru on that cam cover, you should call it "Shy Barbie."

[@sparkyenergia]

Doger is a good boy.

[@quincyoconnor9707]

can assure there will be a visit from rodney after hearing woodrigos say 8-900 hp sbe

[@taimaishu-nao1922]

20:00 Glad the only “drill” Al knows is the one used to get those valve cover bolts out. Just needs some “BRRRT BRRRT” noises and he’s set! Lol

[@BigDaddyGdog]

Looks the business.

[@David-xl8zf]

Get a set of left hand drills for extracting screw.

[@albertdaveys]

Alan.... ooh that scratch is making me itch.....

[@michaelreynolds1904]

Always up for a good Wallace and Gromit reference.......

[@stoddern]

Do not use just any whet stone, buy a matching pair that have been precision ground for machinists, whet stones straight from the factory are no where near flat and will mess up even an iron block, it you are that worried just have an engine shop skim it till it's flat, it's faster and worth the money

[@chefcamsey1375]

👌nice

[@dafalzonAUS]

Great video, everything except the engine block and pistons had to be replaced for one reason or another

[@thatoldgu]

TD update!!!

[@kanenielsen9412]

Good boy roder

[@Fuzzwah]

My kids would say "that's not a colour, that is a shade"