ba 6cyl in a au

[MR-XR]

hi all,i was just woundering if someone could tell me whats involved in putting in a ba 6cyl (maybe a xr6 turbo motor)motor into a au falcon xr6 or does it bolt straight in.any help would be great,thanks all and GO THE FORDS

[GlennBA]

this would be unbelievably difficult ;)

[2002auxr6]

just buy a BA it would be much easier

[stiddy]

The motor 'should' drop in.. not sure if it will fit height wise though, may need a bonnet buldge.. :P
The standard AU computer will run all the AU dash/smartlock...
Need an aftermarket computer... Motec is what was suggested to me to run the Barra motor.. so yes you will be running 2 computers..
The BA fly-by-wire will be gone, and you need to get a acclerator cable fabbed up to work..

Ive looked down this route, was going to be a little shy off 10k to get it on the road and driving.. inc purchase of the BA motor.
10k on a conversion.. or 10k on whats already in your engine bay........
Thats all n/a though, would be more expensive for a turbo ba motor.

[2002auxr6]

Originally Posted by stiddy

The motor 'should' drop in.. not sure if it will fit height wise though, may need a bonnet buldge.. :P
The standard AU computer will run all the AU dash/smartlock...
Need an aftermarket computer... Motec is what was suggested to me to run the Barra motor.. so yes you will be running 2 computers..
The BA fly-by-wire will be gone, and you need to get a acclerator cable fabbed up to work..

Ive looked down this route, was going to be a little shy off 10k to get it on the road and driving.. inc purchase of the BA motor.
10k on a conversion.. or 10k on whats already in your engine bay........
Thats all n/a though, would be more expensive for a turbo ba motor.

like i said is it really worth it, your better off buying a BA , the BA motor isnt heaps better then the au so i dont really see the point, there is a turbo in the for sale section your better off whacking that on and bobs your uncle/aunty

[jonbays]

Too hard waste of time only for those with more money than sense.

Why not drop in a boss 290 or an afterburner jsut as easy and road registerable too.

[stiddy]

Originally Posted by 2002auxr6

like i said is it really worth it, your better off buying a BA , the BA motor isnt heaps better then the au so i dont really see the point, there is a turbo in the for sale section your better off whacking that on and bobs your uncle/aunty

Exactly! and I hope bob isn't your aunty

But even if you dont go the force fed route, and went N/A the money spent on the conversion to get a stock BA motor, could have you a seriously wild n/a AU motor...

[AU2PWR]

Waste of $$$
Either Buy a BA or Get some Supercharger Action !!

Daniel

[AU-MUSTD]

The barra six in na form is a pig compared to the vct so definate waste of time and dough.

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by AU-MUSTD

The barra six in na form is a pig compared to the vct so definate waste of time and dough.

are you serious? a BA XT manual is no pig for what it is.