Barradore?

[CrunchGreenGuy]

anyone here had particular experience in a barra swap for their commodores? im fairly sure it would involve a lot, but to what extend do you need to go to get a barra into one of these cars?

 

[the_boozer]

why would you is the question? Spend all that money on the never was then decide you need cash and have to sell or just decide I want something else you won't get anything like what you spent back. Spend the same on either a turbo barra falcon or a v8 commodore you'll get it all back and more these days.

 

[Immortality]

Been done more than a few times now, there is even a engine mount kit specifically for this conversion.

 

[Fu Manchu]

Project No Mang

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZBoZCqb1_lsxkSVFrxEYY_LKu04saG1k&si=eBlguijLD0j24dTC

 

[Immortality]

I'm not going to lie, a straight six/turbo does look at home in there!

It's a shame Holden never did considering 2 legacy motors from the Holden/GM in other models were factory turbo charged (the VL and the GN V6 turbo regal motors).

 

[Veewhyfan]

I wonder if there was ever a moment when the English / German / GM Opel, Straight 6 was ever an option over here. Thinking toward the Turbo Lotus Carlton, Opel Straight 6, that did 180mp/h in 1990.

How different our cars might have been.

 

[Fu Manchu]

The VN was designed to have a nice RB sitting in there.

 

[RWD4ever]

I wonder if there was ever a moment when the English / German / GM Opel, Straight 6 was ever an option over here. Thinking toward the Turbo Lotus Carlton, Opel Straight 6, that did 180mp/h in 1990.

How different our cars might have been.

People have posted videos of them hitting 300 km/h on the autobahn. Although they seem to be shaking a lot at that speed, a little scary.

 

[vc commodore]

There is a wrecking yard in Adelaide that specialises in wiring looms for Barras into what ever you want to put a Barra into

 

[WillyTheMLGPro]

The VN was designed to have a nice RB sitting in there.

HMMMMMMMMM
I was actually thinking of doing a crazy swap with a VN