{"id":50172,"date":"2019-12-20T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50172"},"modified":"2019-12-20T16:28:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:28:11","slug":"barra-swap-kit-for-s550-mustang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50172","title":{"rendered":"Barra Swap Kit for S550 Mustang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=50179\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mustang S550 with a turbo Barra inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mustang S550 with a turbo Barra inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mustang S550 with a turbo Barra inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/musclegarage.com.au\/\">Tuff Mounts<\/a> released a teaser video announcing their new Barra swap kit for the S550 (sixth generation) Mustang. The video shows a Mustang built for a local drifter with a turbocharged 4.0 L Barra inline-six and T56 six-speed manual transmission. The company states on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tuffmounts\/posts\/2622050214725535\">Facebook page<\/a> the kit will available January 2020 for $850 and work with left and right-hand drive models.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sItdFT2bmJs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tuffmounts\/posts\/2622050214725535\">Tuff Mounts FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuff Mounts released a teaser video announcing their new Barra swap kit for the S550 (sixth generation) Mustang. The video shows a Mustang built for a local drifter with a turbocharged 4.0 L Barra inline-six and T56 six-speed manual transmission. The company states on their Facebook page the kit will available January 2020 for $850&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50172\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Barra Swap Kit for S550 Mustang<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustang"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mustang-S550-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109339,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=109339","url_meta":{"origin":50172,"position":0},"title":"Tuff Mounts&#8217; Fox Body with a 800+ hp Barra","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Luke Oxley from Fullboost interviewed Jason Waye from Tuff Mounts about their 1989 Mustang Fox Body. 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