{"id":53722,"date":"2020-03-20T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53722"},"modified":"2020-03-20T13:06:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T19:06:02","slug":"ford-ka-with-a-barra-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53722","title":{"rendered":"Ford Ka with a Barra Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"53725\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=53725\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Ford Ka with a Barra Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Ka with a Barra Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Ka with a Barra Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jock Clayton built his 2001 Ford Ka called &#8220;BARRAKA&#8221; to make a lot of smoke. The car is powered by a naturally aspirated Ford Barra inline-six. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whichcar.com.au\/events\/springnats-27-2019-gallery-results\">Street Machine<\/a> has photos showing just how far the engine was moved back to clear the crossmember and steering rack. Lets just say more of the engine is sitting in the cabin than not. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/of0eJSnL0vg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whichcar.com.au\/events\/springnats-27-2019-gallery-results\">Street Machine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxbaYvWZvP1C4A8s1WrKh1A\">Burnouts Unlimited<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jock Clayton built his 2001 Ford Ka called &#8220;BARRAKA&#8221; to make a lot of smoke. The car is powered by a naturally aspirated Ford Barra inline-six. Street Machine has photos showing just how far the engine was moved back to clear the crossmember and steering rack. Lets just say more of the engine is sitting&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53722\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Ka with a Barra Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":53725,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[753],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ka"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-Ka-with-a-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112815,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112815","url_meta":{"origin":53722,"position":0},"title":"RWD Ford Ka with a Kawasaki Ninja Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This Ford Ka is no longer front-wheel drive or Ford-powered. 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