{"id":89393,"date":"2022-08-11T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=89393"},"modified":"2022-08-10T23:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T04:49:35","slug":"1985-fairlane-with-a-turbo-barra-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=89393","title":{"rendered":"1985 Fairlane with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1985 Ford Fairlane LTD<\/a> originally came with a 4.1 L inline-six and three-speed automatic transmission. It is now powered by a turbocharged 4.0 L Barra inline-six and M93LE four-speed automatic transmission from a Ford Falcon (BF) sitting on Castlemaine Rod Shop<\/a> mounts and crossmember. The Barra motor features a FG turbocharger, intake manifold, exhaust manifold, and injectors. It also uses a Plazmaman water-to-air intercooler, XG radiator, and 3-inch exhaust. The motor produces 240 kW (321 hp) to the wheels through a Ford E-series rear end with 3.46 gears and a limited-slip differential. <\/p>\n

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This 1985 Ford Fairlane LTD originally came with a 4.1 L inline-six and three-speed automatic transmission. It is now powered by a turbocharged 4.0 L Barra inline-six and M93LE four-speed automatic transmission from a Ford Falcon (BF) sitting on Castlemaine Rod Shop mounts and crossmember. The Barra motor features a FG turbocharger, intake manifold, exhaust… Read More »1985 Fairlane with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":89403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fairlane"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1985-Ford-Fairlane-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145886,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=145886","url_meta":{"origin":89393,"position":0},"title":"BMW E24 with a Turbo Ford Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We discovered this unique 1986 BMW 635 CSi (E24) listed last year on Seven82 Motors. 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