“1320 Videos” is a well-known YouTube channel focusing on modified streetcars. We are constantly getting high-quality content from both the US and abroad, which also includes organized events. This time, we are taken to Australia, where just three miles outside of Sydney there’s a rather slippery drag strip.

Two events – “Drag King” and “G-TR Challenge” – are being held on the same day. As you may have guessed, there are plenty of Nissan Skyline GT-Rs around from all generations. However, if you skip to about 9:30, you will see a very interesting Skyline R32 GTR. At first glance, it looks like your typical modified “Godzilla”, but there’s a dirty secret.

It is unclear what happened to the original RB26 DETT engine that you normally find in a Skyline GT-R, but the owner has decided on a very unorthodox engine swap – a Ford Barra straight-six. For those not familiar with this engine, it is a 4.0-liter straight-six, you normally find in cars like the Ford Falcon. It was manufactured by Ford Australia from 2002 to 2016 and comes either as a normally-aspirated engine or with forced induction.

The unit also features DOHC and Variable Cam Timing (VCT). Essentially, it’s the Australian RB26/2JZ, capable of high horsepower figures. In this case, the Skyline “XR32”, is capable of 975 horsepower, but in order to be more usable, the owner has turned down the boost to around 20 psi, so it now makes around 800 horsepower.

The car is also rear-wheel-drive only and the owner has finished it in a very neat bronze color from a BMW M5.

Of course, we get some onboard footage from the Ford-swapped R32 and we see the owner of the car working the sequential gearbox.

The Barra engine still sounds like most inline-sixes, while having a distinct soundtrack – something Kyle immediately recognizes, which prompted him to talk to the owner in the first place. Meanwhile, the owner of the modified “Godzilla” shares that you have less-revs to play with since the engine isn’t as rev-happy as the RB26. Nevertheless, the engine looks at home, even if “it’s a bit snug”, as the owner says.

So there you have it. One of the more unusual engine swaps out there and, undeniably controversial, for the die-hard JDM fans out there. Nevertheless, it fits and works perfectly in the engine bay of this Japanese icon, and now you’ve learned of another capable inline-six engine, you can potentially use for your project.