Atomic - Barra Cylinder Heads
Please contact our sales team regarding this product to see lead times & ensure we provide the right option for you. You can either choose to exchange an existing head for an upgraded one or purchase a reconditioned head with your desired upgrades.
Although Atomic has been building high-performance engines since 1978, it wasn't until 2004 that we began development work on the Ford 4.0L DOHC 6-cylinder turbocharged engine. They witnessed numerous catastrophic engine failures after consumers had undertaken simple modifications such as free-flowing exhausts and cold air intake systems to otherwise stock vehicles, so it became apparent there was a need to engineer some hard-core solutions to address inherent factory weaknesses. The DOHC 4 valve per cylinder head is very well designed and suits forced induction applications due to the high percentage of exhaust to inlet flow, a short, semi-pent-roof combustion chamber (66 cc average in BA-BF Series), two small squish areas and a centrally located spark plug for fast and efficient flame propagation. Listed below are the corrected flow rates of a standard BA-BF-FG 6 cyl DOHC heads, flowed at 25"H20.
The FG Swirl head has a slight change to the combustion chamber design to promote swirl and as a result the volume is reduced slightly to 64-65cc. The heads respond to porting in a similar way to the earlier cylinder heads and as you can see, the swirl inducing port profile is limited to the inlet only - the exhaust port profile is the same as the early heads. For 2014 we have available a number of new innovations “ we upgraded our valve seat profiles to now include up to 7 angles and now offer a full 5 “axis CNC porting on our Stage 5 heads. Valve springs are always a problem in forced induction OHC engines, as comparatively light reciprocating valvetrain mass usually means a short, light spring is fitted as standard equipment. This usually limits the number of valve spring options available, however we have 3 different springs available to suit almost every conceivable application - please refer to our valvetrain section. Forced induction engines also need good quality valves, especially on the exhaust due to increased heat when running hydrocarbon based fuels. The OE high nickel exhaust valve (identifiable by the O forged in the head) is good for moderate performance applications and for extreme duty applications we have USA made single groove stainless valves with flash chromed stems and hardened tips. The hi flowing exhaust port also produces high exhaust gas temperatures, typically 200-300 degrees F higher than other turbo engines, which again highlights the need for an extreme duty exhaust valve. O-ringing of combustion chambers is required when using a copper head gasket and for 2014 we now include our #306168 O-Ringed head gasket in all 698 and 998 Engine packages.
Cylinder Heads – Outright
#306187 – Stage 2 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BA Series
Fully reconditioned head suit BA Ford DOHC. New seals, Exhaust seats and O-Series valves, #306800 springs.
#306188 – Stage 2 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BF Series
Fully reconditioned head suit BF Ford DOHC. New seals, Exhaust seats and O-Series valves, #306800 springs.
#306189 – Stage 2 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl FG series
Fully reconditioned head suit FG Ford DOHC. New seals, Exhaust seats and O-Series valves, #306800 springs.
#306190 - Stage 3 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BA Series
Stage 3 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with Atomic #306800 springs and new seals.
#306191 - Stage 3 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BF Series
Stage 3 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with Atomic #306800 springs and new seals.
#306192 - Stage 3 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl FG Series
Stage 3 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with Atomic #306800 springs and new seals.
#306193 - Stage 4 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BA Series
Stage 4 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with stainless valves, chrome moly valve locks, Atomic #306801/2 springs, CRMO retainers, new HD locks and new seals.
#306194 - Stage 4 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BF Series
Stage 4 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with stainless valves, chrome moly valve locks, Atomic #306801/2 springs CRMO retainers, new HD locks and new seals.
#306195 - Stage 4 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl FG Series
Stage 4 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with stainless valves, chrome moly valve locks, Atomic #306801/2 springs, CRMO retainers, new HD locks and new seals.
#306196-5 – Stage 5 Full CNC Ported head suit BA-BF Series
Full 5-axis CNC ported Ford DOHC 6 cylinder head. Includes +.5mm Competition valves, Race springs, Titanium retainers, new HD locks and new low profile seals.
#306196-6 – Stage 6 Full CNC Ported head suit BA-BF Series
Full 5-axis CNC ported Ford DOHC 6 cylinder head. Includes +2.0mm competition valves, oversize seats Race springs, Titanium retainers, new HD locks and new low profile seals.
Cylinder Heads – Exchange
#306187-RB – Stage 2 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BA Series
Fully reconditioned head suit BA Ford DOHC. New seals, Exhaust seats and O-Series valves, #306800 springs.
#306188-RB – Stage 2 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BF Series
Fully reconditioned head suit BF Ford DOHC. New seals, Exhaust seats and O-Series valves, #306800 springs.
#306189-RB – Stage 2 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl FG series
Fully reconditioned head suit FG Ford DOHC. New seals, Exhaust seats and O-Series valves, #306800 springs.
#306190-RB Stage 3 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BA Series
Stage 3 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with Atomic #306800 springs and new seals. Customers own head.
#306191-RB Stage 3 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BF Series
Stage 3 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with Atomic #306800 springs and new seals. Customers own head.
#306192-RB Stage 3 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl FG Series
Stage 3 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with Atomic #306800 springs and new seals. Customers own head.
#306193-RB Stage 4 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BA Series
Stage 4 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with stainless valves, chrome moly valve locks, Atomic #306801/2 springs, CRMO retainers, new HD locks and new seals. Customers own head.
#306194-RB Stage 4 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl BF Series
Stage 4 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with stainless valves, chrome moly valve locks, Atomic #306801/2 springs, Titanium retainers and new seals. Customers own head.
#306195-RB Stage 4 head suit Ford DOHC 6 cyl FG Series
Stage 4 Porting, fully serviced, multi angle valve job, fitted with stainless valves, chrome moly valve locks, Atomic #306801/2 springs, CRMO retainers, new HD locks and new seals.
#306196-5-RB – Stage 5 Full CNC Ported head suit BA-BF Series
Full 5-axis CNC ported Ford DOHC 6 cylinder head. Includes +.5mm Competition valves, Race springs, Titanium retainers, new HD locks and new low profile seals.
#306196-6-RB – Stage 6 Full CNC Ported head suit BA-BF Series
Full 5-axis CNC ported Ford DOHC 6 cylinder head. Includes +2.0mm Competition valves, oversize seats Race springs, Titanium retainers, new HD locks and new low profile seals.
