{"id":106924,"date":"2023-10-31T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106924"},"modified":"2023-10-31T00:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:27:01","slug":"ford-escort-with-a-bmw-s38-inline-six-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106924","title":{"rendered":"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=106928\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-106928\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"106928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=106928\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-04.jpg?fit=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1229\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six 04\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-04.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-04.jpg?resize=600%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-04.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-04.jpg?resize=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-04.jpg?resize=768%2C615&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-04.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nikos Papadopoulos competes in Greek hillclimb racing with his Ford Escort Mk2. The race car is powered by an S38 inline-six from a BMW M5 E34. It is destroked from 3.8 liters to 3.3 liters. The naturally aspirated motor produces 550 hp at 10,500 rpm. Watch Nikos compete at Kimi and Psatha hillclimb events in the video below. Or you can listen to the <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=83229\">car on the dyno<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ID0MW-0ygws?si=bYK-QhbDB4S5AcGS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/papadopoulos.power\/\">Papadopoulos Power FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HillClimbMonsters\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikos Papadopoulos competes in Greek hillclimb racing with his Ford Escort Mk2. The race car is powered by an S38 inline-six from a BMW M5 E34. It is destroked from 3.8 liters to 3.3 liters. The naturally aspirated motor produces 550 hp at 10,500 rpm. Watch Nikos compete at Kimi and Psatha hillclimb events in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106924\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Escort with a BMW S38 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":106928,"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":100,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-escort"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129602,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129602","url_meta":{"origin":106924,"position":0},"title":"Ford Escort with a Turbo C20XE","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Nikos Papadopoulos and his Ford Escort Mk2 compete in Greek hillclimb racing. 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