{"id":112347,"date":"2024-03-01T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112347"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T03:50:25","slug":"ford-escort-with-a-2-0-l-duratec-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112347","title":{"rendered":"Ford Escort with a 2.0 L Duratec V6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=112353\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112353\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"112353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=112353\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ford Escort with a 2.0 L V6 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Escort with a 2.0 L V6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a 2.0 L V6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-112353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reto Steiner from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100057515706463\">RS Racing Garage<\/a> compete in European hillclimb racing in his Ford Escort Mk2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HillClimbMonsters\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a> states the race car is powered by a 2.0 L <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Duratec_V6_engine\">Duratec V6<\/a> six-speed sequential transmission. The destroked motor produces 310 hp at 9,000 rpm. Watch Reto compete at three events in Switzerland; Gurnigel, St-Ursanne\u2013Les Rangiers, and Ayent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Sru0M-GtHfM?si=p618fDIcoypQBxNg\" 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.youtube.com\/@HillClimbMonsters\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reto Steiner from RS Racing Garage compete in European hillclimb racing in his Ford Escort Mk2. Hillclimb Monsters states the race car is powered by a 2.0 L Duratec V6 six-speed sequential transmission. The destroked motor produces 310 hp at 9,000 rpm. Watch Reto compete at three events in Switzerland; Gurnigel, St-Ursanne\u2013Les Rangiers, and Ayent.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112347\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Escort with a 2.0 L Duratec V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":112353,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-escort"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.0-L-V6-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62990,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=62990","url_meta":{"origin":112347,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: Ford Escort Mk2 Race Car with a ST170 Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This Ford Escort Mk2 race car for sale on Blocket.se in Enk\u00f6ping, Sweden for 229,000 kr or about $25,740. 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