{"id":129602,"date":"2025-03-28T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129602"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:53:59","slug":"ford-escort-with-a-turbo-c20xe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129602","title":{"rendered":"Ford Escort with a Turbo C20XE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129608\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129608\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129608\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129608\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Ford Escort with a Turbo C20XE 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Escort with a turbocharged C20XE inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a turbocharged C20XE inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ford-Escort-with-a-Turbo-C20XE-01.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/papadopoulos.power\/\">Nikos Papadopoulos<\/a> and his Ford Escort Mk2 compete in Greek hillclimb racing. The Escort <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106924\">was powered by a S38<\/a> inline-six from a BMW M5 E34. The naturally aspirated S38 motor was destroked from 3.8 liters to 3.3 liters. The motor produced 550 hp (404 kW). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HillClimbMonsters\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a> reports Nikos swapped from the S38 motor to a turbocharged <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GM_Family_II_engine#C20XE\">Opel C20XE<\/a> inline-four to reduce weight. The boosted C20XE motor produces 680 hp (500 kW). HillClimb Monsters compiled a video showcasing the two motors on the dyno and racing at Kymi Hillclimb in Greece. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9yuF4BzhclE?si=zuxzKy5nEgfoZ0DO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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 and his Ford Escort Mk2 compete in Greek hillclimb racing. The Escort was powered by a S38 inline-six from a BMW M5 E34. The naturally aspirated S38 motor was destroked from 3.8 liters to 3.3 liters. The motor produced 550 hp (404 kW). HillClimb Monsters reports Nikos swapped from the S38 motor to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129602\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Escort with a Turbo C20XE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":129608,"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,"_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-129602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-escort"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106924,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106924","url_meta":{"origin":129602,"position":0},"title":"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Nikos Papadopoulos competes in Greek hillclimb racing with his Ford Escort Mk2. 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