{"id":131039,"date":"2025-04-28T12:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131039"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:49:09","slug":"ford-escort-with-a-2-6-l-yb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131039","title":{"rendered":"Ford Escort with a 2.6 L YB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=131046\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131046\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"131046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=131046\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" 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 2.6 L YB inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Escort with a 2.6 L YB inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a 2.6 L YB inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Harding races a Ford Escort Mk1 in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club (CTCRC) series. The car is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zakspeed\">Zakspeed<\/a> replica inspired by Hans Heyer&#8217;s Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft (DRM) 1975 winning car. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NM2255\">NM2255<\/a> reports Malcolm&#8217;s Escort is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.6 L YB inline-four producing 367 hp (273 kW). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithandjonesengineering.com\/yb-engine-and-parts-kits\">Smith &#038; Jones<\/a> built the motor with forged internals, ported head, individual throttle bodies, and dry sump. The motor is paired to a Quaife QBE60G six-speed sequential transmission. The Escort has improved handling thanks to Quantum Racing shocks and AP Racing brakes. The Zakspeed widebody is covered in a Castrol livery. Watch Malcolm race the Escort at Monza Circuit in Italy. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lA38iWFbHOA?si=HTSaECY7DjqX-aJ2\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=131047\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131047\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"131047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=131047\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-02.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-03.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-03.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=131049\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131049\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"131049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=131049\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-04.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-05.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a 2.6 L YB inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-05.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NM2255\">NM2255<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malcolm Harding races a Ford Escort Mk1 in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club (CTCRC) series. The car is a Zakspeed replica inspired by Hans Heyer&#8217;s Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft (DRM) 1975 winning car. NM2255 reports Malcolm&#8217;s Escort is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.6 L YB inline-four producing 367 hp (273 kW). Smith &#038; Jones built&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131039\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Escort with a 2.6 L YB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":131046,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131039","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\/2025\/04\/Ford-Escort-with-a-2.6-L-YB-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134417,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134417","url_meta":{"origin":131039,"position":0},"title":"Royal Nail Ford Escort Van","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mark \"Wenny\" Wenn started building the Ford Escort van called \"Royal Nail\" in 2006-2007. Mark raced it several times at Santa Pod Raceway before selling it. Adam Beard from Twin Engine Corsa tracked down the van in Ireland. 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The Escort was previously powered by a naturally aspirated Millington inline-four but now has a turbocharged YB inline-four built by Smith and Jones Engineering that makes 600 horsepower. 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