{"id":131500,"date":"2025-05-07T12:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131500"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:34:25","slug":"ford-festiva-with-a-1-6l-ecoboost-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131500","title":{"rendered":"Ford Festiva with a 1.6L EcoBoost Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stephen<\/a> provided an update on his 1988 Ford Festiva project. In our previous article<\/a> we shared the Festiva is powered by a turbocharged 1.6 L EcoBoost inline-four and manual transmission from a Ford Fiesta ST. Since then Stephen started the second phase of the project. To better handle the 300+ hp Stephen upgraded the factory rear brakes to Fiesta ST disc brakes. Then the Festiva visited Dylan Fox at Lower Morals Garage<\/a> for a custom six-point roll cage, front crash bar, and strut braces. Stephen also purchased a JEM-Sport<\/a> swap wiring harness to get the most from the EcoBoost.<\/p>\n

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Stephen provided an update on his 1988 Ford Festiva project. In our previous article we shared the Festiva is powered by a turbocharged 1.6 L EcoBoost inline-four and manual transmission from a Ford Fiesta ST. Since then Stephen started the second phase of the project. To better handle the 300+ hp Stephen upgraded the factory… Read More »Ford Festiva with a 1.6L EcoBoost Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":131514,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festiva"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1988-Ford-Festiva-with-a-Turbo-1.6L-Ecoboost-inline-four-07.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113410,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=113410","url_meta":{"origin":131500,"position":0},"title":"1988 Ford Festiva with a Turbo 1.6L Ecoboost","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Stephen had an issue with his 1988 Ford Festiva. 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