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Ken Block’s 1978 Ford Escort is being sold on Bring a Trailer<\/a>. The project was built in 2008 by Quick Motorsport<\/a> in Hereford, UK for Ken to compete in Gymkhana Grid. Under the carbon fiber hood is a 2.5 L Millington Diamond<\/a> inline-four producing 333 hp (244 kW) and 246 lb-ft (333 Nm) of torque. Behind that is a AP Racing twin-place clutch and Sadev six-speed sequential transmission sending power to an independent 9-inch rear end. The Escort’s suspension uses electric power steering, WRC-style independent rear suspension, and Reiger three-way adjustable coilovers. Braking is handled by AP Racing four-piston calipers with 315×28 mm rotors in front and back. On the outside you find a Rocket Bunny widebody, carbon fiber hood and roof scoop, and a set of Fifteen52 17-inch wheels wearing Toyo Proxes T1 Sport 235\/40 tires. <\/p>\n

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Source: Bring a Trailer<\/a> and photos by Trust in the Machine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ken Block’s 1978 Ford Escort is being sold on Bring a Trailer. The project was built in 2008 by Quick Motorsport in Hereford, UK for Ken to compete in Gymkhana Grid. Under the carbon fiber hood is a 2.5 L Millington Diamond inline-four producing 333 hp (244 kW) and 246 lb-ft (333 Nm) of torque.… Read More »Ken Block’s 1978 Escort is For Sale<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":147006,"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":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146931","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\/2026\/03\/Ken-Block-1978-Ford-Escort-with-a-2.5L-Millington-Diamond-inline-four-14.jpg?fit=1920%2C1281&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19543,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19543","url_meta":{"origin":146931,"position":0},"title":"Ken Block Makes Smoke in his Ford Escort","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Ken Block stopped by The Hoonigans to show off his 1978 Ford Escort MK2 he originally purchased for tarmac events but eventually built for a Gymkhana. 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