{"id":19687,"date":"2017-11-30T18:27:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T00:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19687"},"modified":"2017-11-30T18:27:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T00:27:04","slug":"ford-escort-with-a-13b-rotary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19687","title":{"rendered":"Ford Escort with a 13B Rotary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=19688\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ford Escort with a 13B Rotary 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Escort with a 13B Rotary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a 13B Rotary\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donn McLaren built and races this Ford Escort Mk1 in Hillclimb and RallySprint races in New Zealand. Under the hood sits a naturally aspirated 13B twin-rotor that produces 250 horsepower at 9,000 rpm. Enjoy the very loud rotary send this classic around the dirt track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6qG2VQovJM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donn McLaren built and races this Ford Escort Mk1 in Hillclimb and RallySprint races in New Zealand. Under the hood sits a naturally aspirated 13B twin-rotor that produces 250 horsepower at 9,000 rpm. Enjoy the very loud rotary send this classic around the dirt track. Source: Hillclimb Monsters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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-19687","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\/2017\/11\/Ford-Escort-with-a-13B-Rotary-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129602,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129602","url_meta":{"origin":19687,"position":0},"title":"Ford Escort with a Turbo C20XE","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Nikos Papadopoulos and his Ford Escort Mk2 compete in Greek hillclimb racing. 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