{"id":3437,"date":"2014-04-29T18:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2022-03-20T00:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T05:18:04","slug":"monster-sports-1995-twin-engine-escudo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3437","title":{"rendered":"Monster Sports&#8217; 1995 Twin Engine Escudo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3478\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3478\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3478\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1395757827&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Monster Sports&amp;#8217; 1995 twin-engine Escudo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?resize=625%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speedhunters has a great article on Monster Tajima&#8217;s famous 1995 Pikes Peak twin-engine Escudo. The power-to-weight ratio on this car was sick. The Escudo only weighs 900 kg (1,984 lbs) and has 900 total horsepower thanks to two turbocharged Suzuki G16A motors. Realizing the technical know-how to setup the mechanical linkage to control two engines, two transmissions, two throttles, two clutches and everything else that would normally be setup on a single engine is amazing. You can view a <a href=\"http:\/\/monster-sport.com\/ppihc\/e\/monsterinhc\/index.html\">list of his race cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JSyvysKEwbU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedhunters.com\/2014\/04\/twin-engined-monster-suzuki-escudo\">Speedhunters<\/a> by Dino Dalle Carbonare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speedhunters has a great article on Monster Tajima&#8217;s famous 1995 Pikes Peak twin-engine Escudo. The power-to-weight ratio on this car was sick. The Escudo only weighs 900 kg (1,984 lbs) and has 900 total horsepower thanks to two turbocharged Suzuki G16A motors. Realizing the technical know-how to setup the mechanical linkage to control two engines,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3437\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monster Sports&#8217; 1995 Twin Engine Escudo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[1130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-escudo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/monster_sports_1995_twin_engine_escudo_01.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18513,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18513","url_meta":{"origin":3437,"position":0},"title":"Geo Tracker with a Twin-Turbo V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Vinnie Barbone's 1995 Geo Tracker called \"Project Samsquanch\" is probably the fastest mini SUV on earth. 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