{"id":47690,"date":"2019-10-23T19:29:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T00:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=47690"},"modified":"2019-10-23T19:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T00:29:29","slug":"ford-fiesta-with-a-mid-engine-subaru-flat-four-goes-9-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=47690","title":{"rendered":"Ford Fiesta with a Mid-Engine Subaru Flat-Four Goes 9.43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=47696\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.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 Fiesta with a Mid-Engine EJ20 flat-four 03\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Fiesta with a Mid-Engine EJ20 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Fiesta with a Mid-Engine EJ20 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Todd returned to Santa Pod Raceway with his Ford Fiesta for Run What Ya Brung (RWYB) event. While there he set a new personal best in the quarter-mile with a 9.432 sec at 150.64 mph. The Fiesta is now rear-wheel drive thanks to a turbocharged 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 flat-four and Porsche Boxster S six-speed transmission. Read more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedhunters.com\/2015\/05\/flying-high-in-a-ford-with-a-subaru-party-out-back\/\">project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Gf6M4UhVXdM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxXb5xvEdGaH48LJGDDuQPQ\">Mk1Kieran<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Todd returned to Santa Pod Raceway with his Ford Fiesta for Run What Ya Brung (RWYB) event. While there he set a new personal best in the quarter-mile with a 9.432 sec at 150.64 mph. The Fiesta is now rear-wheel drive thanks to a turbocharged 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 flat-four and Porsche Boxster S&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=47690\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Fiesta with a Mid-Engine Subaru Flat-Four Goes 9.43<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":47696,"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":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiesta"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ford-Fiesta-with-a-Mid-Engine-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19538,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19538","url_meta":{"origin":47690,"position":0},"title":"Ford Fiesta with a Mid-Engine Subaru Flat-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"You will not find too many Ford Fiesta with wheelie bars. 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