{"id":74417,"date":"2021-07-15T15:31:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=74417"},"modified":"2021-07-16T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:15:43","slug":"ford-escort-with-a-bmw-s38-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=74417","title":{"rendered":"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=74424\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74424\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"74424\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=74424\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nikos Papadopoulos and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/papadopoulos.power\">Papadopoulos Power<\/a> Ford Escort Mk2 compete in hill climb competitions. The 1050 kg (2314 lb) race car is powered by a naturally aspirated S38B38 inline-six from a BMW E34 M5. The engine comes from the factory with a displacement of 3.8 liters however Nikos&#8217; motor was destroked to 3.1 liters or more rpm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a> reports the motor produces 500 horsepower at 10,000 rpm. Watch Nikos the Escort compete at Ritsona hill climb in Greece.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yXR8caUzGWQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=74425\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74425\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"74425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=74425\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-02.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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikos Papadopoulos and his Papadopoulos Power Ford Escort Mk2 compete in hill climb competitions. The 1050 kg (2314 lb) race car is powered by a naturally aspirated S38B38 inline-six from a BMW E34 M5. The engine comes from the factory with a displacement of 3.8 liters however Nikos&#8217; motor was destroked to 3.1 liters or&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=74417\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Escort with a BMW S38 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":74424,"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":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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74417","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\/2021\/07\/Ford-Escort-with-a-BMW-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106924,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106924","url_meta":{"origin":74417,"position":0},"title":"Ford Escort with a BMW S38 Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Nikos Papadopoulos competes in Greek hillclimb racing with his Ford Escort Mk2. 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