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...
Mark Murphy recently took his Ford Escort Van to its first Gymkhana event in Thailand. Since our previous article Mark made several improvements to the van like making an oil cooler shroud and adjust...
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. Under the hood sits a 2.5 L Millington Diamond S...
This Ford Escort might seem like a modified original but it’s a custom race car built by SHP Engineering. It starts with a fiberglass body and space frame chassis SHP Engineering calls an Escort RSR....
This Ford Escort Mk1 was built for a lucky customer by Classic Ford Thailand. The small factory Crossflow inline-four was replaced by a turbocharged 2.0 L SR20DET inline-four. The increase in power i...
This Ford Escort Mk1 was built by Joni Hiipakka and his Dragon Racing Team in Finland. Power comes from a 1370 cc inline-four from a first generation Suzuki Hayabusa. The engine makes 363 horsepower ...
Mark Murphy has continued to upgrade his wild Ford Mk1 Escort Van from his home in Thailand. If you are unfamiliar with this project Mark purchased the Escort Van to build into a drift machine. Under...
I’ve featured a few Escorts over the years, along with one other Zakspeed inspired MKII, but none of them were converted to AWD! The car uses a Ford Sierra front and rear clip welded onto the Escort’...
Hailing from Bristol in the UK, this unorthodox drift car starts out as a Mk1 Ford Escort estate. Soon enough the guts of the car are unceremoniously removed and everything that goes back in is custo...
Mark Murphy lives and drifts in Thailand. A few years ago he purchased a Mk1 Ford Escort Van with the intentions to restore it but after sitting in storage for a while he decided it could make a nice...
Ken Block has been teasing everyone about his new project and finally unveiled it today. Ken purchased this 1978 Ford Escort Mk2 RS in 2008 for competing in tarmac events. Since there are very few ta...