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Two Hardcore Rally Drivers and a Hardcore 1978 Ford Escort

K keshy
Posted onSep 24, 2009 at 7:18 PM

A video of Ken Block and fellow rally driver Chris Atkinson having some fun in Ken’s very own 1978 Ford Escort. It’s not your normal Ford Escort as under the hood lies a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder Millington engine that boasts 280bhp. It has also been setup with WRC-styled paddle shift as well as a six-speed sequential gearbox. If you’re intro rallying and love fun, then this is the pinnacle of letting loose.

Source: SpeedHunters

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    TiM
  • Sep 24, 2009
Is it 4 wheel drive? Look like 2 wheels..
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    shazmie
  • Sep 25, 2009
ohhh man...i like!!!!! 280bhp and sequential gearbox is just awesome!!!

anyway bro TIM its 2wd...
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    hamham
  • Sep 25, 2009
hahaha.

this website zth is so backdated.

i saw this in another car website about a month ago.

so i guess u people must have "borrowed" it la.

hahahaha
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    netmatrix
  • Sep 28, 2009
Even if it borrowed, outdated blah blah. But its still much appreciated.
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    drMpower
  • Sep 28, 2009
this guy, ken really can drive it right? so why no irc/ wrc competitors to lure him to the big stage? i know hes doing it for fun, but u never know.

he may like it - driving competitively.
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    Autocrosser
  • Sep 28, 2009
drMpower, Ken Block IS driving competitively in Rally America. In 2005 he was rookie of the year and in '06, he was sponsored by Subaru along with Travis Pastrana to form Subaru Rally Team USA.

So yea... he IS a rally driver racing competitively. Just that in news unfortunately, there's USA and then there's the rest of the world
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    drMpower
  • Sep 29, 2009
owh, so he really made it to the big stage. i dont know that.

i guess irc/wrc set much higher standard than he could stomach it for now, but hey who knows aite?
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    netmatrix
  • Sep 30, 2009
Whats funny is, there rarely are or none rally drivers from USA. Which is kind of strange. Because USA always have glorified themselves having the most automotive sports in the world. Be it lawnmowers to airplanes.
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    pokemon
  • Sep 30, 2009
maybe Ken Block want to stay at home and plays there, coz he's also running his owned company, DC Shoes alongside his motorsports enthusiasm...
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