There’s a lot to love concerning the Ford Transit Join, however velocity is not one among them — it was designed to haul individuals and kit quite than, effectively, y’know. An odd and superior exception to this rule is at the moment listed on Vehicles & Bids with a Focus ST-sourced engine and gearbox.
Visually, the principle indication that this is not a run-of-the-mill van is a set of 18-inch alloy wheels from a Focus ST. Pop the hood and the complete scope of this construct involves mild: This 2014 Transit Join XLT is powered by a turbocharged, 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that is bolted to six-speed handbook transmission. Each come from a 2014 Focus ST, in response to the public sale description. The engine makes 252 horsepower and 270 pound-feet of torque in its normal configuration, however this van advantages from a Cobb Tuning “Stage 2” tune for further energy.
For context, an unmodified 2014 Transit Join XLT makes use of a naturally-aspirated, 2.5-liter four-cylinder rated at 169 horsepower and 171 pound-feet of torque. It is linked to a six-speed computerized transmission; Ford supplied the city-friendly van with a handbook in Europe, however the three-pedal setup was by no means made obtainable in the US. The oldsters who constructed this van did not cease on the swap: This Transit Join additionally contains a Mishimoto intercooler, a Cobb Tuning exhaust system, and Eibach reducing springs, amongst many different modifications.
Inside, it is sort of like a reverse mullet: get together within the entrance, with leather-upholstered Recaro seats supplied by the identical Focus ST that donated its engine, and enterprise within the again, with cloth-upholstered seats that fold and tilt to clear up a cavernous quantity of trunk house.
Whereas finishing an engine swap is rarely simple, this transplant sounds prefer it was comparatively straight-forward (“comparatively” is the important thing phrase right here) as a result of the Transit Join and the Focus trip on the identical fundamental C-Automobile platform. This additionally partly explains why all the pieces appears to suit surprisingly effectively; it is virtually as if this van was factory-built with a Focus ST drivetrain, and we expect the sleeper look dials up the cool issue.
If you wish to have the best van within the Residence Depot car parking zone, most likely the one van on the native drag strip, and one of the crucial distinctive autos on the subsequent automobiles and low gathering, head over to Vehicles & Bids to bid on this hot-rodded Transit Join. Bidding stands at $10,200 as of writing with about six days left till the hammer drops, and it is a no-reserve public sale so the very best bidder will take it house.
