Kenne-Bell Supercharged Escape

WHAT’S HOT: • 88-hp increase • no wheelspin when boost hits • retains great daily driveability WHAT’S NOT: Requires premium fuel • show-car paint job is costly • could use a better-sounding (aftermarket) exhaust system K a-pow! That’s exactly what a stock Ford Escape SUV takes on the chin when paired toe to toe against Kenne-Bell’s latest tuner creation: a supercharged and tweaked ’01 Escape. This is an unfair street-fight, given K-B’s rep for making horsepower. A tale of the tape reveals that the blowerized Escape hustles 0-60 mph a whopping 3.04 sec quicker, runs the quarter mile 2.32 sec sooner, and snakes through the 600-ft slalom 2.06 mph faster than a stocker. These numbers aren’t just a wee bit better; they flat out clobber the stock stats—kind of like Mike Tyson…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2001

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