A mid-1985 improve brought a more substantial 1.9-liter (113.5 cid) "CVH" with 86 horsepower in carbureted type or 108 with option digital port fuel injection. Escort's original 1.6-liter (98-cid) engine experienced just sixty nine horsepower, but by 1983 was up to 72/80 horsepower with two-barrel carb or 88 horsepower in optional throttle-body fuel-injected sort.