{"id":12334,"date":"2016-10-21T15:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T19:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12334"},"modified":"2016-10-25T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T01:30:35","slug":"mercedes-w114-with-a-1jz-ge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12334","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes W114 with a 1JZ-GE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1974 Mercedes-Benz W114 was built by Un Limited Kustom in Kasugai, Japan. The factory 2.3 L or 2.8 L inline-six was replaced with a Toyota 2.5 L 2JZ-GE inline-six. It appears a Toyota automatic transmission was also swapped over.<\/p>\n

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Source: Un Limited Kustom<\/a> and Flickr build gallery<\/a> (more photos)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1974 Mercedes-Benz W114 was built by Un Limited Kustom in Kasugai, Japan. The factory 2.3 L or 2.8 L inline-six was replaced with a Toyota 2.5 L 2JZ-GE inline-six. It appears a Toyota automatic transmission was also swapped over. 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