{"id":15584,"date":"2017-04-17T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T11:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15584"},"modified":"2017-04-17T13:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:07:03","slug":"1973-corvette-with-a-2jz-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15584","title":{"rendered":"1973 Corvette with a 2JZ Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15589\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=15589\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1973 Corvette with a 2JZ 14\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1973 Corvette with a 2JZ&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?resize=620%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1973 Corvette with a 2JZ\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?resize=620%2C414&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ricky Ferguson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7977\">1973 Corvette<\/a> doesn&#8217;t sound like any C3 Corvette out there. What sets his apart from the rest is the 3.0 L 2JZ-GTE inline-six under the hood. When we first wrote about it in 2015 the engine made 1,088 horsepower but now produces 1,260 horsepower. The drivetrain consists of a two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission and Ford 9&#8243; rear end. Watch as the Corvette goes 7.84 sec at 177 mph in the quarter-mile even with the boost turned down. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-SVZ3mhtOE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-07.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=7984\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-07.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1973 Corvette with a 2JZ 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1973 Corvette with a 2JZ&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-07.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-07.jpg?resize=960%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1973 Corvette with a 2JZ\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-07.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-07.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-07.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0PXqiud6dbwOAk8RvslgpQ\">1320Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky Ferguson&#8217;s 1973 Corvette doesn&#8217;t sound like any C3 Corvette out there. What sets his apart from the rest is the 3.0 L 2JZ-GTE inline-six under the hood. When we first wrote about it in 2015 the engine made 1,088 horsepower but now produces 1,260 horsepower. The drivetrain consists of a two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15584\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1973 Corvette with a 2JZ Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1973-Corvette-with-a-2JZ-14.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7977,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7977","url_meta":{"origin":15584,"position":0},"title":"1973 Corvette with a 1,088 HP 2JZ","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Ricky Ferguson is a man who only cares about going fast. His 1973 C3 Corvette proves he doesn't have time for hurt feelings. Under the hood of the Corvette sits a 3.0 L Toyota inline-six engine. 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