{"id":160,"date":"2008-06-11T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T18:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2008-06-11T13:52:01","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T18:52:01","slug":"first-time-engine-swap-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"First Time Engine Swap Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across a decent article from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torquecars.com\">Torque Cars<\/a> dealing with some of the issues and concerns someone might have when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torquecars.com\/tuning\/engine-swaps.php\">considering their first swap<\/a>. This article includes tips on budgeting, breaking in the new engine, and good general tips that is worth reading. Be sure to check out some of Torque Cars other articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across a decent article from Torque Cars dealing with some of the issues and concerns someone might have when considering their first swap. This article includes tips on budgeting, breaking in the new engine, and good general tips that is worth reading. Be sure to check out some of Torque Cars other articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19","url_meta":{"origin":160,"position":0},"title":"V8 Swap Overview Article","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 25, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"HotRod.com has a good 9 page overview of swapping a Chevy, Ford, or Chrysler engine into older cars. 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