{"id":1883,"date":"2011-05-25T22:30:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T03:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2011-05-25T22:30:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T03:30:28","slug":"toyota-cressidas-with-lsx-motors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1883","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Cressidas with LSx Motors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of Toyota <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_Cressida\">Cressidas<\/a> were spotted at Toyotafest with LSx V8 motors. Both of these I think would qualify for sleepers. I am always amazed at what people are willing to put a GM V8 into.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ll.speedhunters.com\/u\/f\/eagames\/NFS\/speedhunters.com\/Images\/Mike%20Garrett\/001May\/cressida\/cress3.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Toyota Cressida with LSx V8 motor swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ll.speedhunters.com\/u\/f\/eagames\/NFS\/speedhunters.com\/Images\/Mike%20Garrett\/001May\/cressida\/cress10.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"LSx motor inside Toyota Cressida\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/speedhunters.com\/archive\/2011\/05\/23\/car-spotlight-gt-gt-v8-cressida-pair.aspx\">Speedhunters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of Toyota Cressidas were spotted at Toyotafest with LSx V8 motors. Both of these I think would qualify for sleepers. I am always amazed at what people are willing to put a GM V8 into. Source: Speedhunters<\/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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8104,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8104","url_meta":{"origin":1883,"position":0},"title":"1988 Toyota Cressida with a LSx","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"When Johnsea purchased this 1988 Toyota Cressida it came loaded with an inline-six and automatic transmission. 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