{"id":2180,"date":"2011-10-01T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T18:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2020-06-07T22:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T03:39:55","slug":"2jz-powered-jeep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2180","title":{"rendered":"1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=56835\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE 06\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chad Kassem sent us an update on his Jeep Cherokee project. The video update below show the turbocharged 2JZ-GTE inline-six running. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HLtizQ_Bx_I\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naxja.org\/forum\/showthread.php?t=1033211\">NAXJA<\/a> (build thread) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chad.kassem\/media_set?set=a.1618382899582.2077058.1236685233\">FB build album<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad Kassem sent us an update on his Jeep Cherokee project. The video update below show the turbocharged 2JZ-GTE inline-six running. Source: NAXJA (build thread) and FB build album<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56835,"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":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cherokee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-06.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2355,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2355","url_meta":{"origin":2180,"position":0},"title":"1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE Update 2","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Chad Kassem sent us another update on his Jeep Cherokee project. 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