{"id":2355,"date":"2012-01-09T00:28:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T05:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2020-06-07T22:41:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T03:41:39","slug":"2jz-jeep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2355","title":{"rendered":"1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE Update 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=56839\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE 07\" 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\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.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-56839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chad Kassem sent us another update on his Jeep Cherokee project. This time Chad take the unique SUV out on a test drive. You can view more photos and details of the project in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naxja.org\/forum\/showthread.php?t=1033211\">build thread<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tm3-ku-rIiU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYsTW1HyNJm1YEoJWaa9slg\">Chad K<\/a> 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 another update on his Jeep Cherokee project. This time Chad take the unique SUV out on a test drive. You can view more photos and details of the project in the build thread. Source: Chad K and FB build album<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56839,"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":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2355","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\/2012\/01\/1996-Jeep-Cherokee-with-a-2JZ-GTE-07.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2180,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2180","url_meta":{"origin":2355,"position":0},"title":"1996 Jeep Cherokee with a 2JZ-GTE Update","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Chad Kassem sent us an update on his Jeep Cherokee project. 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