{"id":2601,"date":"2012-10-19T01:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T01:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2012-10-22T20:38:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T20:38:17","slug":"lsx-swap-into-subaru-brz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2601","title":{"rendered":"Weapons Grade Performance’s Subaru BRZ with LSx Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"

We knew it would happen at some point but this is earlier than we even thought. Some crazy mechanics over at Weapons Grade Performance are planning on swapping a LSx engine into a Subaru BRZ. There doesn’t seem to be too much information at this point besides the few pictures they posted. Make sure to check their Facebook page<\/a> for progress.<\/p>\n

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We knew it would happen at some point but this is earlier than we even thought. Some crazy mechanics over at Weapons Grade Performance are planning on swapping a LSx engine into a Subaru BRZ. There doesn’t seem to be too much information at this point besides the few pictures they posted. Make sure to… Read More »Weapons Grade Performance’s Subaru BRZ with LSx Swap<\/span><\/a><\/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-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2616,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2616","url_meta":{"origin":2601,"position":0},"title":"LSx Engine Swap Kit for BRZ\/FR-S Being Developed","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Weapons Grade Performance revealed on their Facebook page they are working on a LSx engine swap kit for the Subaru BRZ\/Toyota FR-S platform while updating progress on their LSx swapped BRZ project. 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