{"id":31089,"date":"2018-12-25T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=31089"},"modified":"2018-12-25T00:16:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T06:16:02","slug":"video-of-rwd-ford-taurus-with-a-turbo-1jz-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=31089","title":{"rendered":"Video of RWD Ford Taurus with a Turbo 1JZ Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31093\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=31093\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2001 Ford Taurus with a turbo 1JZ inline-six 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2001 Ford Taurus with a turbo 1JZ inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2001 Ford Taurus with a turbo 1JZ inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30775\">we shared<\/a> a custom RWD Ford Taurus built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Porschetech101\/\">Louis Strianese<\/a>. He converted the car to RWD using a 2.5 L 1JZ-GTE inline-six, W58 five-speed manual transmission, and Lexus LS400 rear end. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfjGa_vX4L7XV5txjxoZHnw\">Boostinserge<\/a> caught up with Louis to explain the project and smoke the rear tires. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/6zFNxWooRv8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfjGa_vX4L7XV5txjxoZHnw\">boostinserge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago we shared a custom RWD Ford Taurus built by Louis Strianese. He converted the car to RWD using a 2.5 L 1JZ-GTE inline-six, W58 five-speed manual transmission, and Lexus LS400 rear end. Boostinserge caught up with Louis to explain the project and smoke the rear tires. Source: boostinserge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[504],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taurus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2001-Ford-Taurus-with-a-turbo-1JZ-inline-six-08.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30775,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30775","url_meta":{"origin":31089,"position":0},"title":"RWD 2001 Ford Taurus with a Turbo 1JZ Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Louis Strianese converted his 2001 Ford Taurus to rear-wheel drive thanks to a lot of work and a full powertrain swap. 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