{"id":3245,"date":"2014-03-17T02:08:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T07:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:31:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T20:31:02","slug":"1973-mercedes-280c-with-a-2jz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3245","title":{"rendered":"1973 Mercedes 280C With A 2JZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ranz Motorsports out of El Monte, California is responsible for this unique Benz. Under the hood of this 1973 280C is a 2JZ-GTE and auto five-speed from an Aristo. The rest of the Mercedes has upgraded parts from a Lexus IS250 such as the dash, center console, power windows, electronics, seats, pedal assembly, and most of the interior. The engine was able to communicate with the IS250 gauges using a Tweak Performance custom wiring harness.<\/p>\n

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Source: SuperStreet<\/a> via OppositeLock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ranz Motorsports out of El Monte, California is responsible for this unique Benz. Under the hood of this 1973 280C is a 2JZ-GTE and auto five-speed from an Aristo. The rest of the Mercedes has upgraded parts from a Lexus IS250 such as the dash, center console, power windows, electronics, seats, pedal assembly, and most… Read More »1973 Mercedes 280C With A 2JZ<\/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":[516],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-w114"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117007,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117007","url_meta":{"origin":3245,"position":0},"title":"1988 Mercedes 300CE with a 2JZ-GTE","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Mercedes built this 1988 300CE with a 3.0 L M103 inline-six. 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