{"id":54981,"date":"2020-04-23T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54981"},"modified":"2020-04-22T17:42:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T23:42:52","slug":"for-sale-rwd-2003-celica-with-a-3uz-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54981","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: RWD 2003 Celica with a 3UZ V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 2003 Toyota Celica is for sale<\/a> in McKinney, Texas for $30,000. The seller claims the car was built by a Toyota Engineer. The car features Supra TT front and rear suspension. The powertrain uses a 4.3 L 3UZ-FE V8 making 320 horsepower and a Helical LSD with 4.10 gears. The seller states the RWD conversion resulted in a 3025 lb vehicle with a 46\/55 weight bias. The car also features AC, air bags, adjustable control arms, leather interior, and Lexus F-Sport 18-inch wheels.<\/p>\n

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Source: FB Marketplace<\/a> via Yota Nation FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 2003 Toyota Celica is for sale in McKinney, Texas for $30,000. The seller claims the car was built by a Toyota Engineer. The car features Supra TT front and rear suspension. The powertrain uses a 4.3 L 3UZ-FE V8 making 320 horsepower and a Helical LSD with 4.10 gears. The seller states the RWD… Read More »For Sale: RWD 2003 Celica with a 3UZ V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54986,"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":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celica"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RWD-2003-Toyota-Celica-with-a-3UZ-V8-01.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78039,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=78039","url_meta":{"origin":54981,"position":0},"title":"Celica with a Turbo 1UZ V8 Goes 7.83 sec","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Wojtek Adamczyk and his Toyota Celica set a Polish RWD record at a Grand Prix Poland quarter-mile event last year. 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