{"id":82,"date":"2007-09-26T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T02:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2015-04-04T22:27:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T02:27:55","slug":"jtr-v8-swap-conversion-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"JTR V8 Swap Conversion Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jagsthatrun.com\">JTR<\/a> (stands for jaguars that run) started off fitting Chevy V8 engines into Jaguars and publishing a manual on how to do the swap. They also went on to offer swap manuals for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jagsthatrun.com\/Pages\/Datsun_Z_V-8.html\">Datsun Z<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jagsthatrun.com\/Pages\/Volvo_200_V-8.html\">Volvo 200<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jagsthatrun.com\/Pages\/Volvo_700_V-8.html\">700 Series<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jagsthatrun.com\/Pages\/Chevrolet_S-10_V-8.html\">Chevrolet S-10<\/a>. Their manuals take you step by step through the process of swapping this american muscle. If that wasn&#8217;t enough they offer the <a href=\"https:\/\/shell7.tdl.com\/~jags\/Datsun_Order.html\">parts<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/303917\/v8-ized-volvo-made-easy\">Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JTR (stands for jaguars that run) started off fitting Chevy V8 engines into Jaguars and publishing a manual on how to do the swap. They also went on to offer swap manuals for the Datsun Z, the Volvo 200 and 700 Series, and the Chevrolet S-10. Their manuals take you step by step through the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=82\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">JTR V8 Swap Conversion Kits<\/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":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-products"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106263,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106263","url_meta":{"origin":82,"position":0},"title":"1987 Jaguar XJ6 with a BMW M60 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Shaun Barnes built his 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series 3 at his co-owned company Keltec Performance in Leeds, England. 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